The contents are as follows:

(i) Correspondence, 1713-1752, chiefly military, of Sir Robert Hay of Linplum to whose estate Lord Charles Hay succeeded (folio 1);

(ii) Correspondence and related papers, 1749-1751, concerning the Company of Hunters (folio 34);

(iii) Legal and financial correspondence, 1751-1760, including material concerning the entail of Linplum (folio 101).