The contents are as follows:

(i) Correspondence, 1816-1818, concerning the candidature of Rear-Admiral Lord John Hay for East Lothian, being largely voters’ letters (folio 1);

(ii) Correspondence, 1841, concerning the candidature of James Maitland Balfour of Whittinghame and Strathconan for Haddington Burghs (folio 82);

(iii) Correspondence, 1831-1837, concerning Scottish peerage elections (folio 117).