The contents are as follows:

(i) Accounts of expenses of journeys: Yester to Hamilton, May 1713; inn and horse bills, with abstract, for the journey from London to Yester, May 1755 (folio 1);

(ii) Inn and horse bills, largely Scottish, 1722-1760 (folio 49);

(iii) Freight bills, 1724-1761 (folio 79);

(iv) Bills of exchange, 1753-1760 (folio 94);

(v) Bill of fees at the Lord Chamberlain's office, 1758 (folio 98).

(vi) Bills, 1758-1764, chiefly from London merchants and tradesmen, paid by the Marchioness of Tweeddale after the death of her husband, beginning with an abstract (folio 99).