Unless specified otherwise, letters are addressed to Warren Hastings Anderson.

The contents are as follows:

(i) Letters, 1813-1825, of David Anderson of St Germains (1751-1825), with one letter, 1813, of his wife, Christina (folio 1);

(ii) Letter, circa 1820, of Warren Hastings Anderson to his future wife, Mary Dewar, with letters, circa 1824-1825, of Mary to her husband (folio 14);

(iii) Letters, 1845-1863, of David Anderson of St. Germains (1791-1868), Advocate, on family and local affairs (folio 30);

(iv) Miscellaneous family correspondence, 1802-1852, undated, including a letter of Lieutenant (later General) David Anderson at Bombay to his father, Warren Hastings Anderson, concerning life in India (folio 209).