The contents are as follows:

(i) Papers concerning the Scottish universities, 1704-1764, undated, the principal subjects being disputes at Glasgow in the early eighteenth century and academic appointments (folio 1);

(ii) Papers concerning feu duties in Stirling, Clackmannan and Monteith assigned for the repair of Stirling Castle, 1706-1741, undated (folio 71);

(iii) Papers concerning the scarcity and prices of grain, 1757 (folio 87);

(iv) Papers, 1750-1811, undated, concerning the Haddington Woollen Company, in which Lord Milton was a partner (folio 119).