The contents are as follows.

(i) Papers concerning James Justice of Justice-hall, principal clerk of session, 1739-1763 (folio 1).

(ii) Financial and estate papers concerning Kerr, Marquesses of Lothian, 1700-1756, undated (folio 26). Lord Milton was one of the commissioners of the 3rd Marquess.

(iii) Papers, private and official, concerning Robert Kerr, director of chancery, 1722-1762, undated (folio 107). Lord Milton was a trustee under his marriage settlement.