The contents are as follows:

(i) A letter of Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau, to Gilbert Elliot, later 1st Earl of Minto, 1784, written during a period of residence by Mirabeau in England (folio 1);

(ii) A letter to and a note of the 1st Earl, undated, with a printed proclamation as Governor-General, Madras, September 1809, concerning the Courts Martial of the Madras Army officer mutineers (folio 3);

(iii) Miscellaneous letters, some fragmentary and mostly to Gilbert, 2nd Earl, 1839-1849, undated (folio 7);

(iv) A correspondence list, 1854, a few political notes, and some verses of the 2nd Earl (folio 26);

(v) A bill, 1856, letter concerning, 1866, and three small studio photographs of Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Gilbert Elliot (folio 32);

(vi) A small photograph of an unidentified scene, undated (folio 37);

(vii) A series of press cuttings concerning the Minto Church case before the Presbytery of Jedburgh, 1877 (folio 38).