The contents are as follows. (i) Letters and exercises of the 1st Earl's children to their parents, 1787-1803 (folio 1); (ii) Letters of the children's tutors, William Somerville at Minto and James Reed at Eton, to the 1st Earl and Countess of Minto, 1791, 1797 (folio 126); (iii) A Latin prose composition by the 2nd Earl of Minto, 1799, and essays composed by him at Vienna in 1800 (folio 170).