The contents are as follows. (i) Notes 'To be used in revising Life of the first Sir Gilbert' (folio 1); (ii) Draft of 'The First Sir Gilbert Elliot of Minto' (folio 94); (iii) Draft of a paper, 'Border Elliots', circa 1857 (folio 122); (iv) Drafts of Appendix I in ‘The Border Elliots’ (folio 214); (v) Miscellaneous genealogical papers, circa 1700-1797, undated, abstracted from the Minto Papers by George Francis Stewart Elliot, including a genealogical account of the Elliots of Lariston, circa 1700, letters of Lord Minto, Lord Justice Clerk, 1758, and other material concerning Admiral John Elliot (folio 331); (vi) Pedigree of the Amyand family, early 19th century (folio 378).