The letters are to John Murray II and John Murray III. They concern Thomas Mitchell’s literary and political interests, and indicate his familiar association with the Murrays.

The letters are arranged chronologically.

1828-1829: folios 1-26;

1830: folios 27-65 [Note];

1831: folios 66-84;

1832: folios 85-102.

[Note.] Folios 61-65. Two letters, 3 and 12 December 1830, of Thomas Mitchell to John Gibson Lockhart.