The contents are as follows.

(i) Orders and letters of Lieutenant-General Hugh Mackay to Captain Robert Menzies, Younger of Weem (also known as Younger of Menzies and Fiar of Menzies), 1689-1690, relating to the Killiecrankie campaign and to Menzies's command as Lieutenant-Governor of Inverlochy and Fort William. From the Castle Menzies charter-room. They are extensively quoted in D P Menzies, "The 'red and white' book of Menzies" (Glasgow, 1894). (Folio 1.)

(ii) Letter of the Earl of Moray to a brother, 1667. (Folio 29.)

(iii) Order of Wade for ammunition for Fort George (Inverness), 1729. (Folio 32.)

(iv) Receipt for arms and ammunition to be delivered to Lord President Forbes for issue to the troops at Inverness, 1745. (Folio 33.)

(v) Transcript, by the donor, Dyson Perrins, of the letters of Hugh Mackay and others in MS.3740, with notes identifying officers and units. (Folio 34.)

(vi) Transcript, by the donor, Dyson Perrins, of a letter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Livingstone, 1692. (Folio 97.)

(vii) References to the Leven and Melville Papers and excerpts from them by the donor, Dyson Perrins. (Folio 98.)

(viii) Letter regarding MS.3738: Narrative of Colin, Earl of Balcarres. (Folio 103.)