The contents are as follows.

(i) Letters, undated. (Folio 1.)

(ii) Poems, 1801-1874, undated, of the Richardsons, mostly of Lady Blackett ('Helen'). Some of John Richardson's poems are printed in MS.3992. Of those written in hands other than John Richardson's, some may be copies of his. (Folio 67.)

(iii) Prayers, undated. (Folio 233.)

(iv) Poems from a package inscribed "Lord Cockburn's Poems", undated. (Folio 238.)

(v) Drawings, undated. (Folio 247.)