The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence of and concerning Sir James Dalrymple, 1721-1748, undated, with two letters to Lady Christian Dalrymple, 1746, undated. Written from London and Hanover, they contain much of political interest. A letter from General James Sinclair describes the Battle of Dettingen in the War of the Austrian Succession, 1743. Also letters on plans for the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and tiends of Prestonkirk, East Lothian, 1729-1742 (folio 1); (ii) Political and miscellaneous papers of and relating to Sir James Dalrymple, 1714-1747, including an account of his election expenses at North Berwick, 1722, and papers of Lady Christian Dalrymple, undated (folio 92).