The collection, from the Dawson Turner autograph collection, comprises of two series of letters. The first set (1-21), mainly to John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, as Secretary of State to Charles II, concerns public affairs in Scotland from the time of the Restoration. It is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The second set (22-31), is of a miscellaneous character, and is arranged chronologically.

Includes the following:

1. William Bellenden, 1st Lord Bellenden, possibly to Maitland, 1661.

2. Bellenden to John Leslie, 1st Duke of Rothes, 1666.

3. Bellenden possibly to Maitland, 1667.

4. William Borthwick of Soltray de jure 10th Lord Borthwick, possibly to Maitland, 1670.

5. Alexander Brodie, Lord Brodie, Senator of the College of Justice, to Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, 1664.

6. Sir William Bruce, 1st Bart, of Kinross and Balcaskie, possibly to Maitland, 1666.

7. Alexander Burnet, Archbishop of St Andrews, possibly to Maitland, 1661.

8. John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane, possibly to Maitland, 1685.

9. Anne Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (succ. 1651), née Hamilton, possibly to her cousin Maitland, 1658.

10. Thomas Hay of Alderston and Hermiston, to John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, 1667.

11. Thomas Hay possibly to Maitland describing events at the Council in Edinburgh, 1670.

12. Alexander Home, 4th Earl of Home, possibly to Maitland, 1668.

13. Henry Home of Kames, Commissary of Lauder, possibly to Maitland, 1666.

14. Henry Home to “My Lord Holborn”, London, 1671.

15. Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne possibly to Maitland, 1680.

16. Petition to be excused arrears of feu duty from Kenneth McKenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth, to King Charles I, n.d. [before 1678].

17. James Seton of Touch and Tullibody (d. ca. 1702) possibly to Maitland, 1667.

18. Sir William Sharp of Stonyhill, HM Cashkeeper possibly to Maitland, 1664.

19. Sir Robert Sinclair, 3rd Bart, of Longformacus to Maitland, 1666.

20. William Sinclair, Colonel, Governor of Zetland, to Maitland, n.d. [1660 x 72].

21. William Sinclair to Maitland, 1665.

22. Letter of Sophia Lundin, [London], 17th cent.

23. Letter of the Hon George Lewis Erskine, son of Earl of Buchan (succ. 1695), London, to Henry Baker, naturalist and poet, 1734.

24. Discharge by John Erskine of Carnock, Professor of Scots Law, Edinburgh University, of certain parsonage teinds, 1760.

25. Memorandum of George Low, Minister of Birsay, concerning his interest in natural history, 1773.

26. David Erskine, WS (adm. 1764), to Mrs Oswald, London, 1787.

27. Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas, to Charlton Palmer, 1787.

28. Hon Christina Erskine of Cardross, née Bruce, to Mrs Oswald, London, 1787.

29. James Murray of Strowan, Major-General, to Matthew Lewis, 1789.

30. Opinion of George Joseph Bell, Advocate, 1815.

31. Thomas Brydson, Edinburgh, to David Mathie, Glasgow, 1820.