Quarto notebook, 27 p., paginated by the scribe, with an insert of a further two leaves tipped in at the back. Entitled by the scribe, p. 1, "The surname, Mac Calman". Title added on cover by a later hand: "The surname Mac Calman. By Dr. Godfrey MacCalman, 1803. Given me by his Grand Daughter Miss Augusta Murray Campbell of Lochnell now at Hill... House 10. October 1854. D McC."

Contains the author`s thoughts on the meaning of the name of MacCalman, and history and historical incidents involving MacCalmans, mostly members of his own family. Godfrey McCalman, according to his account, was the youngest of three sons of Archibald McCalman, all, like him, of the medical profession. Archibald died at the age of 101 in ca. 1782 ("having lived to see the 22d year of the present reign", i.e. of George III).