The contents are as follows:

(i) Notes of the speeches and opinions of the Court at the trial of Charles Sinclair for sedition at Edinburgh, 1794; see ‘State trials’, edited by T J Howell, volume xxiii (London, 1817), page 778 (folio i);

(ii) Memorandum for Dundas on the trial of Thomas Muir for sedition at Edinburgh, 1793; see ‘State trials’, edited by T J Howell, volume xxiii (London, 1817), page 118 (folio 49);

(iii) List of papers on treasonable proceedings laid before the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons appointed on 24 January 1799; see ‘Parliamentary history’, volume xxxiv (London, 1819), pages 208, 579 (folio 53);

(iv) Letters, 1794-1799, defending the action of the Scottish Judges, proposing measures to be taken, and describing the state of affairs (folio 57).