The papers fall into three divisions. The first (folios 1-8) contains copies of letters and documents, August-September 1745, concerning Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s movements, chiefly letters of the 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and the 2nd Duke of Atholl, which retail current rumours. The second division (folios 9-47) contains letters and documents, some original, some copies, September 1745-January 1746, concerning the course of the rebellion. Many of the letters are addressed to Robert Dundas of Arniston from Whitehall, the Border, and elsewhere, covering the Prestonpans period and later. The third division (folios 48-89) contains papers relating to the conduct of Archibald Stewart, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, when Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s army occupied the City, September-November 1745; also a Memorial for Robert Macdonald, the Younger, of Clanronald, with a letter commenting on it, 1755.