The contents are as follows: Private journal, 1809-1810, of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane (MS.2578):

Journal, 5 October 1786-18 April 1787, kept by Captain Robert Scott of Rosebank: number 1, 'from London to Lisbon, Gibraltar, Goica, Majorca, Minorca, Barcelona and Genoa' (MS.2893);

Journal, 19 April 1786-17 June 1787, kept by Captain Robert Scott of Rosebank: number 2, 'from Genoa to Pisa, Lucca, Florence, Rome, and Naples' (MS.2894);

Journal, 17 June-4 October 1787, kept by Captain Robert Scott of Rosebank: number 3, 'from Naples to Rome, Loretto, Bologna, Milan, St Gothard, Geneva, and Paris' (MS.2895);

Journal, 23 August-19 September 1781, by Mrs Mary Graham, of a journey from near Oporto through Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Madrid, Burgos, Bayonne, Toulouse, and Avignon to Lyons (MS.3628);

Journal, 20 September-30 September 1781, by Mrs Mary Graham, of a journey from near Oporto through Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Madrid, Burgos, Bayonne, Toulouse, and Avignon to Lyons (MS.3629).