The papers consist of:

(i) Letters of Margaret Halkett to her husband Colonel James Halkett around the time of his father's death, 1863 (folio 1);

(ii) Letters, 1847, to Colonel Halkett from various correspondents, including Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (folio 24);

(iii) Letter, 1847, to Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Halkett from Sir William Gomm (folio 29);

(iv) An apparently unpublished biography of Hugh, Baron von Halkett, in the hand of his son James, probably written about 1861 (folio 41);

(v) Several undated ink sketches, which, according to the accompanying note, were drawn 'by Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, and given by her to her Aunt, Lady Margaret Burges' (folio 75).