The contents are as follows:

(i) Notes of a Presbyterian, 1658-1661, recording his own affairs and some public events (folio 1);

(ii) Proposals of John Spottiswoode for study, miscellaneous notes, etc., similar to those in MS.2934, 1705-1707, undated (folios 3, 30, 56);

(iii) Business journal of Spottiswoode, in French, recording consultations, fees, private expenditure, etc., 1707-1708 (folio 8);

(iv) Lists of law-students, 1703, 1710-1712, undated (folio 33);

(v) Schemes probably for courses in law, 1711, undated (folio 51).