The contents are as follows:

Transcript of a letter, 1788, of Henry Mackenzie to Le Clerc de Septchênes, giving him ‘literary intelligence’ and opinions about Dr Johnson, Sir John Dalrymple, Adam Smith, and the theatre, from a copy in the possession of Miss Mackenzie, Moray Place, Edinburgh (folio 84);

Transcripts of correspondence of Thomas Carlyle with James Mackenzie, about Joseph Stevenson’s ‘Wallace Papers’, Erskine of Linlathen, the possibility of invasion from France, and ‘A Scotchman Mr. Mackenzie’ whose adventures were connected with Signora Barberini and Frederick the Great, 1852-1853; from originals in the possession of Miss Mackenzie, Moray Place (folios 86-91).