The contents are as follows: 'Transcripts of letters addressed to various persons by Sir Walter Scott': volume II, 1802-1831 (MS.854);

Original letters and transcripts of letters, 1806-1832, of Sir Walter Scott (MS.855);

‘Letters from Sir Walter Scott to the Shortreeds’, 1793-1831, i.e. to Robert Shortreed, Sheriff-Substitute of Roxburghshire, and his family (MS.856);

Letters, 1792-1814, to Sir Walter Scott from various persons (MS.865).