The contents are as follows: Volume, 1817-1831, labelled 'Mr Train', containing letters of Joseph Train and other letters and documents of historical and antiquarian interest addressed to or collected by Sir Walter Scott (MS.874);

Letters, 1808-1817, of the Reverend Edward Berwick, Matthew Weld Hartstonge, Theophilus Swift, and others, concerning Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life and works of Jonathan Swift’ (MS.881);

'Cursory Remarks' by Theophilus Swift and other material, 1808-1817, supplied by Matthew Weld Hartstonge and others, concerning Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life and works of Jonathan Swift’ (MS.882).