The contents are as follows: Thirty-seven letters, 1811-1830, and fragments of manuscript, ?1831-1832, by Sir Walter Scott, with seventy-three letters, 1830-1832, written to or about Scott (MS.5317);

Manuscript fragments, 1831-1832, of, and letters, 1807-1830, of and to, Sir Walter Scott (MS.9609);

Two letters, 1822-1823 of Sir Walter Scott to James Ballantyne (MS.15970);

Letters, [?1807-?1830], of Sir Walter Scott to Robert Southey, Charles Erskine and other correspondents (MS.15971);

Letters, 1831-1832, of Sir Walter Scott to the publisher Robert Cadell (MS.15980).