The contents are as follows: Transcripts of letters, 1806-[circa 1820], of Sir Walter Scott to Mrs George Ellis, Christian Rutherford, and Jane Boston Russell of Ashiesteel (MS.857);

Transcripts of letters, 1809-1826, of Sir Walter Scott to Mrs and Miss (Anne Jane) Maclean-Clephane of Torloisk (MS.858);

Letters, 1821-1832, of Sir Walter Scott to John Gibson Lockhart (MS.859).