The contents are as follows: Letters, 1811-1847, of, but mostly to, Maria Edgeworth (Acc.6931, MSS.936, 23130-23131);

‘Pen and nib in leather case belonging to Sir Walter Scott, given by him to Maria Edgeworth.’ Also a portrait. 1823, 1825 (MS.23132);

‘Commonplace-books, etc., of Richard Lovell Edgeworth of Edgeworthstown and his family, with some notes in pencil ascribing names, dates, etc., to poems’, 1793-early 19th century (MSS.2720-2723).