Papers, nearly all formal documents, mostly relating to the lands of Foulshields and the families associated with them. The papers are principally those of the Wardrops and their heirs, the Scotts, but also include documents relating to Shaw, Kinloch, Baillie, Weir, and Carmichael families.

Correspondence and papers of the family of Cameron of Fassiefern, collected and preserved by Brodrick Haldane Esq, Edinburgh.

The letters are mostly to members of the Fassiefern family, especially to John Cameron of Fassiefern and his son Sir Ewen, 1st Baronet. Also containing some legal documents and business papers. There are also papers pertaining to the Cameron chiefs Sir Ewen and Donald Locheil.

Most of these transcripts and extracts, which were made between circa 1794 and circa 1824, are in the hand of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton: most of the rest are in the same hand as Adv.MS.9A.1.4. Many of the transcripts were made from originals and copies in possession of William Maule of Panmure, who was created Baron Panmure in 1831: many of the rest were copied from documents in possession of Thomas Thomson and at the Scottish Record Office, General Register House.

The contents are as follows: (i) An index to correspondents and subjects in MS.16402 (folio 1); (ii) Inventory of correspondence of John Graeme of Eskbank on behalf of Thomas Graham of Balgowan (folio 13); (iii) 'Additional inventory of writts', August1812, of General Sir Thomas Graham delivered by John Graeme to James Dundas, Write to the Signet (folio 18); (iv) Inventory of Balgowan papers delivered to James Dundas, January 1814 (folio 22).

The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.

There are only three deeds listed.

Comprised of: title deeds to their various estates and other properties in Fife and elsewhere (Ch.12871-12978), burgess tickets (Ch.12979-12984), military commissions (Ch.12985-12993) and other documents (Ch.12994-1296) relating to various members of the family, and a few apparently unrelated documents. An inventory, listing each document individually, is available.

When General John Fletcher died in 1806, his legitimate children Andrew and Henry were infants. He had previously appointed curators for them and trustees for his affairs. In this section are the papers acquired and generated by these curators and trustees over the succeeding half-century, mostly through their clerks, John Home, Writer to the Signet and William Home, Writer to the Signet.

The contents are as follows:

(i) Inventories of household furniture and linen, silver plate, books, wine, farm stock, etc., 1606-1869, undated (folio 1);

(ii) Accounts of Lord Milton's housekeepers, Mrs Gordon, 1727-1743 (folio 139), Margaret Hetherwick, 1747-1754 (folio 267), and Margaret Fisher, 1752-1758 (folio 341).

The contents are as follows:

(i) Inventories of household furniture and linen, silver plate, books, wine, farm stock, etc., 1606-1869, undated (folio 1);

(ii) Accounts of Lord Milton's housekeepers, Mrs Gordon, 1727-1743 (folio 139), Margaret Hetherwick, 1747-1754 (folio 267), and Margaret Fisher, 1752-1758 (folio 341).

The contents are as follows: (i) Inventories, 1836-1891, of titles of the estate of Culloden (folio 1); (ii) Notices, 1845-1850, of sale of fishings belonging to the burgh of Dingwall (folio 54); (iii) Miscellaneous documents, 1786-1859, concerning Forbes of Culloden (folio 60).

The papers are in a variety of hands, some by John Riddell.