Contains of 2 albums of letters, including some by people of local significance like Thomas Bewick, Richard Grainger, George Stephenson, George Otto Trevelyan, Robert Spence Watson and Joseph Swan and others written by such household names as A.E. Houseman, Horatio Nelson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, William Wilberforce, Michael Faraday, William Ewart Gladstone, Thomas Carlyle, Walter Besant, Mary Shelley, Charles Babington, Garibaldi, Victor Hugo, Ellen Terry and Robert Southey. Other letters include a request for an address to facilitate the delivery of a bear skin from David Walton (1859), an account of the pranks of the 'Borrowlow Bogle' from J. Arkle (1856), the refusal to grant Madame de Bury's request that an officer in the Indian Army be promoted by Richard Airey (1860), a description of his house in China by James Bruce Elgin (1860) and a discussion of French politics and her newly-married life in the country by Frances [i.e. Fanny] Burney (1792).

Birth and death dates are included, so must have been written after Pasquier's death in 1615.

Requisition for money to pay for the victualing of the fleet. Victualler of the Fleet named as Sir Dennis Gauden. Refers to moneys arising from a late Act of Parliament entitled "An Act for Raising Three Hundred and Ten Thousand Pounds by an Imposition on Wines and other Liquors". Signed by creator.

1 page letter from Mary Charmers on family matters. 1 page note included from her husband, probably Mr M. Moir.

Consists of letters from people of local and national significance.

Date now too damaged to read, but assumed to be 1723 from archivists notes. Recipient probably Rev. Francis Chalmers. Long letter of 3 sides, mainly dealing with arrangements relating to the recipient coming to live with Mr Moir, and also including 1 page of accounts relating to a property rental.

A varient of 'up the raw'. It is headed by a pen and ink drawing of a woman and child.

Informal letter of 1 large page's length. Undated but paper cannot be earlier than 1780, and Hester Thrale became Hester Piozzi in 1784. Signed by creator. Signed by creator.