Typed transcripts of incoming and outgoing correspondence and one news paper article. Majority of the letters are on the topic of westward expansion/protection, Canadian confederation, interaction with and displacement of Indigenous groups, and life and politics in the mid 19th century. Correspondence with such figures as:

• Elizabeth Reid (nee McGillivray)
• J. G. Vansittart
• Edward Ellice
• R. W. Harwood
• John Sandfield Macdonald