File includes 52 letters including correspondence with G. Baden-Powell, J. Anderson, W. F. King, L. S.Stanley, W. C. Van Horne, C. H.Tupper, and George.A. Lee. Also contains memorandum on Behring Sea, 1892; report on Behring Sea Seal fishery signed by Frank A. Bauth, president of the Chamber of Commerce, 1892; and personal notes.
File includes a diary with entries dated 24 April 1877 - 27 May 1877; and a notebook recording the rise and fall of tides of Murray Bay dated 10-16 August 1877.
File includes a diary with entries from 3 June 1879 - 8 December 1879. Laid into the diary are loose pages from a small notebook that include entries dated between 8 May (Montreal) to 2 June (Victoria).