From: John Harrison, Ripon and Bellwood (19); T. Walmesley, Paris (2); Chs. Eyre (to Russell and Thompson, York); John Walker, Walterclough, Southowram, Halifax (9); Miss C. W. Walker, Walterclough; Samuel Washington, Tenney Royd, Hipperholme, Halifax (5); Robert Wheeler and Son, Birmingham (gunsmiths); Wm. Dealtry, Wigginton (3); John King, agent, Waterclough and Brighouse (11); Mrs S. Williamson, Wistow; John Baines, Division Street, Sheffield; Henry E. Grimston, Lund (5); Mrs Anne Dawson (Pullan), The Wells (2); Mary Baines, Hastings and Escrick (3); Richard Hague; Hewley John Baines, Bishopton Close, Haxby Hall and Shrewsbury School (10); Henry Baines, Bishopton Close (9); John Bischoff, Leeds (2); W. Middleton, Poppleton; Captain Thomas Harrison; Mary Kate Baines, Burlington, Bell Hall and Queen Square, London (9); Miss Delia G. E. Walker, Waterclough (8); Colonel C. N. Fox, Office of Ordnance (4); John Marshall, London (2); Stephen Creyke, Wigginton (2); Mrs E. Broadbelt, Queen Square, London; H. S. Thompson, Fairfield; D. J. and O. Russell, York; Jane Askwith, Retford; Baron de Langer; William Mortimer Baines (2). Many letters with draft replies from H. M. B.

Subjects include: financial and estate matters (Lingcroft, Wigginton); enquiry as to heirs of Bell Hall estate; objections to marriage of Mrs Dawson and Mr Pullan; family and social gossip; sale of a horse; letters from children of H. M. B. at school; will of Mary, sister of H. M. B.; heir-at-law of Lady Hewley; Hewley John Baines nominated for admission to Woolwich Academy; descriptions of St Paul's Cathedral and London (1837); blowing glass at Gallery of Practical Science, London; the Apollonican in London 'an instrument considered by all eminent musicians to be superior to any other in Europe' (22 Jan 1838); exhibition of fleas at 209 Regent Street (22 Jan 1838); skating on the Serpentine; an accident when many lives were lost; scarcity of water in London, all springs being frozen (22 Jan 1838); sale of furniture at Guisborough.