From: Delia G. E. Walker, Walterclough (6); John Marshall, London; General in Chief, Horse Guards (2); Hewley John Baines, Shrewsbury School, Carlisle Castle, Harwich, Chatham, Sheerness and Dover (12); John Harrison, Ripon (12); Banks and Massey; Colonel Trevor (to Hewley John Baines) (2); Chas. H. Godby, Queen's Bench (2); Mary Catherine Baines, London, Bell Hall and Old Bank (3); Messrs. Cox and Co., Craigs Court; William Mortimer Baines, Bishopton Close (3); Henry Broadley, St James's; J. Charnock, Bishopton Close (2); H. Preston, 7 Marine Parade, Dover; J. and D. Russell, Solicitors, York; Joseph Richardson and Co., Brick and Tile Burners, Kelfield (2); Parker and Weddall, Selby (2). Many letters with draft replies from H. M. B.

Subjects include: purchase of ensigncy in 95th Foot Regiment for Hewley John Baines; sale of trees in Naburn Wood and Deighton; financial and estate affairs; Hewley John Baines gazetted to lieutenancy; financial dispute with Mr Godby; appointment as Depot Paymaster; journal of visit to London by Mary Catherine Baines (1842); letters from William Mortimer Baines at school; engraving of Dover (1841) on letter heading (29 Oct 1843); school accounts for Master Baines (Christmas 1843); marriage of Mary Catherine Baines and John James Harrison and the marriage settlement; purchase of Sinderby estate by J. Harrison; notice of a ball at Mrs Lawrence's Hall, Ripon (20 Dec 1844); commutation of Deighton tithes (1845); accounts for bricks and tiles.