From: Hewley John Baines, Bell Hall; C. Askwith, Funchal and West Lodge (4); W. H. Harrison, Conyngham Hall and Melton Hill (2); John Harrison, Ripon and Old Bank, Leeds (5); Eliz. Agar; C. Harrison; Mary Baines, Escrick Rectory; Richard Hague (copy); Arabella Mortimer, Bishopthorpe; Henry Baines, 'The Asia', Delmonecoe's Hotel, New York, Niagara Falls, Donegane's Hotel, Montreal (addressed to Mary and Hewley Mortimer Baines) (6); C. J. Dawson, Guisborough; B. Hills, 17 Golden Square; Mary Catherine Baines, Flinton's Hotel, St James's Street, and Harrogate (2); Hewley John Baines, Carlisle Castle, Kinsale, Tralee, Brussels, Ostend and Adams's Lodgings, Market Place, Beverley (9); Geo. Palmes, Paris; J. J. Harrison, Old Bank; Saml. Isaac, Chatham; Elizabeth Warde, Campsall Vicarage (3); Caroline Harrison, Bellwood; Ann Palfreman, 25 Rougier Street; Hannah Pease, Thornton Hall, Pickering; Ann Tinsley, 3 Clifton Street; C. Askwith (junior) The Terrace, Ripon (3); Mary Frances Baines, Mount Eden, New Zealand; Caroline M. Wood, Bellwood; Esther Mary Baines, 25 Blake Street.

Subjects include: wedding congratulations; description of Madeira and conditions there; family affairs; financial matters; instructions for varnishing; cholera in York (Aug 1833); sale of a horse; death of [ ], niece of Arabella Mortimer (Jan 1834); progress of Mary Catherine Baines at school in London; death of Bryan [Palmes?]; death of wife of Hewley John Baines, his financial and family difficulties; cost of living in London; marriage of Mary Catherine Baines; Henry Baines's voyage to America; descriptions of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Niagara Falls, Toronto and Montreal; fire in Montreal 'about 1800 houses burnt down' (Jul 1852); death of Mary Catherine Baines (6 Mar 1871); matters relating to the marriage settlement after her death.