Correspondence between David Ramsay and members of his family in Scotland covering his voyages in the Marchioness of Exeter; to Rio de Janeiro, Sydney and other ports in the Surry; preparations for setting up the business house of Raine and Ramsay in Sydney; his voyage to Sydney in the Thalia, and impressions of Sydney after his arrival; family news from Scotland, references to his affairs, to the Dick family and Simeon Lord's estate and money. Invoices for his fitting out as ship's surgeon, papers re his property Dobroyd, business papers relating to the firm of Raine and Ramsay, including letters from Simeon Lord Jnr. in Launceston, 1827-1830.
