Letters from his son Rawdon Macnabb while at Lucknow, Goona (Central India), Bombay, Poona, Simla, Indore, Calcutta, Secunderabad and Hyderabad; descriptions of social life in India; references to his career-appointment as Personal Assistant to Major Daly and then to Charles Bayley; Prince of Wal...
Letters from his brother Donald Campbell Macnabb; family and social news with some reference to his work in India; later from India, Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand, San Francisco and Mexico (1891-92). Dated as: 1858-75; 1891-92
Letters (many also addressed to his brother Donald Campbell) from his father James Munro Macnabb while at school at the Grange, Sunderland, concerning family news and their studies.
Letters from members of his family and friends concerning family news, financial affairs, comment on his news of India; includes letters from Dugdale Astley, one a copy by his mother concerning action at the Battle of the Alma and his injuries received.
Letters from members of his family and friends; including news of the Mutiny and death of his brother (John) Campbell Macnabb at Meerut; marriage to Amy Hogg and letters from her. Dated as: 1857-c1915