The fonds consists of the correspondence of Sir John A. Macdonald. Included are letters from politicians, cabinet ministers, bureaucrats, religious figures and businessmen. There are approximately 100 individuals represented in this series with whom there was considerable correspondence. Among the most voluminous correspondence is that from Gilbert McMicken (secret service reports); Sir George Stephen; Sir Alexander Campbell; Hon. Edgar Dewdney; Sir Alexander T. Galt; Lawrence Vankoughnet; Sir David Macpherson; and Sir Charles Tupper.
Two page letter from Sir Sam Hughes to Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper recommending Captain Franklin Crandell as a suitable candidate for the position of Steamboat Inspector.
The collection consists of one leather bound photographic album and 16 albumen prints. The album features portrait photographs from the Peterborogh area predominantly. Individuals who can be identified are from the Higginson, Hall and Fleming families. Also includes portraits done by Topley, Notman, and Brown, Barnes and Bell of England. The sixteen albumen prints are linked in that they appear to be scenics gathered or taken by the survey photographer during Fleming's time with the Geological Survey of Canada and his trip across Canada.
The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway, pamphlets, diaries, sketches and a framed book-plate silhouette of Oscar Wilde created by Fleming.
