Material comprises:
(a) numbers 1-212, letters from Frederick Bowring (1828-1894) to:
- his grandmother Mrs Lewin (number 1, 1830);
- his parents, mainly his mother Maria (numbers 2-164, 1828-1856);
- his sister Maria and brothers Charles, Edgar Alfred and Lewin (numbers 165-173, 1831-1860);
- his aunts Anne and Lucy Jane Bowring (numbers 174-211, 1845 and 1853, 3 items only);
- J.W. Robinson (number 212, 1894).
(b) numbers 213-262, letters to Frederick Bowring (1849-1890) from:
- his mother Maria Bowring (numbers 213-219, 1849);
- his brother John (numbers 220-222, 1887);
- his sister-in-law Mary Laura, wife of Lewin Bowring (number 223, 1859);
- his aunts Anne and Lucy Jane Bowring (numbers 224-244, 1849-1850);
- his uncle Charles (numbers 245-252, 1848-1858);
- Mrs Bontor (numbers 253-258, 1887-1888);
- J.W. Delamain (number 259, 1843);
- J.L.I. Warden Page (numbers 260-261, 1890);
- J. Sykes (number 262, 1888).