The fonds consists of scrapbooks containing literary references, poems, articles, a short series on various counties in Ontario and news clippings of World War l. A notebook entitled The Heart of a Boy contains manuscripts and articles, 1884-1891. Three issues of The Maritime Advocate and Busy East, 1935, contain articles about Nova Scotia and enclosed correspondence.
The fonds consists of two poems by John Kilmer. The first poem is a holograph of the "Ballad of Father Hudson", a poem describing the land of the Great-North-Seaboard Province from Fundy to Chaleur and the life of Father Hudson, and the second poem refers to Eddi's service, Eddi being a Priest at St. Wilfrid.
The fonds consists of nine letters relating to the foundation and early history of the library at Perth, Upper Canada, sponsored by Lord Dalhousie before his departure from Canada
The fonds consists of a letter relating to Lord Dalhousie's visit to Perth in Upper Canada, and a newsclipping of an open letter to Lord Dalhousie regarding Wesleyan missionaries in Canada.
Letters to two unidentified persons. It appears that one at least is to James Gow, Windsor. In it McLachan tells of family matters, books he has read and the support spiritualism has given him through talks with his dead son, John.
