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The collection consists of thirty-five letters, thirty-three of which are addressed to H.W. Ryland, member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, one to a Lieutenant-Colonel Ready, Amyot's deputy at Quebec at the time, and one to the Reverend William Ryland, curate of Sandridge, England, the son of H. W. Ryland. The letters concern chiefly private business matters and Amyot's relation to Lower Canada when he was its absentee secretary, the receipt of his pension when his secretaryship was commuted in 1828, and his activities with the British government on Ryland's behalf.

A Mr. Godon wishes to make inquiries of Ryland, who is in London, on the subject of the Executive Council of Lower Canada, if Ryland will call on Amyot.

Amyot thanks Ryland for his kindness to friends travelling in America, and mentions a Court Martial, delayed by Sir James Yeo's departure for Africa; also Admiral Byng's meeting with Bonaparte on the Bellerophon.

Amyot deals here largely with personal matters, and especially with negotiations about his salary.

A short letter, in which Amyot congratulates Ryland on his handling of a political crisis in Canada, and discussed British politics.

This letter shows the contemporary system of appointment in the colonial service in action. Amyot has received a letter from Bishop Mountain, written at Ryland's instigation, recommending the latter's son for the position of deputy to Amyot, who explains that he has already offered the position to his own younger brother.

This letter concerns the procedure to be followed in the not unlikely event of the death of Mr. J. Taylor, an associate of Ryland's in the government of the colony. Amyot mentions the nation's unaffected grief at the death of the Princess Charlotte.

Amyot complains of Taylor's inefficiency in rendering accounts to him.

Amyot again complains of the difficulty of effecting a settlement with Taylor, and mentions arrangements for Bishop Mountain's retirement.

A short letter in which Amyot tells Ryland of the appointment of the Duke of Richmond as Governor of Canada; and mentions that Palmerston, Secretary at War, was shot at and wounded in the back by a supposed maniac, Lieutenant Davis, that morning at the door of the House.