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The collection contain 12 groups of correspondence: 1. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his wife Sarah Bunbury, 1840-1857 (41 letters); 2. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his father Sir Henry Bunbury, 1840-1850 (52 letters); 3. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his step-mother Lady Bunbury, 1840-1844 (5 letters); 4. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his father-in-law R. C. Sconce, 1839-1840 (7 letters); 5. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to George Repton, 1842-1843 (3 letters); 6. Letters of Sarah Bunbury to her father R. C. Sconce 1840-1846 (54 letters); 7. letters of Sara Bunbury to her mother and to Sir Henry and Lady Bunbury, 1840-1850 (8 letters); 8. Letter of Hanmer and Sarah Bunbury, 1840-1843 (18 letters); 9. Letters of Rev. R.K. Sconce to R. Hanmer Bunbury, 1844-1846 (4 letters); 10. Miscellaneous letters to R. Hanmer Bunbury, 1824-1856 (7 letters); 11. Miscellaneous letters to Sarah Bunbury, 1843-1870 (17 letters); 12. Miscellaneous documents, including bapmistal certificate of Bunbury.