Additional papers, 1758-1773, of John Buchanan and William Preston. Major recurrent topics throughout this period are Indian affairs, provisions for military protection of the border areas, and western land surveys and grants in the Virginia frontiers. Numbered among the correspondents are James Adams, Robert Breckinridge, James Brigham, John Brown, William Byrd, James Callaway, Archibald Cary, Robert Doack, Francis Fauquier, William Ingles, Andrew Lewis, Thomas Lewis, David Looney, George Moffett, Robert C. Nicholas, William Peachey, John Randolph, David Robinson, John Todd, and Thomas Walker. The protection of the western settlements during Pontiac's conspiracy (1763-1764) are discussed in letters by Brown, Ingles, and Governor Fauquier. Protest against higher taxes, Virginia politics, unrest in Boston, the repeal of the Stamp Act, the establishment of a boundary between white settlements and Cherokee lands, and the legal settlement of Buchanan's estate are among the specific subjects touched upon, sometimes only briefly, in letters, 1765-1773. Comments on ecclesiastical, educational, and literary matters are found particularly in the letters of Brown and Robinson. The latter sent Preston a concise but vivid account (1761) of his experiences in a storm at sea and of the burning in effigy of the Pope and the Devil in Boston.

Other papers include: militia accounts and receipts for pay and provisions, chiefly for the companies of Buchanan and Preston, 1757-1760; and commissions issued by Governor Fauquier to Buchanan as militia officer (1758), collector of duty on skins and furs (1759), and sheriff of Augusta County (1761). Also included are Preston's account book, 1762-1767, showing names of persons for whom he made surveys, his charges, and in some instances the location of the tracts; a payroll (1764) for William Christian's militia company; and warrants (1773) for land grants for military service issued by Lord Dunmore as governor to Hugh Allen, John Dickinson, Samuel Edmondson (Edmiston), William Edmondson (Edmiston), Thomas Fleming, William Fleming, and Holt Richardson.

Appendix B lists by page number names found in 2 QQ (Volume 2).