The farm diaries (or journals) and letterbooks of R.A.H. Kemp viz. diaries (3 vols) 1863-1870, 1871-1894 and 1894-1915; letterbooks (3 vols) containing copies of business letters sent by R.A.H. Kemp, and covering the periods (i) 1862-1866 (ii) 1860-1869 a nd (iii) 1894-1915. It is not clear why the first and second volumes were in use concurrently; a few of the letters for 1862-1863 in (ii) were signed by Maria S. Kemp. There are also a few memoranda and a letter re: alleged irregularities and delays in reference to his accounts as Land Agent, written by J.B. Casey, C.P.S. at Kempsey; and a memorandum of agreement between Leon Rieser of Melbourne and Thomas Hennessy of Kempsey re the seasoning and supply of timber, 22 March 1895. 6 vol., 2 folders

The correspondences and business papers of the Kemp family, one of the earliest families to settle in the Macleay district. Among the family and business correspondences is a letter, dated 1814, to a Lieutenant Kemp from the future King William IV of England. The business papers also contain a wide variety of material including the accounts of sales for three different properties, miscellaneous legal papers and the receipts for purchases between 1860 and 1886.