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Fonds consists largely of records created and collected by members of the Magrath family, including the Reverend James Magrath and his children, in the course of administering and occupying their farming estate (called Erindale) on the Credit River. Fonds includes correspondence, legal and financial records and ledgers, and plans of the estate and environs. There is also a small amount of material added to the fonds by later descendants of the family, including family histories and annotated transcriptions of the earliest Magrath correspondence.

The bulk of the correspondence consists of personal letters between family members, including James Magrath and his children, and most is written to Charles Magrath while on a trip to Ireland. Letters are largely concerned with family and personal affairs.

Note that the Magrath family correspondence includes occasional references to the activities of the First Nations (Mississauga Anishinaabe) people of the Credit area at that time referred to as the Credit Indians. The nature of these references is influenced by the perspective and prejudices of the Magraths.

The fonds comprises the following six series:

Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Legal records
Series 3: Financial records
Series 4: Family history records
Series 5: Erindale Estate maps and plans
Series 6: Transcriptions

File consists of letters written from August to October 1844 to Charles Magrath in Ireland from various family members in Canada. Topics include weather, crops, family news, James Magrath's will, property, the Dean affair, and observations of a camp meeting of Indigenous peoples known at that time as the Credit Indians.

During an earlier archival description the items in this file were assigned numbers A1.1-A1.10. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of letters to and between various family members, including the Harris family of Benares into which Mary Magrath married. Topics include aftermath of Erindale fire, birth of Thomas' child, and family matters.

During an earlier archival description the items in this file were assigned numbers A3.1-A3.16. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of a letter of farewell and thanks from "the Gentlemen of Bagenalstown"upon the Reverend Magrath's leaving Ireland.

During an earlier archival description the item in this file was assigned the number A3.17. A transcription for this documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of two letters regarding financial matters, one to the Reverend James Magrath from Bishop John Strachan, and one to James Magrath (his son).

During an earlier archival descriptions the items in this file were assigned numbers A4.1-A4.2. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of letters written from October to November 1844 to Charles Magrath in Ireland from various family members in Canada. Topics include politics, elections, storms, marriages, John Stachan's wedding, the Dean affair, and thoughts about Ireland.

During an earlier archival description the items in this file were assigned numbers A1.11-A1.21. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of letters written from November 1844 to March 1845 to Charles Magrath in Ireland from various family members in Canada. Topics include society life, Christmas preparation, the Dean affair, local suicide attempt, Toronto hot baths, and Dixie and Grantham argument.

During an earlier archival description the items in this file were assigned numbers A1.22-A.32. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of letters written from March to May 1845 to Charles Magrath in Ireland from various family members in Canada. Topics include pleasure in letters, of Indigenous peoples known at that time as the Credit Indians and soapmaking, Dean affair, settling Irish property. Includes a note from a child.

During an earlier archival descriptions the items in this file were assigned numbers A1.33-A1.43. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of letters written from May to July 1845 to Charles Magrath in Ireland from various family members in Canada. Topics include financial shortfalls, new railroad, bad droughts, storms, stage between Toronto and Streetsville, fire in Quebec City, attendence at a concert, poultry, and local crimes.

During an earlier archival description the items in this file were assigned numbers A1.44-A1.54. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of letters written from August to September 1845 to Charles Magrath in Ireland from various family members in Canada. Topics include harvest celebration, fires, arson, camp meeting with Indigenous peoples known at that time as the Credit Indians, use of ear trumpet.

During an earlier archival description the items in this file were assigned numbers A1.55-A1.65. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of letters written from September 1845 to December 1846 to Charles Magrath in Ireland and elsewhere by various family members. Topics include Charles' wish to study law, Tom's travels, Dean affair, crops, ships leaving for Toronto.

During an earlier archival description the items in this file were assigned numbers A1.66-A1.74. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of letters written from March 1867 to February 1874 to Charles Magrath from various family members. Topics include the destruction of the Erindale house by fire and aftermath as well as other family news.

During an earlier archival description the items in this file were assigned numbers A1.75-A1.83. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of letters written to William Magrath from various family members and acquaintences. Topics include farming, ecclesiastical politics, financial affairs, and Charles' desire that William control the Erindale property.

During an earlier archival description the items in this file were assigned numbers A2.2-A2.7. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6 .

File consists of documents produced in anticipation or in consequence of the death of the Reverend James Magrath by him or his children. These include a codacil to his will (a copy of which is not included in the file), various letters exhorting his family not to sell Erindale and explaining his motivations in the disposition of his estate, list of papers included among his effects, signed promises of family members to abide by certain agreements among themselves, and a letter to lawyers from Charles regarding a dispute between Thomas and his siblings.

During an earlier archival descriptions the items in this file were assigned numbers C1.3-C1.9. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of various legal documents and instruments, including notice regarding land for the Great Western Railway in Ireland, commissions (as Public Notary and in the York Militia), a certification of the witnessing of the marriage of the Reverend James Magrath to Mary Douglass, Thomas William Magrath contract, Thomas Magrath (of County Roscommon, Ireland) contract, and a note of agreement between the Magrath brothers. The latter has been annotated by a descendent in 1946.

During an earlier archival descriptions the items in this file were assigned numbers D1.4 and C2.1-2.5. Transcriptions for these documents may be located by number in Series 6.

File consists of two deeds for land in Ireland, one between Peter Langworth and Bryan Kenney and other between Thomas Magrath and James and Laughlin Lennon.

Series consists of records kept largely in the course of administering the Erindale Estate and farms. Records include account books, receipts, statements of credit, and calculations. A small amount of material pertains to the personal finances of a Magrath descendent, Naomi Harris.

File consists of mailed notes and calculations of a financial nature, and receipts.

File consists of a ledger comprising accounts of the Erindale Estate kept by William Magrath. Accounting commences in 1867 with the construction of the second Erindale home and alludes to the destruction of the original house by fire. The ledger comprises a record of the Magrath family's dealings with local persons and businesses.

File consists of loose pages from an accounting ledger with entries and calculations. The sheets do not appear to come from the Day Book (File 2).