The four volumes consist of original dispatches from the French consul in Jerusalem, copies of dispatches sent or received by him, minutes of letters sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and rarely isolated documents (unsigned note for example).
French General Consulate in Jerusalem (CGFJ)- Series 146 CCC, Consular and Commercial Correspondence (4 volumes, vols. 2-5, 1842-1901): 578 dispatches.
- Series 74 CPC, Political correspondence, Jerusalem (27 volumes 1843-1895) : 2603 dispatches.
- Series 206 CPCOM, Political and Commercial Correspondence, known as "New Series") Turkey-Palestine, (vols. 129-138, 10 vols. 1896-1914): 880 dispatches.
Most despatches are typed, and almost always present short analyses (there are, however, overwritten drafts as well as telegraphic despatches without analysis).
The numbering of dispatches is not continuous.
French General Consulate in Jerusalem (CGFJ)Ethiopian convent business. (PP. 305-306)
Confidential project of restoration of the dome of the Holy Sepulchre by the two Emperors was disclosed and produced great unrest in the Greek clergy. (PP. 186-187)
Destruction by locusts. (Minute in Tangier). (p. 61)
Telegraph dispatch. Arrival of Mr. de Nélidoff in Jerusalem. (P. 229)
Mr. Laffon's dispatches have reached No 165. Attitude taken in Jerusalem by the Consul General of Mexico. Acknowledgement of dispatch 1 and 2 from E. de Barrère: cessation of cholera and incident concerning the conduct of Turkish soldiers in Bethlehem. (PP. 94-95)
Acknowledgement until No. 24. Request for a plan indicating the dimensions and proportions of the St. Anne church building. (P. 181)
Remarks on Mr Djalla's request to benefit of French protection. (P. 82)
(Confidential). On the proposals to the St Petersburg Cabinet to remove obstacles to the implementation of the 5 September Protocol. Refusal of these proposals by the Russian government. Alternatives. (PP. 108-109)