Most items appear to be copies or digests of other material; often a name such as "The Age", "Butler", "Lyttelton", "Blackburn Mail", or "New European Magazine" appears as well, apparently as an attribution. The two long essays may be original, as may be a few of the poems.

Additional information about the publication of the Chronicle comes from some of the issues: No. 24 states," "The Proprietors of the Office Chronicle will in future send their Contri-butions to the Publishers on...Tuesdays..." No. 30 indicates, "After the...fruitless attempts which some of the Editors of the Office Chronicle, have made to produce constant...contributiors...we announce to the Proprietors that its publication...will be discontinued till a sufficient number of contributors can be obtained...Omega." No. 57 contains an article "[To be continued]."

Serialized articles include "Essay on the rise and progress of Literature" by "Alpha," covering the history and science as well as literature. The article begins with prehistoric man; describes Greeks in issues 7-14 and Romans in 15-31; Dark Ages and Anglo-Saxons in issues 32-54; and breaks off with death of Pope Sylvester II. Incipit: "In considering this subject..."

"An Essay or British Poetry with Biographical Notices of the most distinguished Poets, and critical remarks on their Works, to which is added a Preliminary Discourse on Ancient Poetry" by "Omega" is also called "History of British Poetry, etc.," and "The Lives of the most eminent British poets with critical remarks on their works." Covers Greeks, Romans, middle ages, and ballads in issues 2-5; Chaucer in 6; Spenser in 7-8; Jonson in 9-10; Shakespeare in 11-15; Milton in 17-30; Butler in 31-36; Waller in 37-43; Dryden in 44, 48-54; Denham in 45; and Settle in 57. Incipit: "Poetry is the glowing language..."

Other serialized articles include "The Poverty of the Learned", from [I. Disraeli's] Curiosities of Literature by Omega, which appears in issues 9, 12, 18, 21; "Dennis" [French dramatic writer] by Jacobus in issues 26 and 29; and "Professor Parson" by Jacobus in issues 38, 44, and 50. "From the prospectus of part 1 of the Pleasures of Love, a poem by John Stewart esq." (Jacobus) appears in issues 18 and 24; "Triads of Wisdom. From the Welsh." (Omega) in issues 48 and 51; "Mary Queen of Scotts." (Alpha) in issues 13 and 17; and "Character of Louis XI." (Alpha) in issues 20 and 22. "Account of the festivities observed at the Coronation of Louis XI..." appears in issue 13 and was supposed to be continued in 16. Eddystone Lighthouse: Winstanley and Smeaton. (Jacobus) appears in issues 39, 40, and 41.