| Description | Brief memoir of Mrs. Mary Elmslie, founder of the Aberdeen Female Orphan Asylum, written by John Smith as a preface to the Asylum's rules in 1882 (pages 1 -5). Pages 6 and 7 are additional material by 'A.W.', Hamilton Place, dated 1898, and page 8 an additional note on Mary's husband James by James McKay, Belvidere Street, Aberdeen, dated 1935. |