| Description | Letter from William Blyth, Kelso, to George Barclay at George Cowie, bookseller, Poultry, London, apologising for being a poor correspondent, enquiring about his plans for a future home, fearing that it will not be Edinburgh if he has formed an attachment in London, specifically Miss Chater, regrets that his trade does not allow him to socialise as much as he would wish with 'intelligent, accomplished females', hoping to see Williamina Grant while he is in Kelso, the rudeness of the Misses Douglas, his travel plans, including escorting Mr and Miss Berry to London, his unexpected discovery of one of Beattie's own poetry books in an inn, but the landlord would not sell it, he regrets he has been too busy with business travelling to read, anecdote of the authors of Rejected Addresses, the daughter of a business associate has indeed died, as George said she would, though her own doctors insisted she would recover, asking George's opinion on the Princess of Wales, he does not find politics interesting, asking if George ever visits the theatre, Kemble's visit to Edinburgh, the new amusement in Edinburgh is fancy dress balls, asking if George has read The Bridal of [Friermat?], set in Cumberland, 6 April 1813
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