| Description | Letter from Emma Barclay, Templand, Auchterless, to Dr. George Barclay, her husband, Aberdeen, with praise of Mary Smith but glad to see Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers of Banff depart, plans to visit John Barclay and family in Morayshire, missing George, hopes he will travel to see them by canal boat, or walk to Inverurie or Oldmeldrum and meet a horse there, hopes that George will excise a lump on the forehead of a local girl, whose brother is threatening to do it himself, other movements of the family, his father did not say much about the kaleidoscope, strawberries and peas ready, ordering black gingham, 6 July 1818 |