| Description | Letter from Dr. George Barclay, Aberdeen, to Emma Berry, Edinburgh, asking her to write, telling of the death of his eldest apprentice, William Thomson, mention of the Edinburgh Musical Festival, his reading confined to medical books and Walter Scott's Field of Waterloo, looking forward to The Antiquarian, Guy Mannering is generally preferred to Waverley in Aberdeen, his friend Murray has moved to London, Joe Cookworthy has received a hospital appointment, his own appointment at the Lunatic Hospital is to start in January, his plan of study for the winter months, his parents are to move from the farm to a new house, in which they hope to have Christmas dinner, visit to Kinrara, 9 November 1815 |