| Description | Letter from John Barclay, Caldcots, near Elgin, to Emma Barclay, his sister-in-law, Skene Terrace, Aberdeen, thanking for news of the children, giving news of Emma's son Charles, importance of mathematics, his improved health in the country, asking for volumes of Molière and Cicero, new pupil Andrew Jack, possibly related to Lady Nicolson, very cold spring, 3 May 1829 |