| Description | Letter from Jessie Barclay, Calcots, near Elgin, to Emma Barclay, her sister-in-law, Golden Square, Aberdeen, sorry to hear that Emma's father Walter is ill, hoping to see both of them at Calcots, reference to Emma's coping with large numbers of school children, glad that she is pleased with her assistant Miss Taylor, Jessie's assistant Miss McGillivray is ill, illness of their sister-in-law Mary Ann, explanation of the wax splashes on the paper, 16 December 1831 |