| Description | Letter from Alexander Barclay, Port Morant, Jamaica, to his sister-in-law, Emma Barclay, Skene Terrace, Aberdeen, regarding the Bells' plans to send their girls to Emma's school from Jamaica, arrangements for contact with the girls' relatives in Scotland, thanks for salmon from Walter Berry, sending sugar to Emma, offering presents to his nieces and nephews if their writing improves, commending Captain Terrier's recommendations of Emma's school, if Emma can keep her health she should succeed, advising her against borrowing money, recommending caution in buying a larger house and mentioning his brother's financial difficulties, illness of Jessie, financial arrangements, 12 March 1831 |