| Description | Letter to Emma Berry, Sheffield, from Mary Brodie, Melrose, writing after a party, no news from Emma and Betsy Richmond had to be approached for news, brief description of Helen's marriage and aftermath, their happiness with everything (she accompanied her sister to her marital home), regretting that Walter Berry did not introduce her to John Barclay, books she is reading, hoping that Emma can visit Melrose, 17 October 1815
[Helen Brodie married David Spence. They emigrated to South Australia in the 1830s. Their daughter, Catherine Helen Spence, went on to be a noted writer in Australia] |