| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from J. Smiles, 4, Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, West London, reporting that he has met with Richeton, who wants to etch Tom Taylor's head, he is to call on Mrs. Taylor or Wycliffe Taylor to see about borrowing George Reid's portrait of Tom Taylor, Smiles saw him not long before his death and he seemed well, but they say it was an aneurism, hoping to get to Aberdeen this year but has work to do on a book, 22 July 1880 |