| Description | Letter from Emma Berry, Edinburgh, to Dr. George Barclay, Aberdeen, regarding the possibility of marrying in September, because of her housekeeping responsibilities, asking for a meeting before they fix a date, hopes that her father will take her cousin Amy Robertson as a housekeeper, plans for the Drum's Lane house, the officiant for the marriage, her health requires riding in gigs and taking shower baths, and Dr. Thomson thinks she should cut her hair, if that does not help they must go to Pitcaithly, 1 August 1816 |