| Description | Letter from Emma Barclay, Templand, Auchterless, to Dr. George Barclay, her husband, Aberdeen, thanking him for his letter and for forwarding her father's, agreeing to write to her aunts on her father's behalf, glad he is missing her, walking for her health, her sleeping habits, social life, the ailments of Miss Bruce (Sir Robert Barclay's niece), her attempts to charm James Barclay, the problems of telling their personal news to Mrs. Thomson, household needlework, buying beef for Mrs. Peter, running out of coal, 6 May 1817 |