| Description | Letter from Charles Barclay, Inchbroom, to Dr. George Barclay, his brother, Aberdeen, regarding a hard ride in the cold and the awful weather, the effect on the crops still in the fields in Morayshire and Auchterless, hoping that George will execute his commissions 'as there is only part of my house habitable until I get them - I want the paper without much colour' as he wants a dark room lightened and bad walls covered, hoping for nothing more expensive than 6/- a piece, possibility of getting sofas from Auchterless, quantities of curtain material required, sending goose and turkey to Mrs. Barclay and offering to let Mary Brodie have a chance to beat him at whist, 11 November 1816 |