| Description | Letter from Dr. George Barclay, Aberdeen, to Emma Berry, Edinburgh, regarding Mary Brodie, late letter from Emma, her Lancastrian work, his busy social life in order to build up his medical practice, a typical social evening, reading Simpson's Visit to Flanders, Paul's Letters, Miss Williams' Present State of France, and Byron's new poem, local beauty named Miss McLean, visits from family, progress of his garden, mention of the Medical Society, 13 March 1816 |