| Description | Letter from Dr. George Barclay, Aberdeen, to Emma Berry, Edinburgh, apologising for his last letter and blaming Mrs. Thomson for her bad advice, mention that he is to be best man at a wedding, the first he has seen, mention of Mary Brodie's correspondence with his brother John, death of Mrs. Blyth, a friend, his intention of attending church more now that he is to be a settled married man, historiography, Byron, ball at Marischal College, his colleague Dr. Selby who is dying of tuberculosis, his linguistic skills, 3 April 1816
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