| Description | Letter to Emma Barclay, Knockleith, Auchterless, from Miss Forbes Gerard, Union Street, Aberdeen, hoping to come and see her again, regretting only having spent one month of a beautiful summer in the country, her brother John's new plans and protracted absence, 'He has returned to Chile in a mercantile capacity, in charge of and with a small share of a very fine vessel freighted by Messrs. Fairlie, Ferguson & Co. ... the name of the ship is the Good Hope', reference to Mrs. Berry's pregnancy (George Berry's wife), reference possibly to a quarrel between Emma and Mary Brodie, news of Mrs. Thomson and Dr. Henderson, 'His lady is at Craigmile. I saw a most splendid lace dress that Mrs. Gordon was working for her, can you fancy greater folly, except she intends commencing young lady again.', her sympathy for the Sutherthirds[?] and Eliza, greetings to all at Auchterless, 8 October 1821
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