| Description | Letter to Emma Berry, at Mrs. Nicholl's, Kelso, from Mary Berry, her mother, Edinburgh, regarding Emma's bad handwriting and her father's displeasure at it, pleased that Emma is happy at the Nicholls' house, workmen working on the kitchen at home, news of John Grant's share of prize money in the navy, illness of Mr. Cooper, asking for news of the ball, regards to Kelso friends, 'All family letters should be destroyed when read' [to which Miss E.M.E. Berry added the note 'Thank God this one at least was not!'], 20 October 1807 |