| Description | Letter to Emma Barclay, Aberdeen, from Walter Berry, Edinburgh, her father, telling her to look after herself, criticism of Mary Brodie's handwriting, feeling the pressure to marry quickly, falling out with the Hills, present of a pelisse to Williamina about which she is being unreasonable, health of various friends, directing Emma to write to her aunts and hint of Walter's forthcoming marriage, and send a recipe for marmalade, much better servants and household economy now that Emma has gone, sending his duplicate plate, asking for news of Aberdeen acquaintances, 16 November 1816 |