| Description | Letter to Emma Barclay, Aberdeen, from Alexander Douglas, Edinburgh, regarding his communication with her brother George Berry and his visit to George's counting house, concerning a dispute over accounts of sea income stock, state of health of 'my dear Robina', asking if Emma's father can provide him with some packs of smuggled cards from Aberdeen [presumably playing cards without duty paid on them], 20 October 1823. Attached are copies of his note to George Berry and George's reply. |