| Description | Letter to Emma Berry, Edinburgh, from Mary Brodie, Scoughall, East Lothian, regretting that her mother cannot send any butter, waiting for news from Helen, asking for news of Williamina Grant, she cannot fill a letter with nothing when she has so many important things on her mind, her brother William is convinced that all his sisters will end old maids, asking Emma if ottoman chintzes with loose white sleeves are in fashion, with description, 28 May 1815 |