| Description | Letter to Emma Barclay from Betsy Richmond, Oxgangs, Edinburgh, regarding missing Emma, the gaiety of Edinburgh, she is coming to dislike parties less out of habit, means to attend a George Street assembly, hoping for news of Williamina Grant, sorry to hear that Mary Brodie has been ill, her time is taken up with her Hamburg correspondents, sorry she did not send a shawl as intended, mention of the fur cap for Charles, pity for Lady Bannerman [who seems to be mad], the distress of the Gerards, no news of William Blyth, she is so angry with Walter Berry for forgiving William for his behaviour, her father is to publish something clever called Salmagundi, decline of Mr. Andrews, 2 February 1819 |