Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from R.D. Blackmore, 17 December 1884 Letter to Macdonald from R.D. Blackmore, Teddington, with thanks for the slab of granite which is too grand for a seat and must now find a more fitting place, hopes that Macdonald will come and see it in situ, asks for photograph of Macdonald to set over it, 'My little house is as plain as a wheelbarrow', his wife is hunting for a photograph of himself to send to Macdonald, though 'I shun such operations', still feeling the effects of the drought, offer of some strawberry runners, not named, 17 December 1884 17 December 1884