| Description | Letter from Williamina Michael, East India College, Addiscombe, Surrey, to Emma Barclay, Aberdeen, glad to have seen her the previous summer, hoping Emma will soon visit her, asking for news of Emma's family and giving news of hers, 'my sister Randall's eldest son, James Ballantyne ... is just returned to Edinburgh to take possession of an appointment ... in the Military Academy there. He is teacher of the Oriental Languages ...' (aged 18), failure to see the Brodies or the Hills before leaving Scotland, 17 March 1832 |