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Sinclair thanks GW for sending him a copy of her latest publication

Webster assures GW she needn't worry about the parcel she sent. He describes his dislike of travelling by train. Suggests GW find warmer accommodation & wrap up well.

John Webster talks about the weather (foggy, cold), then about the recently-formed Rifle Corps and the "expected invasions" (which never materialized).

Webster is concerned for GW's health. He shows an interest in buying some books she has mentioned

Forwarding a parcel. The departure of a lodger and hopes for a replacement. Scones.

Grace Webster backs down (reluctantly) on a claim to Langley Compensation Money.

Unsigned letter from The Tait (which had published a detailed review of Ingliston in May 1840), turning down another of GW's works for review.

Deals with family matters and matters of health, and raises the question of how the Presbyterians celebrate the sacrament.

Blathwaite patches up his relationship with GW, talks about plans for moving house and denounces a false rumour that the President steamship, lost at sea, was safe.  Lord Fitzroy Lennox, son of the Duke of Richmond,was among the passengers.

Unsigned letter acknowledging [James] Buchanan's receipt of a book from Miss Webster. Buchanan's identity is ascertained from the York Place address; see, e.g., The Miscellany of the Woodrow Society, p. 644, which places him at that address.