| Description | Letter from Mary Ann Crichton, Westhaven, Albert Street, Fraserburgh (Aberdeen) to William Walker. Thanks him for report on manuscript on which James Bruce Duncan had been working when taken ill which she had deposited with William Walker in order that he could advise P.J. Anderson thereon; gives copious details of manuscripts and books still in D.'s library; comments on ballads or songs "Glenlogie", "Young Essex", "The Brown Girl"; discusses James Bruce Duncan's own manuscript collection of tunes and manuscript of words contributed by Mrs Gillespie; is glad to know that it may be possible to complete first volume of New Spalding Club work without outside help. |