| Description | Papers of Earls of Caithness: letters to Lord Caithness from his wife, M. Caithness, concerning legal action for money; her health; 18 June 1752, needs money or will starve; illness of daughter who would not be treated by mother's choice of doctor but demanded a relation of her father's, resulting in "the danger of barness so as she might never have a chald if she was marred"; asks for daughter's company, recommends Earl not to live so much alone; complains of influence of Earl and Lord Murkle on daughter against her mother; recommendations for conduct and marriage of daughter Dolly, company she keeps, ladies of fashion she should follow; complains that she has heard of Dolly walking alone or with men and of her bad conduct with school masters, bad influence of Mrs. Sinclair of [Freske]. |