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Willow Cottage, Kingsland, near London. - Is the widow of Captain W. C. Grant, who fell at Waterloo, daughter of the botanist Colin Milne and niece of Dr George Campbell, Principal of the Marischal College, Aberdeen; Miss Mary Campbell will verify her statements; financial difficulties resulting from widowhood and other deaths in the family; cruel persecution threatens her own health; her son in India is the only child provided for; has no funds to pay bills; seeks assistance; Dr Sherriff of Blackheath will vouch for her.

15 Devonshire Street, near Poplar [Row/Road?], New Kent Road. - Encloses letter from Mr Gaskell: deeply disappointed despite his generosity; hoped to have secured her ailing daughter a passage to greenock; divident to another daughter might not be paid in time to send her; begs a couple of pounds as a last hope. Enclosure: letter from Daniel Gaskell to Susan Grant, 6 Aug. 1847. Lupset Hall, Wakefield. - Regrets Trustees of the late Lady Galway's Fund are unable to assista; stronger claimants locally; sends £1 as a personal gift.