| Description | This extract mainly concerns news of recent Taylor family activities, including the birthday of Elizabeth's sister Janet. Mary Taylor refers to requests which the girls had included in their letters home, remarking on clothing and a photograph of the girls' father. She also sends Margaret and Elizabeth the address of their aunt Caroline's new home in Birmingham following her marriage to George Barrow. Mary Taylor comments on the progress of the girls' brother John Howard at Ackworth School and remarks on visits by relatives. She concludes her letter noting that Caroline Barrow had sent the girls some wedding cake. A postscript to the letter describes a game of charades which the family had hosted and a visit by prominent Quaker Jonathan Grubb. |