Autograph draft of a letter : "Roseways", to Margaret MacWhirter, 1936 February 11.

Thanking her for the copy of her book and telling her she wishes she could reciprocate by sending her a copy of "The Wind on the Heath" but she only has a single copy and it is now out of print; explaining the relationship of the Hon. John Byron to her husband and relating the early naval career of John Byron; saying "F.W. Jack was appointed a midshipman when only 8 & made several voyages before he was 11. It was when he was accompanying Commodore Anson that the Wager was wrecked in the Pacific off the Coast [of] S. America. Byron was about 17 at the time and he afterward wrote his 'Narrative' an account of the wreck & the hardships he and the survivors endured. In 1764 he was in command of the Dolphin while with the Tamar on a voyage of discovery passing through the straights of Magellan & exploring the Pacific. he was afterward appointed Governor of Newfoundland which position he held about 6 years & afterward created an Admiral. Died in 1786 in his 73 year. There is a lengthy account of his career in the Dic of Nat Biography;" adding that she received a letter from Angus Sillars (see MA 9176.34) describing his visit to his boyhood home in Quebec which is near the site of the naval battle involving Le Bienfaisant; granting her permission to reproduce her Ballard [of Foulweather Jack] in the new edition of her book and thanking her for her kind words about her column in the British Weekly; adding, in the final sentence, that she is "...still far from well and confined to my room."