Copy of a Letter to Mr Join Moir, Merchant in Edinburgh
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Letters from, & to, Major MacDonell,
when in Carlisle-Castle
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Copy of a Letter to Mr Join Moir, Merchant in Edinburgh
Steuart
Letters from and to Major MacDonell when in Carlisle Castle
Paton
Letter to Mr. John Moir, merchant in Edinburgh
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Vol. 1, 78—79Paton
Vol. 1, 41—42Credits
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“the following Copies of Letters [...] are faithfully transcrib'd from the Major's own Hand-writ, with a Return to one of them, transcrib'd from an Holograph of the Writer.”
Correspondence
sent
| Person | Donald MacDonell of Tiendrish |
| Date | 17 Oct 1746 |
| Place | Carlisle Castle |
| Place |
received
| Person | Mr John Moir, Merchant in Edinburgh |
| Place | Edinburgh |
acknowledgements
“I received yours Yesterday of the 11th Current”
compliments to
“all the honourable (honest) Ladies of my Acquaintance in Edr”
“all other Friends in general, &and in particular those in the Castle”
enclosed in
enclosures
requests
“You'll manage what Money Mr Stewart is due me, as you see proper; for my poor Wife will want Money much to pay her Rents and other Debts.”
He reiterates, “My dear Sir, manage Mr Stewart's Money as you best advise, and fail not to write to my Wife of same.”
remediation
in Forbes
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Copy of a Letter to Mr
John Moir, Merchant
in Edinburgh.
My DrDear Sir,
I received yours Yes-
terday of the 11th Current, and,
as I am to die To-morrowTomorrow, this is
my last FarewelFarewell to You. May God
reward You for your Services
to me from Time to Time, &and
may God restore my dear Prince,
&and receive my Soul at the Hour
of ^my Death. You’ll manage what
Money Mr Stewart is due me,
as you see proper; for my poor
Wife will want Money much to
pay her Rents &and other Debts. I
have given Mr Wright fourteen
Pounds sterling &and half a dozen
Shirts, in order to be sent my poor
Wife by Mr Graham at Mul-
trees of Hill. I have wrote just
now to Mr Graham, &and sent Let-
ters inclosedenclosed to my poor Wife &and
my Brother1. My dear Sir, manage
Mr Stewart’s Money as you best advise 79 (79)
advise, &and fail not to write to my
Wife of same. I conclude with
my Blessing, to your selfyourself, &and to all
the honourable ^honest Ladies of my Ac-
quaintance in EdrEdinburgh, &and to all other
Friends in general, &and in parti-
cular those in the Castle, &and I am
with Love &and Affection,
terday of the 11th Current, and,
as I am to die To-morrowTomorrow, this is
my last FarewelFarewell to You. May God
reward You for your Services
to me from Time to Time, &and
may God restore my dear Prince,
&and receive my Soul at the Hour
of ^my Death. You’ll manage what
Money Mr Stewart is due me,
as you see proper; for my poor
Wife will want Money much to
pay her Rents &and other Debts. I
have given Mr Wright fourteen
Pounds sterling &and half a dozen
Shirts, in order to be sent my poor
Wife by Mr Graham at Mul-
trees of Hill. I have wrote just
now to Mr Graham, &and sent Let-
ters inclosedenclosed to my poor Wife &and
my Brother1. My dear Sir, manage
Mr Stewart’s Money as you best advise 79 (79)
advise, &and fail not to write to my
Wife of same. I conclude with
my Blessing, to your selfyourself, &and to all
the honourable ^honest Ladies of my Ac-
quaintance in EdrEdinburgh, &and to all other
Friends in general, &and in parti-
cular those in the Castle, &and I am
with Love &and Affection,
My DrDear Sir,
Castle Carlisle,
OctrOctober 17th
1746.
OctrOctober 17th
1746.
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “Copy of a Letter to Mr Join Moir, Merchant in Edinburgh.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 1,
Adv.MS.32.6.16, fol. 51v–52r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/
Appendix
Tiendrish had two brothers: John and Angus. See Clan Donald, vol. 3, p. 460.