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——— from Jas Wright to sd Lady
Forbes
Copy of a Letter to the same Lady, which served as a Cover to the above, from Mr James Wright, Writer in Edinburgh
Steuart
Copy of a Letter from James Wright to said Lady (Sir Archibald Primrose's Sister)
Paton
Letter to the same lady, which served as a cover to the above, from Mr. James Wright, Writer in Edinburgh
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 3, 386—387
Paton
Vol. 1, 223
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Kaitlyn MacInnis
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Taylor Breckles
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Leith Davis
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Kaitlyn MacInnis
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Notes
Archibald Primrose “delivered me this immediately before he suffered.”
Correspondence
sent
Person James Wright
Date15 Nov 1746
PlaceCarlisle
Place
received
Person Sir Archibald Primrose's sister
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Letter from Archibald Primrose to his sister ( [Copy of a Letter] from Sir Archibald Primrose to his Sister)
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Transcription

Copy of a Letter to the same
Lady
, which served as a Co-
ver
to the Above, from Mr
James Wright
, Writer in
Edinburgh.

Madam,
Your Brother, who is no
more, delivered me this immediate-
ly
before he suffered. His Behavi-
our
was becoming a humble Chri-
stian
. I waited on him to the last,
and, with some other Friends, wit-
nessed
his Interment in St Cuth-
bert’s
Church-yard
. He lies on the
North-side of the Church, within
four Yards of the second Window
from the Steeple. Mr Gordon of
Terperse
&and ✝Patrick Murray, Gold-
Smith
, lie just by him. God Almighty
support his disconsolate Lady &and all

✝
Commonly called Cowley Murray.
387 (387)
all his Relations. I trust in his Mercy,
he will provide for the Fatherless
&and the Widow. I am just now going
to wait upon poor Lady Mary.
I am,
Madam,
Yours, &c.etc.
J:James W:Wright
Carlisle, 15 NovrNovember,
1746
4 o’ Clock Af-
ternoon.

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Forbes, Robert. “Copy of a Letter to the same Lady, which served as a Cover to the above, from Mr James Wright, Writer in Edinburgh.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 3, Adv.MS.32.6.18, fol. 4v–5r. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v03.0386.01.html.
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