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——— fm a presbyterian Preacher to sd Lady
Forbes
Copy of a Letter, qch served to cover the Above, to Lady Terperse, from Mr Patrick Gordon presbyterian Preacher at Rhynie.
Steuart
Copy of a Letter from a Presbyterian Preacher to said Lady
Paton
Letter, which served as a cover to the above, from Mr. Patrick Gordon, minister at Rhynie
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Forbes
Vol. 3, 426—428
Paton
Vol. 1, 253—254
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Leith Davis
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It isn't clear how Patrick Gordon received the letter, but he mentions a “Correspondent [...] a Gentlewoman in Carlisle”, who perhaps sent it to him.
Correspondence
sent
Person Patrick Gordon
Date26 Jan 1747
PlaceRhynie
Place
received
Person Margaret Gordon
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Gordon's letter to his wife (Copy of a Letter from Gordon of Terperse to his Lady), absent the instructions enclosed with Gordon's letter.
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426

Copy of a Letter, qchwhich served
to cover the Above, to Lady
Terperse
, from Mr Patrick
Gordon
presbyterian Preach-
er
at Rhynie.

Madam, 427 (427)
Madam,
The InclosedEnclosed came to me
two or three Days ago, &and I intended to
have delivered it to You with my own
Hand, but as I cannot travel so far
for some Days, by Reason of necessa-
ry
Business in my Parish, I thought
proper, rather than delay it any long-
er
, to transmit it in this Manner.
My Correspondent is a Gentlewoman
that lives, in the Neighbourhood of
Carlisle, who saw Terperse every
Day, for some Time before his Death,
&and says, he died as became a truly
penitent Christian, to the Conviction
of all the Clergy, &and others, that
conversed with him. She writes
me, that one Wright, by Orders from
Mr Farquharson, provided a Coffin
for his Body, that She gave such
Grave-cloathsclothes, as are usual, put
them on, &and saw him buried in St
Culbert's Church-yard
. So that You &and
all his Relations are very much
obliged to this Gentlewoman. She
desires me further to acquaint You, that 428 (428)
that he never received any Letter
from You, nor any Remittance, &and yethe
Letter I wrote, giving him an Account
of You &and your Children, did not
reach Carlisle till after his Death,
that she has his Stock-buckle, But-
tons
, &and a Book he left to his Son,
Charles, which she is ready to send
to Edinburgh, to any Person you
shall name there, which you may
do by me, when you please; for I
intend to write her soon. Terperse
mentions some Note or Account in
his Letter; but it did not come
to my Hand, nor does my Corres-
pondent
write any Thing about it.
I am,
Madam,

Your most hulehumble Servant,
Sic subrsubscribitur Pat:Patrick Gordon.
Rhynie
JanryJanuary 26th,
1747


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Forbes, Robert. “Copy of a Letter, qch served to cover the Above, to Lady Terperse, from Mr Patrick Gordon presbyterian Preacher at Rhynie.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 3, Adv.MS.32.6.18, fol. 24v–25v. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v03.0426.01.html.
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