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Vol. 3
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Copy of a Letter fm Capn Malcolm MacLeod
Forbes
Copy of a Letter to me R: F:
Steuart
Copy of a Letter from Captain Malcolm MacLeod
Paton
Letter from Malcolm MacLeod to Mr. Robert Forbes, and the reply
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 3, 472
Paton
Vol. 1, 273
Credits
Encoder (metadata)
Kaitlyn MacInnis
Transcriber
Shauna Irani
Proofreader
Leith Davis
Proofreader
Kaitlyn MacInnis
Encoder
Shauna Irani
Encoder
Kaitlyn MacInnis
Status
Document
transcription proofed
Metadata
metadata done
Correspondence
sent
Person Malcolm MacLeod of Brae
Date13 Oct 1747
PlaceRaasay
Place
received
Person Robert Forbes
Date27 Oct 1747
PlaceLikely Lady Bruce's house.
acknowledgements
compliments to
Lady Bruce &and all acquantance Especiall Lady Balmerina &and her Sister
enclosed in
enclosures
requests
“Writ to me by the Bearer”
remediation
in Forbes
Related Documents
Active:
Malcolm MacLeod's Journal; wherein likewise his own History and several very remarkable Particulars (v02.0228.01): Mentions in footnote
Passive:
N: B: (v02.0221.01): Mentioned in footnote
Copy of a Return to said Letter (v03.0473.01): Mentioned in transcription
Transcription
472 (472)

Copy of a Letter to me
R:Robert F:Forbes

Reverend: Dr:Dear Sir
You’lYou’ll received from
the bearer all that was to the
forfore of the Xweastwaist Coat that the
P:[rince] gave to me, because no Bodynobody
cou’dcould get it where I put it till
I came home my self likwiselikewise
towtwo of the Buttons that warwere
in it.
I cou’dcould get that from Kings-
borrow
Kingsburgh
You desired me_✝
however he has it. I have more
to tell You when I see_
WritWrite to me by the Bearer mind
me most kindly to Lady Bruce &and
all aquantanceacquaintance EspeciallEspecially Lady Bal-
mirina
&and her Sister
I'm
Your very humble SertServant
Sic subrsubscribitur MalMalcolm Mac Leod
Rasay octobroctober 13
1747

N: B: The Original of the Above
is to be found among my Papers.
R:Forbes F:Forbes A: M:

✝
See Vol: 2d, Pag: 263, 264, 265.

X
See the End of this Volume, &and Vol:
2d, Pag: 239.

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Forbes, Robert. “Copy of a Letter to me R: F:.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 3, Adv.MS.32.6.18, fol. 47v. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v03.0472.01.html.
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