Copy of a Letter from Captain Malcolm MacLeod, March 22. 1748.
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Copy of a Letter from Captain Malcolm MacLeod, March 22. 1748.
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Copy of a Letter from Captain Malcolm MacLeod March 22. 1748
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Visit of Murdoch MacLeod to Leith
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Vol. 4, 856—857Paton
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| Date | 13 Apr 1748 |
| Time | afternoon |
| Occasion |
I was favoured with a visit of Murdoch MacLeod, Rasay‘s third son,77 who delivered to me a letter from Malcolm MacLeod with some papers enclosed, which papers are in the handwriting of John MacLeod, the young laird of Rasay (Paton vol. 2, 71) |
| Person (main) | Murdoch MacLeod |
| Person (participant) | Robert Forbes |
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Transcription
Upon Wednesday’s Afternoon, A-
pril 13th, 1748, I was favoured
with a Visit of ✝ Murdoch MacLeod,
Rasay’s third Son, who delivered
to me a Letter from Malcolm
MacLeod, with some Papers in-
closedenclosed, which Papers are in the
Hand-writing of ✝ John MacLeod,
the young Laird of Rasay, com-
monly called Rona, &and in the
Hand-writing of the foresaid
Murdoch MacLeod.
Exact Copies of the Letter &and
the inclosedenclosed Papers are as follow:
Reverend: Dr:Dear Sir:
Rasay marchMarch 22,
1748
1748
I hope You’ll forgive
me for not writing to You Sooner and
perhaps you think that I was not in
my Duty because I did not Send You
that Account beforbefore this time Upon my
honour You need not think So for I
was as bussybusy is I could but the poe-
plepeople wou’dwould not give it me I send to
John MacKinnon and he wou’dwould not
send it to me then I went my Selfmyself in
857
(857)
in person but he wou’dwould not give it
to me what was is reason for
denying it to me that I cannot
tell I went to towtwo or three more
and did the very same to me
KingsborrowKingsburgh promised me that he
wou’dwould secure ArmidilArmadales's part of it,
I do not chousechoose to send You any
thinganything but what is trouthtruth.
me for not writing to You Sooner and
perhaps you think that I was not in
my Duty because I did not Send You
that Account beforbefore this time Upon my
honour You need not think So for I
was as bussybusy is I could but the poe-
plepeople wou’dwould not give it me I send to
John MacKinnon and he wou’dwould not
send it to me then I went my Selfmyself in
in person but he wou’dwould not give it
to me what was is reason for
denying it to me that I cannot
tell I went to towtwo or three more
and did the very same to me
KingsborrowKingsburgh promised me that he
wou’dwould secure ArmidilArmadales's part of it,
I do not chousechoose to send You any
thinganything but what is trouthtruth.
What happened in our own Isl-
and you’ll have Soon and send
a DubleDouble of it to Doctor Burton
my good freindfriend, I received your
compliments to me and to others
to whom I Delivered them as
You DerectedDirected them and all of
them thanks You most kindly
for your ComplementCompliment the bear-
er will tell You better than I
can writwrite, Send me by the bear-
er any news that goes with You
in town and you’ll oblidgeoblige.
and you’ll have Soon and send
a DubleDouble of it to Doctor Burton
my good freindfriend, I received your
compliments to me and to others
to whom I Delivered them as
You DerectedDirected them and all of
them thanks You most kindly
for your ComplementCompliment the bear-
er will tell You better than I
can writwrite, Send me by the bear-
er any news that goes with You
in town and you’ll oblidgeoblige.
make my ComplementCompliment to Lady Bruce.
How1
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “Copy of a Letter from Captain Malcolm MacLeod March 22. 1748.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 4,
Adv.MS.32.6.19, fol. 118v–119r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/
Appendix
The fragmentary words seen here are somehow (perhaps digitally) transposed from page 859.