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Copy of a Letter from Dr John
Burton of York to me R:Robert F:Forbes

DrDear Sr.Sir

The Favour of both ✝ your’syours is
before me, &and yethe Gowns came, safe &and
are very much liked; I shall remit a
Bill as soon as I can conveniently
meet with one. My Wife was going
to Harrigate SpawsSpas, with my Son for a
few days and she would make a Per-
son sit up all Night to finish her Gown,
that she might show it there.

I never saw the Letter after yethe Bat-
tle of F.Falkirk nor ever heard of it; I meant
yethe Letter of which I sent you a Copy.

I have been busy in finishing yethe
Account of my Persecution which has
been up at London ~~for~~ some Time, and
would have been published before this
Time had not my Friend there been
so long in the Country: When it is
finished I shall send my Friends in yethe
North some of ‘emthem. This, together with
my Business; getting fix’dfixed in my House
again, &c:etc: has hinder’dhindered me from finish-
ing yethe other affair for yethe Press; and
as you say some of yethe Facts are not just-
ly related; shall take it as a favour;
if you’ll be so good as to set me right
for I would not publish a Falsehood if I knew it

✝
Vol: 4. pag: 839. Vol: 5. pag: 939.
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it, in any Case but in this I should be
particularly cautious. If I should pub-
lish it; I shall take particular care
not to mention names of such Wor-
thies as may be thereby injur’dinjured: I
shall scarce have acted a proper
Part hitherto; &and then afterwards make
that public which would be offof little
service to my selfmyself on one side and
be a great Injury on yethe other.

Just a little before I received yours,
I was favour’dfavoured with a Line from Miss
F.Flora M.d.Macdonald telling me she was just going
to visit her Friends in the west and
should not return to E.England till Sepr.September when
she intended to favour me with her
company at York, in her way to
London; and yethe longer she makes
yethe visit the more she’ll oblidgeoblige my
Wife, my selfmyself and Friends: for I
would have her see our Country a
little, &and ^not hurry away too soon.

I have not yet heard from Malcolm,
but am glad to find by your’syours ytthat he
is well, and can’t but have a fel-
low feeling for RaarsaRaasay’s second Son’s
Illness but I hope he has recover’drecovered.
If you have heard or may hear from
Miss F.Flora M’d.Macdonald should be glad if you’ll mention 1064 (1064)
mention it in your next; which pray
never defer on account of Franks;2 for
am always glad to hear from my
good Friends and never give my
selfmyself concern about yethe ExpenceExpense.

I am surprizedsurprised I have heard no-
thing from Dr D——[rummo]d. I am affraidafraid he
is either dead, sick or dissoblidgeddisobliged at
me. He told me he should come south-
ward about this Time and make me
a Visit in his Way, but I have heard
nothing about him yet.

I should be glad of yethe copy of McLeod’s
Letter to Kingsborough when you get
it, as also of ytthat of D:Duke of C:Cumberland which was
intercepted.

Notwithstanding the great Puffs in yethe
Paper about a Peace: I can assure
you, the most thinking part of man-
kind both in yethe South and here can’t
but think otherways: For they suppose
ytthat assoonas soon as yethe French have got all
their outward=bound Ships away; all
their Homeward bound ships into Har-
bour; and all the Ships they bought in
Sweden safe; and supplied themselves
with all Necessaries; that then they
will break off all Conferences and
commence Hostilities with more vi-
gour than ever. This seems to be the 1065 (1065)
the case or else why should they
remand all yethe Officers, who had
Leave to return to Paris and other
Places in France from Flanders,
to go to their respective Corps a-
gain; and raise such number of
Recruits? and why should they
buy up all our large ships and
Privateers, unless it be to weaken
our naval Power and increase
their own? But a little Time
will now discover all.

My wife joins in compliments to
all yethe good Ladies with you and
to you with

Dr.Dear sr.sir
Your sincere Friend and
humble Ser:tServant
sic subrsubscribitur J:John B:Burton
June 29th,
1748.

N: B: The Original of the A-
bove is to be found a-
mong my Papers.
Robert Forbes, A: M:

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Person	DR. JOHN BURTON
Date	29 Jun 1748
Place	York
Place

Person	Robert Forbes
Date
Place	Citadel of Leith