My Last Letter1
to you was by my Dear Son ✝ Francis
who has since frequently advised me
of the ManieMany great and uncomonuncommon
CivilitysCivilities and kindness you show’dshowed
him, for which I return you my
sincere heartiehearty thanks; I under-
stand he imbarkedembarked and sailed
from Lieth in Captain Cowans's
ship for London the 7 instant
and as the Weather has proven
verievery fair and the Winds tollera-
blytolerably so, I doubt not he gottgot safe
&and soon to London, And it was
not the smalestsmallest of your favours
to recomendrecommend him to such ane
honest freindlyfriendly man as Mr Cowan
is, to bring him to his Designed Port,
who I doubt not has used him
verievery Discreetly. I should have
wrotwrote you Long beforbefore now annentanent
what I could Learn with certainty of
the bloodiebloody Barbarous transactions in
this Country for a Long time after the memorable 1136 (1136)
memorable batlebattle of Culloden, but
as I was absent at that DismallDismal
period I referedreferred to your freindfriend
honest Mr Hay to give you what
certain accounts he could gather
of these affairs, and no Doubt my
Son Francis has LikewaysLikewise in-
formed you of maniemany things ha-
penedhappened then not to known to Me,
as both of them were here on
the pleaceplace, but by all I can Learn
I may say without exagertingexaggerating, that
I DoeDo not think there were e-
ver greater inhuman BarbaritysBarbarities
and Cruelties of all kinds perpe-
tratperpetrated in anieany CountrieCountry either
CristianChristian or Infidel than was in
this, at that Period, and all by
order of the Commander as some
of the officers then in that ser-
vice, have since told me, And
those that ComittedCommitted the Greatest
BarbaritysBarbarities whitherwhether by Murder,
rape, rapinrapine, or fire, have since
been Most LiberalyLiberally rewarded &and
preferedpreferred. But God is the Lord to
Whom VenganceVengeance belongs righteous
in all ways And Just on all his
Judgements so shall say no more on this 1137 (1137)
^this subject at present, but when I
can Learn anieany thinganything new of
these transactions not commonly
known beforbefore I will inform you.
Pray give my best Wishes to My
WorthieWorthy friend Mr. Harper when
you see him and My thanks
for his kindness to my son Fran-
cis who did not fail to writwrite me
of the same.

WeeWe are here in a DeprestDepressed
confin’dconfined Condition as to the pub-
lickpublic profession of our religion,
thothough our good worthieworthy Pastor
Does all he can, but I dare say
Matters will not Long Continue
so, Mean timeMEantime God grant us
Patience and resignation to his
uneringunerring Providence.