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Paragraph of a Letter from the Reverend Mr George Innes, Forres, January 4th, 1748/9.

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Paragraph of a Letter from the Revd Mr Geo: Innes, Forres, Janry 4th, 1748/9.
Forbes
Paragraph of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. George Innes, Forres, January 4. 1748/9
Paton
Paragraph of a letter from the Rev. George Innes, in Forres
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Forbes
Vol. 6, 1158—1159
Paton
Vol. 2, 223
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Tho' I doubt not but you will still entertain the same notion of me you express'd formerly, viz. 'that I am the most sauntering, dilatory correspondent you ever met with,' yet I cannot allow you to drop me altogether (Paton V.2, 223).
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Copy of a Letter from the Reverend Mr George Innes, March 15. 1748/9. and of a Narrative, etc. (v06.1254.01): Mentioned in footnote
Transcription
1158 (1158)
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Copy of a paragraph of a Let-
ter
(dated JanryJanuary 4th, 1748/9) from
the RevdReverend Mr George Innes in
Foress to me R:Robert F:Forbes

Tho’Though I doubt not but you will still
entertain the same Notion of me
you express’dexpressed formerly, viz “that I
“am the most sauntering dilatory
“Correspondent you ever met with”;
yet I cannot allow you to drop me
altogether, at least I resolve, if possible,
not to drop you. I must there[-]
fore
tell you, that, after a number
of Disappointments, too many to re-
late
here, I have at last drawn up
what I think a well vouch’dvouched Narra-
tive
of the facts relating to your
Process, from the time it was brought
back to this Country to the Day
when the fatal Interlocutor1 was
pass’dpassed; which I have had by me for
some time, waiting in vain for a
proper Bearer to transmitttransmit it to
[y]ou. But what I chiefly wanted I
[h]ave never yet been able to pro-
[c]ure
, viz. a full &and particular Ac-
[c]ount
of what was done in Conse-
[q]uence
of that Interlocutor. Of this
[I] say, I have only got a few hints, which however 1159 (1159)
however I think may be depended
[u]pon as genuine. — But now, I’m
[a]fraid, all these will come too late
[t]o be of any use to you: And there-
[f]ore
, unless you bid me, I shall not
[t]rouble you with them. Please then
[t]o signify your mind to me, soon
[a]fter the Receipt of this, as I ex-
[]pect
to find a proper Bearer in
[a] few Weeks.
N: B: The Original of the
Above is to be found among
my Papers.
Robert Forbes, A:[M:]
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Forbes, Robert. “Paragraph of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. George Innes, Forres, January 4. 1748/9.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 6, Adv.MS.32.6.21, fol. 26v–27r. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v06.1158.01.html.
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