Return to the Above said Paragraph, January 16. 1749

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Copy of a Paragraph of a Let-
ter (dated, JanryJanuary 16th, 1749) in Re-
turn to the preceedingpreceding Paragraph

I still retain the old Opinion
[o]f You, that you are a very dilatory
[C]orrespondent; but then (my Friend)
[w]hat is well done is soon done.
[P]ray, lose no Time in sending me,
[b]y some sure Hand, what you mention;
[f]or it will be most acceptable. Cor-
[r]espondents can never superabound
[wi]th me in that Point. I must own,
[I] liked much your Caution &and Scrupu-
[lo]sity; for every Thingeverything should be as
[we]ll vouched as possible.

R:Robert F:Forbes
N: B: 1160 (1160)
N: B:
In the End of 1746, or in the
Beginning of 1747, the foresaid
Mr Geo:George Innes had (altogether
of himself) made a promise to
his own Cousin, the RevdReverend Mr
George Cheyne, Deacon, that
he (Innes) would use his En-
deavours in making up as ex[-]
act a Narrative, or Journal,
as possible of the Prince’s Af-
fairs in the North before, ^at &and after
the Battle of Culloden, &and that
he would transmit the Said
Journal to me. As the Promise
proceeded altogether from
Mr Innes’s own good Will wit[h-]
out any the smallest Suggesti[-]
on from me, I therefore ex-
pected the more exact &and faith-
ful Performance of it. Af-
ter waiting a long Time to
no purpose at all, I at last
writ him several short Notes
wherein I used him with muc[h]
Freedom &and Plainness. We mad[e]
Choice of writing in a dark W[ay]
calling the Matter a Process
of mine, because Letters were
frequently opened in the Post-
Offices.

Robert Forbes, A: M:
Saturday

Person	Robert Forbes
Date	16 Jan 1749
Place
Place