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Vol. 6
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Paragraph from Captain Robert Stewart about taking away the Highland Dress, January 16. 1749.

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Paragraph from Capn Rot Stewart about tak- ing away the Highland Dress, Janry 16. 1749.
Forbes
Paragraph from Captain Robert Stewart about taking away the Highland dress, January 16. 1749
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Excerpt from letter from Captain Robert Stewart
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Forbes
Vol. 6, 1163
Paton
Vol. 2, 225—226
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Person Robert Stewart
Date16 Jan 1749
PlaceCraighead of Milton
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Transcription
1163 (1163)

Captain Robert Stewart
(in this
Vol: p: 1138)
sent me a Letter (dat-
ed
, Craig-head of Milben 16th
JanryJanuary 1749
) to which he had ad-
ded
a Postscript concerning the
taking away the Highland Dress
in the following Words.

I had almost forgotten to tell you
that it is Clipping✝ time with useus in
this Country already &and yethe Most of
our WoddersWedders1 are already Bare-back-
ed
we Expect Wool will be plentieplenty
this year Since Clipping has begonebegun
so earlieearly.
N: B: The Original of the
Above is to be found among
my Papers.
Robert Forbes, A:M:
✝
By this the Captain means the Taking
away the Use of the Highland
Dress.

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Forbes, Robert. “Paragraph from Captain Robert Stewart about taking away the Highland dress, January 16. 1749.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 6, Adv.MS.32.6.21, fol. 29r. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v06.1163.01.html.
Appendix
Castrated sheep.
Kaitlyn MacInnis

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