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Some Sentences of a Letter from Mrs. Leith Inverness, January 31. 1749 and a return to same

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Some Sentences of a Letter from Mrs. Leith, Inverness, Janry 31. 1749. and a Return to same
Forbes
Some Sentences of a Letter from Mrs. Leith Inverness, January 31. 1749 and a return to same
Paton
Some sentences of a letter from Mrs. Leith in Inverness
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Forbes
Vol. 6, 1214
Paton
Vol. 2, 248—249
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Leith Davis
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Correspondence
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Person Mrs. Leith
Date31 Jan 1749
PlaceInverness
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Passive:
Letter and Narrative from Mrs Leith, Inverness, etc (v06.1284.01): Mentioned in footnote
Transcription
1214 (1214)

Copy of some Sentences of a
Letter (dated, JanryJanuary 31st, 1749) from
Mrs Leith in Inverness to me R:Robert F:Forbes

I have been stilstill in this place from
the beginingbeginning of the troublstroubles in wichwhich
I had some share the Effects of wichwhich
I now severlyseverely feel I have this twen-
ty
monthesmonths been so distresstdistressed with the
ReumatisingRheumatising in my Limbs that I
Can hardly walkewalk a street Lenth
at any time
when once I have a Letter from you
I shalshall give you a history of my
adventursadventures in time of the Common
Calamity
adewadieu
Sic subrsubscribitur Anne Leithe
N: B: The Original of the
Above is to be found
among my Papers.
Robert Forbes A:M:
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Forbes, Robert. “Some Sentences of a Letter from Mrs. Leith Inverness, January 31. 1749 and a return to same.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 6, Adv.MS.32.6.21, fol. 54v. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v06.1214.01.html.
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