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Another Letter from said Mrs Leith, March 29. 1749.

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Another Letter from sd Mrs Leith, March 29. 1749.
Forbes
Another Letter from said Mrs. Leith, March 29. 1749
Paton
Another letter from Mrs. Leith
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 6, 1306—1307
Paton
Vol. 2, 293—294
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Leith Davis
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Correspondence
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Person AneAnne Leith
Date29 Mar 1749
PlaceInverness
Place
received
Person Robert Forbes
PlaceLeith
acknowledgements
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I have sent you what you disyrd (Paton V.2, 293).
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Letter and Narrative from Mrs Leith, Inverness, etc (v06.1284.01): Mentions in transcription
Transcription

Copy of the other Letter from
Mrs Leith, pag: 1284.

DrDear Sir
I have sent you what you
disyrddesired but am afraid it wilwill give you
trouble to read it but you know I am
a very bad pen woman and indeed I did
not ChuseChoose to have it done by ane other
hand, it goes by Sandy——————

I shalshall be som whatsomewhat uneaseyuneasy until I know
hou1 these baffels2 I send Come to your hand
they are not directed to any bodyanybody ther 1307 (1307)
therthere are not one sentence therein Con-
tained
but Real truth this with my
blessing wisingwishing you all manermanner of happy-
ness
happiness
I am
DrDear sir
your most affac-
tionat
affectionate
humble sertservant
Sic subrsubscribitur Ane Leith
Inverness
March 29 1749

p s this being the shurestsurest bererbearer I Could
get in the world madmade me writwrite
those sheets with the greater huryhurry
therefortherefore I hophope youlyou'll excuse Errors

N: B: The Originals of the two pre-
ceeding
preceding
Letters &and of the Narra-
tive
from Mrs Leith are to be
found among my Papers.
Robert Forbes, A: M:

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Forbes, Robert. “Another Letter from said Mrs. Leith, March 29. 1749.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 6, Adv.MS.32.6.21, fol. 100v–101r. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v06.1306.01.html.
Appendix
Scottish form of how.
Kaitlyn MacInnis
I.e., trifles. For this specific instance in the Lyon in Mourning, the Scottish National Dictionary also has "A carelessly written letter, scribble."
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