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Vol. 6
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Letter from a French Officer (Prisoner) to said Mrs Leith, , 28 June, 1746.

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Letter from a French Officer (Prisoner) to said Mrs Leith, , 28 June, 1746.
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Letter from a French Officer (Prisoner) to said Mrs. Leith London June 28. 1746
Paton
Letter to Mrs. Leith at Inverness
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 6, 1310
Paton
Vol. 2, 295—296
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Correspondence
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Person John Gray
Date28 Jun 1746
PlaceLondon
Place
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Person Mrs. Leith
PlaceInverness
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Transcription
1310 (1310)

Copy of a Letter to Mrs Leeth
at Invernes Scotland

DrDear Madam
After a tedious passage weewe arrived
here the twenty first instant at South-
warke
Goall
wherwhere your friend the
CollColonel
Mr Glasgowe and two more
french offichers and I are Confined
in lusty fetters ytthat may weigh fourtyforty
pounds each weewe are at a loss to
learnelearn yethe reason whey1 weewe have
thus2 harssharsh treatment more than our
brother offichers who are lodged in
the Marshallcy prison unfetterdunfettered
meen whilemeanwhile ItsIt's the current oppionopinion
the Court will hold the CartellCartel3 Un-
violable
Inviolable
wtwith France I feellfeel now the
loss of Such a valuable friend as
you in my present distresdistress —
— weewe susspectsuspect
CaptnCaptain Earess recommend us to have
thus ussageusage —
— ImI’m most uneassyuneasy to know
your present State of health wcwhich will
infinitlyinfinitely reliverelieve
DrDear Madam
Your weell wisher &and Sincere
friend
Sic subrsubscribitur John Gray
London 28 JunJune
1746

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Forbes, Robert. “Letter from a French Officer (Prisoner) to said Mrs. Leith London June 28. 1746.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 6, Adv.MS.32.6.21, fol. 102v. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v06.1310.01.html.
Appendix
A Scots variant of why.
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A Scots variant of this.
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An agreement, in this case to return prisoners of war.
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