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Long & particular narrative of cruelties & barbarities et cetera from said Mr. James Hay

Letter from the Reverend Mr James Hay, Inverness, March 14: 1749.

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Letter from the Revd Mr James Hay, Inver- ness, March 14: 1749.
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Letter from the Reverend Mr. James Hay at Inverness March 14 1749
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Letter from Rev. James Hay
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Forbes
Vol. 6, 1314
Paton
Vol. 2, 297—298
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Correspondence
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Person Reverend Mr. James Hay
Date14 Mar 1749
PlaceInverness
Person (bearer)Alexander Leith
Place
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Person Robert Forbes
PlaceLeith
Date07 Apr 1749
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Transcription
1314 (1314)
┍

By the forementioned Mr
AlexrAlexander Leith
(Pag: 1284) I
received a Letter from the
RevdReverend Mr James Hay (Pag:
1120) at Inverness, a Copy
of which is as follows.

R:Reverend D:Dear S:Sir
Silence cannot be my fault,
Since itsit's owing, I do assure you, to a
disapointmentdisappointment; I applyedapplied, timely, to
one, who hasehas, I am told, a greater
Stock of Materials than Any
,1 who
then, and several times since, pro-
mised
, what I wanted, the Last return
I got was that my Orders should be
soon obeyed, qnwhen you may expect, all
the Return, in my power; Let me know,
if, I can Send ymthem with the Common
Post
All your Friends Mind you with great
Esteem
I ever Am
Sic Subrsubscributor Yours ut Ante—
— —
March 14th
1749
.

N: B: The Original of the A-
bove
is to be found a-
mong
my Papers.
Robert Forbes, A: M:

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Forbes, Robert. “Letter from the Reverend Mr. James Hay at Inverness March 14 1749.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 6, Adv.MS.32.6.21, fol. 104v. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v06.1314.01.html.
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