There is a ✝ Story, that I
have heard narrated (oftener than once)
as a Fact, the Truth or FalshoodFalsehood of qchwhich
it is in your Reverence’s Power to ascer-
tain to me, &and it is this; that the D:Duke of
Cumberland, during his Abode in AbdAberdeen
for six Weeks, lived in the House of
Mr AlexrAlexander Thomson, Advocate, &and made
Use of every Kind of Provisions he
found in the House, Coals, Candles
&and the Milk of the Cow not excepted;
that, when he was about marching
from AbdAberdeen, he left two Guineas of
Drink-money to the Servants of
the House, without paying one Farthing
to Mr Thomson for the Use of his
House or for the Provisions (the Property
of Mr Thomson) qchwhich he &and his Follow-
ers had consumed; that, upon his
marching from AbdAberdeen, the said Mr Thom-
son should have found in one of
his Drawers a Bag containing an
hundred Guineas, which the D:Duke of
Cumberland, or some of his Domes-
ticksDomestics, had forgot to take along; that
immediately Mr Thomson dispatched one of 1351 (1351)
of his own Servants with the Bag (ex-
press;) that the Servant delivered
the Bag safe &and sound to a princi-
pal Officer in Presence of the D:Duke
of Cumberland; &and that the Servant
got not one Farthing of Drink-money
for his Pains.

I want much to have an ex-
act Account of the Skirmish at
Inverury. I am persuaded, that my
old Friend, Mr Daunie (to whom
&and his Wife I beg to be kindly re-
membredremembered) is one of the fittest to
gratifiegratify me in this Particular, as
he was engaged in that Action. It
is my Wish to have every Narra-
tive as minute &and circumstantial
as possible.

I beg to be favoured with your
Benediction &and Prayers, as I have
the Honour to be,