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Copy of a return to said Mr Hay December 13. 1749.

Copy of a Letter fm the Reverend Mr James Hay Inverness December 8. 1749.

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Copy of a Lr fm the R: Mr J: Hay Invss Dec: 8. 1749.
Forbes
Copy of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. J. Hay Inverness December 8. 1749
Paton
Some parts of a letter from Rev. James Hay
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Forbes
Vol. 7, 1456
Paton
Vol. 2, 367
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Person Revd.Reverend Mr. James Hay
Date08 Dec 1749
PlaceInverness
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Person Robert Forbes
Date13 Dec 1749
PlaceLeith
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I return'd an answer to your kind favours which I had from Mr. Innes (Paton V.2, 367).
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1456 (1456)

Copy of Some Parts of a Let-
er
from the Reverend Mr.
James Hay
in Inverness to
me R:Robert F:Forbes

Reverend Dear Sir
I returndreturned an ✝ Answer to
your kind favours, qchwhich I had from
Mr Innes,



The Reason why I have not an-
swered
yours fully, is because, the
X Gentleman mentiondmentioned by you hasehas
not yet been in Town.


I ever am
your most obliged aff:affectionate
ServServant
Sic Subr.Subscribitur Philalethes
DecrDecember 8th
1749
Tho’Though Orders were given by one Ge-
nerale
General
to burn the Meeting
House, An Other Answer’dAnswered, that as
the firing was Scarce, it Should be
taken down e the timber given
for the ovens qchwhich was accordingly
done,ⓧ No book was burnt here.

N: B: The Original of the Above is to
be found among my papers.
Robert Forbes, A: M:
Copy

✝
In this Vol: pag:1442.
X
In this Vol: 1433, &andc.
ⓧ
In this Vol:1428. Vol:2. pag:380.
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Forbes, Robert. “Copy of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. J. Hay Inverness December 8. 1749.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 7, Adv.MS.32.6.22, fol. 52v. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v07.1456.01.html.
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