Copy of a return to said Mr Hay December 13. 1749.
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Copy of a return to sd Mr Hay Decr 13. 1749.
Forbes
Copy of a return to said Mr. Hay December
13. 1749
Paton
Answer to above
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Forbes
Vol. 7, 1457Paton
Vol. 2, 367—368Credits
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| Person | Robert Forbes |
| Date | 13 Dec 1749 |
| Place | Leith |
| Place |
acknowledgements
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Your kind letter of the 8th instant came to hand just now (Paton V.2, 367).
compliments to
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Pray remember me kindly to Baillie Stewart, Mr. Shaw, etc. (Paton V.2, 368).
enclosed in
enclosures
requests
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I am truly anxious to have all the well-vouched accounts you can give me (Paton V.2, 368).
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in Forbes
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Copy of a Return to the pre-
ceeding &andc.
R: D: S:
Your kind Letter of the 8th
Instant came to hand just now. I
I likewise received in due Course your
Short Note acknowledging the Receipt
of my long Epistle by Mr. Innes, &and
though you have not yet had Time
to make ^out a full &and particular Return
to all my Queries, I have Confi-
dence in your good &and laudable In-
tentions that you will Share no pains
to comply with my earnest Requests
(if it be in your power) in every
Single Article I have mentioned to
You: As it Affords me a real Plea-
sure to receive the Smallest Infor-
mation about these particulars, So I
return you my hearty Thanks for the
Paragraph you have given me a-
bout putting down your meeting-
house, &andc. ___ I am truly anxious to
have all the well vouched Accounts
you can give me.
Instant came to hand just now. I
I likewise received in due Course your
Short Note acknowledging the Receipt
of my long Epistle by Mr. Innes, &and
though you have not yet had Time
to make ^out a full &and particular Return
to all my Queries, I have Confi-
dence in your good &and laudable In-
tentions that you will Share no pains
to comply with my earnest Requests
(if it be in your power) in every
Single Article I have mentioned to
You: As it Affords me a real Plea-
sure to receive the Smallest Infor-
mation about these particulars, So I
return you my hearty Thanks for the
Paragraph you have given me a-
bout putting down your meeting-
house, &andc. ___ I am truly anxious to
have all the well vouched Accounts
you can give me.
Decr.December 13th
9 o’ Clock Night.
9 o’ Clock Night.
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “Copy of a return to said Mr. Hay December
13. 1749.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 7,
Adv.MS.32.6.22, fol. 53r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/