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Copy of Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr Hay, Inverness, March 16. 50.

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Copy of Part of a Lr from ye R: Mr Hay, Invss, March 16. 50.
Forbes
Copy of part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Hay Inverness, March 16. 1750
Paton
Part of a letter from Rev. James Hay in Inverness
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 7, 1517—1518
Paton
Vol. 3, 21
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Person Revd.Reverend Mr. James Hay
Date16 Mar 1750
PlaceInverness
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Transcription
1517

Copy of Part of a Letter to me
R: F: from the RevdReverend Mr James
Hay
(in this Vol: Pag: 1425, &andc.)
in In-
verness

Dear Sir
I do assure you that I
am doing all in my power to get what
you want, One may think it may be easi-
ly
and soon done, but it is not so, for
the belovdbeloved C—d And favourite fol-
lowers
could do no harm therefore some
do all in their power to conceallconceal wha
they know, but to steal it from them
may be allowable, thothough it takes the
Longer time.
I was told last day, that Mr Grant was
again calldcalled to EdnEdinburgh, He hasehas not been
here for many months I doubt not but Mr
Baillie
will make you Acquaint with Him. I
want but two or three of what can be got, there
will be some additions.
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Forbes, Robert. “Copy of part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Hay Inverness, March 16. 1750.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 7, Adv.MS.32.6.22, fol. 83r–83v. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v07.1517.01.html.
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