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Copy of a Paragraph from the Reverend Mr Ludovick Grant of Fortrose about burning his Chapel in 1746. October 25. 1758

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Copy of a Paragraph from the Revd Mr Ludovick Grant of Fortrose about burning his Chapel in 1746. Octr 25. 1758
Forbes
Copy of a paragraph of a Letter from the Revd Mr Ludovick Grant at Fortrose to me R. F.
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Copy of a paragraph from the Reverend Mr. Ludovick Grant of Fortrose about burning his Chapel in 1746. October 25. 1758
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Paragraph of a letter from Rev. Ludovick Grant at Fortrose
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Vol. 8, 1797
Paton
Vol. 3, 163
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1797 (1797)

Copy of a Paragraph of a
Letter from the RevdReverend Mr Ludo-
vick
Grant
at Fortrose to me R. F.

In the fatal Year 46 I was forc’dforced to ab-
scond
, else had been sent prisoner by Sea
to London, unroof’dunroofed the Meeting-house,
&and burnt the timber in the ChurchyeardChurchyard,
for if they burnt it otherwise, it wou’dwould
endanger the Town.
Fortrose Oct.October 25. 1758.
N. B. The Original of the Above
is to be found among my
Papers.
Robert Forbes, A. M.
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Forbes, Robert. “Copy of a paragraph of a Letter from the Revd Mr Ludovick Grant at Fortrose to me R. F.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 8, Adv.MS.32.6.23, fol. 103r. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v08.1797.01.html.
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