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Copy of part of a Letter from said Mr John Stewart to me R. F.

Copy of a Return to ye above paragraph

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Copy of a Paragraph from the Revd Mr John Stewart of Tain about burning his Chapel & plundering his dwelling House in 1746. Feb. 28. 1759.
Forbes
Copy of a Return to ye above paragraph
Paton
Reply to the said letter
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Forbes
Vol. 8, 1799—1800
Paton
Vol. 3, 165
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Correspondence
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Person Robert Forbes
Date07 Mar 1759
PlaceLeith
Place
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Person Reverend John Stewart
PlaceProbably Tain
acknowledgements
“I thank you for informing me about burning your Meeting-house, &andc.”
compliments to
enclosed in
enclosures
requests
“Please let me know likewise of all the other Burnings &and Pillages within your Knowledge.”
remediation
in Forbes
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Transcription
1799

Copy of a Return to yethe above Paragraph.

I thank you for informing me about
burning your Meeting-house, &and c. But
pray, by whom or what Party were the
Deeds done against You? Let me know likewise 1800 (1800)
likewise of all the other Burnings &and Pil-
lages
within your Knowledge. Can you
give me any certain Accounts of the
Death of + Rorie Mackenzie? This
is a particular I have long made
Inquiry about, but as yet to no Purpose.
Robert Forbes.
Leith, March 7th,
1759
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Forbes, Robert. “Copy of a Return to ye above paragraph.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 8, Adv.MS.32.6.23, fol. 104r–104v. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v08.1799.02.html.
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