Glenalladale's Death and Character
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Glenalladale's Death & Character
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Glenalladale's death & character
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Vol. 8, 1829Paton
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JanryJanuary 30th, 1761.
died,in the 49th Year of his Age, AlexrAlexander MaDonald
of Glenalladale ^in Moydart, a Man well known for being Proof
of the gilded Dust, when no despicable Quantityof it ^thereof
&and his own personal Safety, with that of his help-
less Family, the weeping Mother &and the hungry
Babes, striptstripped of every Thingeverything, tempted his Accep-
tance []! — Firm to his Word, &and steady to
every Trust, his Soul was impregnable as a
Rock amidst all the Storms &and Tempests
this fluctuating State of things could dash
against him.
of Glenalladale ^in Moydart, a Man well known for being Proof
of the gilded Dust, when no despicable Quantity
&and his own personal Safety, with that of his help-
less Family, the weeping Mother &and the hungry
Babes, striptstripped of every Thingeverything, tempted his Accep-
tance []! — Firm to his Word, &and steady to
every Trust, his Soul was impregnable as a
Rock amidst all the Storms &and Tempests
this fluctuating State of things could dash
against him.
Let all the World say what they can,
Glen liv’dlived &and died the honest Man.
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Forbes, Robert. “Glenalladale's death & character.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 8,
Adv.MS.32.6.23, fol. 119r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/ v08.1829.02.html.