With Submission to the wise
Appointments of Almighty God, I am sor-
ry, it should fall to my Share to inform
You &and all concerned of the Death of the
worthy John MacKinnon, who left this
World of Sin &and Misery on Tuesday Morn-
ing, the eleventh instant. This IntelligceIntelligence
I had only by last post in a Letter
from a worthy XGentleman about five
Miles from Bath, who visited him wtwith
Frequency in his Distress, &and took par-
ticular Care that he wanted for no-
thing. That Gentleman tells me, that
the Care which was taken of him, &and yethe
Attendance that was given him, cannot
be described, which, as he very justly
says, ought to be a great Satisfaction
to his Friends; that he died full of
Hope, Faith, &and Resignation to the Will
of God, which, as the Gentleman pious-
ly observes, should be Matter of great
Comfort to all honest John’s Concerns;
that one Dr Haviland, &and some other
good Gentlemen at Bath had resolved
to give him a proper &and decent Funeral
in the very Spot of Ground where the
said Mr Haviland designs to be buried;
and that they intend to put a Stone u-pon 1850(1850)
ponX his Grave with a short Inscrip-
tion relative to his good Character.

Thus you see, what Respect &and Honour
have been put upon your Uncle, both
in Life &and in Death, upon Account of
his superioursuperior Merit &and heroic Conduct
in a certain period of his Life, &and
all by some worthy Gentlemen, who
had never seen him before, but who
well know how to value Virtue un-
der a Cloud &and Merit in Distress.

I beg, you’ll make my Compliments
of Condolence acceptable to the Wi-
dow &and her Children; two of whom,
the youngest Boys, Mr MacKinnon, I
am told, express’dexpressed much Anxiety abtabout,
particularly that they should be put
out to Trades. It is therefore my Opi-
nion, that they should be bound Ap-
prentices in any Employment they chusechoose
at Inverness; for, to bring them up to
Leith or EdrEdinburgh, would be to ruineruin them
altogether, such Wickedness &and Per-
verseness do prevail in these places.
And when they are at Inverness, they
must be under the Care &and Direction
of the RevdReverend Mr John Stewart for yethe
Instruction in religious Matters. But
more of this afterwards, when I come
to be certified what Money the Father
has left for that purpose, which I cannot 1851 (1851)
cannot know till Mr George Cheyne
be returned to Bath; for which place
he set out only some time this Week,
&and it must be about the 29th instant
before he get home; after which he
will lose no Time to inform me fully,
&and then you shall know all about that
Matter. Wherefore, you need not write
any Answer to this Letter, till you
hear from me again by a second Let-
ter. Mean timeMeantime, be it your Province
to have your Thoughts employed u-
pon what I have said about the two
Boys, that you may be the readier
to make a proper Return, when desired.