Letter to the Nephew about Money from Bath, to bind John's Sons Apprentices, June 21. 1762.
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Letter to ye Nephew about Moe
from Bath, to bind John's Sons
Apprentices, June 21. 1762.
Forbes
Copy of a Letter to Mr Roderick MacKinnon at Broadford in the Isle of Sky.
Steuart
Letter to the Nephew about Mackinnon from Bath to bind John's Sons Apprentices, June 21. 1762
Paton
Letter to Mr. Roderick MacKinnon, at Broadford, in the Isle of Skye
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Forbes
Vol. 9, 1854—1855Paton
Vol. 3, 195—196Credits
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Correspondence
sent
| Person | Robert Forbes |
| Date | 21 Jun 1762 |
| Place | Leith |
| Place | |
| Person (bearer) | Reverend John Stewart |
received
| Person | Mr. Roderick MacKinnon |
| Place | Broadford, Isle of Skye |
acknowledgements
Forbes opens his letter by stating that he hopes his “letter of May 22nd reached” Roderick MacKinnon.
compliments to
Forbes ends his letter by saying, “Let all this remain dead betwixt you and the widow, to whom and her family I heartily wish all things good and happy”.
enclosed in
enclosures
requests
Forbes tells MacKinnon that he plans to travel to Inverness and “would be glad to see you there with one or both of the boys, as Mr. Stewart and you shall agree in opinion”.
Forbes adds that, “if you do not meet me at Inverness, which I would be sorry for, you must have a letter waiting me there against the time above prefixed, to let me know your whole mind in this matter”. If MacKinnon chooses not to meet, Forbes tells him to address his letter “To Mr. Robert Forbes, by the care of the Revd. Mr. John Stewart, Inverness”.
Forbes's final request is that MacKinnon not tell John MacKinnon's widow of this: “Let all this remain dead betwixt you and the widow”.
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Transcription
Copy of a Letter to Mr Ro-
derick MacKinnon at Broadford
in the Isle of Sky.
Sir, I hope, my Letter of May 22d22nd
reached you in Course of Post; &and now
this comes to inform you, that I have
in my hands twenty Pounds, two shill.shillings
&and seven pence Sterl.Sterling to be expended
on Mr MacKinnon’s two youngest Boys,
as expressed in that Letter, &and I wdwould
fain think, it may do for binding ymthem
both Apprentices to some honest Call-
ing or other; but lest I should mis-
judge the Case, I send this open un-
der Cover to the RevdReverend Mr John
Stewart, that he may peruse it, &and
subjoin his Opinion, whether it will
do for both or only for one; as I
am to depositedeposit the Money into his
Hands for the faithful application
of it, as intended by the worthy Fa-
ther. Meantime, I think proper to
inform you, that I intend, God will-
ing, to set out upon a Jaunt to Inver-
ness on Monday, July 12th, &and will
be there readily on the WednWednesday, Evening,
or Thursday Morning at farthest of 1855 (1855)
that same Week, when I would be
glad to see you there with one or
both of the Boys, as Mr Stewart
&and you shall agree in Opinion. At
any Rate, if you do not meet me
at Inverness, which I would be sorry
for, you must have a Letter, waiting
me there agtagainst the Time above pre-
fixed, to let me know your whole
Mind in this Matter; but, allow me
to repeat it, I had for rather see
you face to face, &and in that Case, you
need not write to me at all. Howe-
ver, if you chusechoose the latter, direct
to me thus, To Mr Robert For-
bes, by the care of the RevdReverend
Mr John Stewart, Inverness.
Let all this remain dead be-
twixt You &and the Widow; to whom
&and her Family I heartily wish all
things good &and happy, &and am, Sir,
reached you in Course of Post; &and now
this comes to inform you, that I have
in my hands twenty Pounds, two shill.shillings
&and seven pence Sterl.Sterling to be expended
on Mr MacKinnon’s two youngest Boys,
as expressed in that Letter, &and I wdwould
fain think, it may do for binding ymthem
both Apprentices to some honest Call-
ing or other; but lest I should mis-
judge the Case, I send this open un-
der Cover to the RevdReverend Mr John
Stewart, that he may peruse it, &and
subjoin his Opinion, whether it will
do for both or only for one; as I
am to depositedeposit the Money into his
Hands for the faithful application
of it, as intended by the worthy Fa-
ther. Meantime, I think proper to
inform you, that I intend, God will-
ing, to set out upon a Jaunt to Inver-
ness on Monday, July 12th, &and will
be there readily on the WednWednesday, Evening,
or Thursday Morning at farthest of 1855 (1855)
that same Week, when I would be
glad to see you there with one or
both of the Boys, as Mr Stewart
&and you shall agree in Opinion. At
any Rate, if you do not meet me
at Inverness, which I would be sorry
for, you must have a Letter, waiting
me there agtagainst the Time above pre-
fixed, to let me know your whole
Mind in this Matter; but, allow me
to repeat it, I had for rather see
you face to face, &and in that Case, you
need not write to me at all. Howe-
ver, if you chusechoose the latter, direct
to me thus, To Mr Robert For-
bes, by the care of the RevdReverend
Mr John Stewart, Inverness.
Let all this remain dead be-
twixt You &and the Widow; to whom
&and her Family I heartily wish all
things good &and happy, &and am, Sir,
Leith, June 21.
1762.
1762.
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “Copy of a Letter to Mr Roderick MacKinnon at Broadford in the Isle of Sky.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 9,
Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 9v–10r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/