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Copy of a Paragraph from B. Robert Gordeun of London.

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Five Guineas for OS"Ean. May 28. 63.
Forbes
Copy of a Paragraph from B. Robert Gordeun of London.
Steuart
Five Guineas for Os"Ean, May 28. 1763
Paton
Paragraph of letter from Bishop Gordon of London
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Forbes
Vol. 9, 1879
Paton
Vol. 3, 206
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Person Bishop Robert Gordon
Date28 May 1763
PlaceLondon
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Person Robert Forbes
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acknowledgements
Bishop Gordon thanks Forbes for his previous letter (v09.1870.01): “I thank you, Dear Sir, for your entertaining Anecdote relating to Os'ean”
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1879 (1879)

Copy of a paragraph from B.Bishop Ro
bert Gordoun
of London. See pag.page
1870 hujus.

London, May 28. 1763.

I tha^nkthank you, Dear Sir, for your enter-
taining
Anecdote relating to Os’ean, qchwhich
I have communicated to our worthy Friend
Mr Bowdler; &and he, good Man, will or-
der
five Guineas for Os’-eanOs’ean this Year,
&and I (God willing) if it shall please
the Divine Mercy to spare me, will
undertake for the like Sum next Year,
at the Term of Midsummer. Mr Bowd-
ler
will return Mr Macnab’s Let-
ters
by Mr Cheyne.
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Forbes, Robert. “Copy of a Paragraph from B. Robert Gordeun of London.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 9, Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 22r. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v09.1879.01.html.
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