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From Lady Gask

To Bishop Gordon

Metadata
Titles
Paton
To Bishop Gordon
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 9, 1903
Paton
Vol. 3, 219—220
Credits
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Alyssa Bridgman
Transcriber
Ronaldo Shrestha
Proofreader
Bo Pearson
Encoder
Abigail Streifel
Status
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Metadata
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Correspondence
sent
Person Lady Gask
Date09 Feb 1768
Place
Place
received
Person Bishop Gordon
acknowledgements
compliments to
quote
Lady G. God be thanked! is well again and in good health, by a letter yesterday under her own hand, wherein many, many good wishes to you and yours (Paton V.3, 219-220).
enclosed in
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remediation
in Forbes
Transcription

To B.BishopG.Gordon

Feb.February 19. 1768.
Lady G.Gask
God be thanked, is well again &and in
good Health, by a Letter yesterday un-
der
her own hand, qreinwherein many ma-
ny
good Wishes to you &and yours, &and
most zealous Inquiries about yethe friend-
ly
fair Lady
; whose long Absence her
Relations here do greatly marvel at
&and most feelingly regret. Ten thousdthousand
thanks for your notice. Will Cousin
Peggie
never make you another
Visit?
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Citation
Forbes, Robert. “To Bishop Gordon.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 9, Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 34r. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v09.1903.01.html.
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