Strange language from a papagee upon the Pope, old Fool! etc.
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Strange language fm a papagee upon
the Pope, old Fool! &c.
Paton
From John Farquharson of Aldlerg
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 9, 1906Paton
Vol. 3, 222Credits
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| Person | John Farquharson of Aldlerg |
| Date | 25 Aug 1768 |
| Place | Dunkirk |
| Place |
received
| Person |
acknowledgements
compliments to
enclosed in
enclosures
requests
remediation
in Forbes
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From John Farquharson of Aldlerg,
“Dun-
kirk, AugtAugust 25th, 1768.
kirk, AugtAugust 25th, 1768.
All your Friends
&and Well wishes on this Side are well.
My particular Friend is still in the
same way, &and that by the Caprice of
an old deazeddazed Father, whose Value
intrinsically is not worth a Groat, &and
some old damn’ddamned ScoundrellsScoundrels a-
bout this old Fool.” — Strange Lan-
guage from a papagee1 upon yethe Pope!
&and Well wishes on this Side are well.
My particular Friend is still in the
same way, &and that by the Caprice of
an old deazeddazed Father, whose Value
intrinsically is not worth a Groat, &and
some old damn’ddamned ScoundrellsScoundrels a-
bout this old Fool.” — Strange Lan-
guage from a papagee1 upon yethe Pope!
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “From John Farquharson of Aldlerg.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 9,
Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 35v. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/