Bishop Gordon his opinion of the dismission

“London March
23. 1769. In answer to yours, which
came to hand last night, &and as far as
I am able to give give you Satisfaction
in the particular you so anxiously
enquire about; you are to know
then, Sir, I have seen, with that
you communicate, three different
Accounts of the Matter, all agree-
ing in the Secession, but each differ-
ing in the Reasons assign’dassigned for it; but
upon the whole, for my own Part, I
conclude there have been too great
Freedoms taken, &and which, in certain
Circumstances, is but too often the 1910 (1910) the Case, &and very hard to hear: I
say no more for the present, Time
must unfold the Rest. O how dif-
ficult is it to know the Truth of
Things at a distance! Especially
in great Families too, even all-
mostalmost in our own Neighb^ourhood.”