Meeting with Mr. Oliphant & his Lady at Edinburgh from Naples July 8. 1769 who gave me satisfaction as to dis: mission et cetera
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Forbes
Meeting with Mr. Oliphant & his Lady at Edinburgh from Naples July 8. 1769 who gave me satisfaction as to dis: mission et cetera
Paton
From Bishop Gordon
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 9, 1912—1913Paton
Vol. 3, 225—226Credits
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Document
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Correspondence
sent
| Person | L.G. |
| Date | 15 May 1769 |
| Person | John Farquharson |
| Place | Dunkirk |
| Place |
received
| Place |
acknowledgements
quote
I had yours of April 29, with the paragraph from Dunkerque (Paton V.3, 225).
compliments to
enclosed in
enclosures
requests
remediation
in Forbes
Transcription
B.Bishop G.Gordon
“May 16. 1769.
I was favour-
ed with yours of yethe 29th ult.ultimo mense but,
alas! as to giving you any farther
light into the particular, about
which you so anxiously enquired in
your former Letter, indeed, I confess
myself altogether unable: Time &and
patience must unravel; the Mat-
ter is too delicate to ask Ques-
tions about it at yethe Fountain-Head.
Clouds have been gathering a
long Time, &and great Struggles have
been already made; &and ^tho’though the parltparliament be
prorogued, yet ‘tis my Opinion the
^Fire is far from being extinguished; to such
a height of audacity &and Insolence is 1913 (1913) the discontented party grown.
ed with yours of yethe 29th ult.ultimo mense but,
alas! as to giving you any farther
light into the particular, about
which you so anxiously enquired in
your former Letter, indeed, I confess
myself altogether unable: Time &and
patience must unravel; the Mat-
ter is too delicate to ask Ques-
tions about it at yethe Fountain-Head.
Clouds have been gathering a
long Time, &and great Struggles have
been already made; &and ^tho’though the parltparliament be
prorogued, yet ‘tis my Opinion the
^Fire is far from being extinguished; to such
a height of audacity &and Insolence is 1913 (1913) the discontented party grown.
P.S. As to the Particular, with qchwhich
I began my Letter, all I shall far–
ther say upon that Head is, that
as my Correspondent takes no no-
tice of it in his Letters, I ought to
conclude it either false, or, at least,
not to be so much as spoke of a-
mongst Friends.”
I began my Letter, all I shall far–
ther say upon that Head is, that
as my Correspondent takes no no-
tice of it in his Letters, I ought to
conclude it either false, or, at least,
not to be so much as spoke of a-
mongst Friends.”
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “Meeting with Mr. Oliphant & his Lady at Edinburgh from Naples July 8. 1769 who gave me satisfaction as to dis: mission et cetera.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 9,
Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 38v–39r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/