From Bishop Gordon

In Com-
pliance with your kind Request, &and at the
same Time to return my best Thanks to your-
self &and good Mrs Forbes for all the Trou-
ble &and ExpenceExpense you have been at in af-
fording me so satisfactory &and pleasing an
Interview, as you were so kind as to fa-
vour me with at Moffat, you have this to
inform you, dear Sir, that (all Thanks ^be to
God) I arrived safe &and sound at Burn-
hall yesterday before Dinner, along
with my dear Nephew, whom I found
at Newcastle a Friday-Evening
waiting for me at Mr Burden’s, qrewhere
you were kindly enquired after, &and by
Mr Mansfield too: But, to, return to
Burnhall: Blessed be God! I found all
well there, my Wife &and Sister expect-
ing us, who, with our young Friend, all
join in kind Compliments &and best Re-
spects to yourself &and the truly kind &and
friendly Mrs Forbes, of whose oblig-
ing Concern about me, I trust, I shall
never be unmindful. And here I must
not omit (as desired by my Nephew) to
return his best Thanks &and AcknowledgmtsAcknowledgements
to the kind &and bountiful Mrs Forbes for
the good Things she sent him by me,
of which we all partook, &and the X High
land Lassie too, who presents her best
1939 (1939)
Respects. It made her Mouth water to
hear the Relation of the memorable
Tail-Burn-Expedition, which, you
may believe, Sir, entertained the Rest
of the Company.

Sister Smith &and my Wife return their
best Thanks for your obliging Present.” —