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Bishop Gordon on his guard as to Alexander Murray

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B. G. on his Guard as to A. M.
Forbes
Bishop Gordon on his guard as to Alexander Murray
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 9, 1939
Paton
Vol. 3, 247
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Correspondence
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Person Bishop Gordon
Date14 Sep 1769
PlaceBurnhall
Place
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Person Robert Forbes
acknowledgements
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I thank you for your last, and particularly for your friendly caution with regard to Sandy, to whose character and all the particulars hinted at in your letter I am not in the least a stranger, having been many a day acquainted with his manoeuvres (Paton V.3, 247).
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Transcription
B.Bishop GGordon. “Burnhall, SeptrSeptember 14. 1769. I thank
you for your last; &and particularly for your friendly
Caution with regard to Sandy, to whose Charac-
ter
, &and all the Particulars hinted at in your Let-
ter
, I am not in the least a Stranger, having
been many a Day acquainted with his Ma-
nœouvers
, yet after all, without Trust, we
must make the best Use we can of such peo-
ple
in their Way.”
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Forbes, Robert. “Bishop Gordon on his guard as to Alexander Murray.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 9, Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 52r. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v09.1939.01.html.
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