Hereby I give you
the Opportunity of saluting a valuable favoritefavourite
Friend, [whom] I commonly call by the Name
of the [Elect] Lady, the HonbleHonourable Mrs Mary
Nairne, [sister] to Lady Gask. Her Ladyship
will inform you fully of the Business She is
most piously going about, &and will readily
have the pleasure of seeing You in her
Return. May God be with her, &and bless her
laudable endeavours with the wish’dwished
for Success.

With pleasure I inform You, that a Lady
of my Acquaintance X has a fine pearl-Neck-
lace of six Rows round the Neck, &and of two
down the Breast, which being at a loss
how to dispose of, as it is valued by some
at no less than 500 Guineas, my Bosom-
Friend suggested, to have it given in a
present to Cousin Peggie, upon the
happy event of entering into the Conju-
gal State. This proposal was so well
received, that the Lady anxiously wish-
es to be quit of it in that very Shape.
“But O! said she, how shall it be trans-
“mitted?” “Leave that to me, said a Friend
of yours, “and, God willing, it shall be
“carefully conveyed to your Heart’s desire.”
Agreed accordingly. Do you then, dear Sir,
make more than one happy in having this
same valuable Gem to pass through your
hands a Valuable, indeed, in more senses
1946 (1946)
than one, as it was once the Property
of the Royal Family of Scotland a-
bout the Year 1500! I need say no
more; but that the method of Con-
veyance is not to be made known to yethe
Lady, or any oneanyone else.

I am delighted, that Peggie has the Pub-
lic Papers; a most notable, &and, to her, a
most useful, Amusement.”