Birth of Charles Oliphant
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Birth of Charles Oliphant
Forbes
Birth of Charles Oliphant
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From Laurence Oliphant of Gask
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Vol. 9, 1963—1964Paton
Vol. 3, 266—267Credits
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| Person | Laurence Oliphant |
| Date | 08 Jun 1772 |
| Place | Gask |
| Place |
received
| Person | Robert Forbes |
acknowledgements
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I am very much obliged to you for your long and agreeable letter (Paton V.3, 266).
compliments to
enclosed in
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I send off a copy of the above letter, and likewise a copy of John Farquharson’s second letter from the words, “Now I design to make you laugh,” to these words, “Motto of the Star,” inclusive, adding John’s postscript, to Bishop Gordon in London (Paton V.3, 267).
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Pray remember all of us here in the most kind manner first time you write to the Bishop, and if he will offer felicitations in the proper manner, and acquaint of this trifling circumstance of my child, it will be vastly obliging, for I know of no direct correspondence or I should not be wanting on so happy, interesting, and much wish’d for occasion (Paton V.3, 267).
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N. B. I sent a true Copy of the
two preceedingpreceding Letters &and of the Post-
script to L.Laurence O.Oliphant Esquire; from whom
I had the following return.
“Gask, June 8th, 1772.
I am very
“much obliged to you for your long &and agree-
“able Letter, &and write this with my thanks,
“&and to let you know, that my Wife was
“safely delivered of a Son after an easy
“labour this day between one &and two.
“The Child appears thriving, &and the
“Mother is as well as can be expected.
“He is to be named Charles to-morrowtomorrow,
“&and an Oak-Bough to be his Chief Or-
“nament. I know, the Name-Father
“likes the Boys best; therefore will not
“grudge, that his R.Royal Consort does not get
“a Name-Daughter till next occasion.
“Pray, remember all of us here in the most
“kind manner, first time you write to the 1964 (1964)
“Bishop; and, if he will offer Felicitati-
“ons in the proper manner, &and acquaint
“of this trifling circumstance of my Child,
“it will be vastly obliging; for I know
“of no direct Correspondence, or I shdshould
“not be wanting on so happy, interest-
“ing, &and much wish’dwished for occasion. Re-
“member us kindly to Lady Stewart, &and
“all other Acquaintances that fall in
“your Way, &cetc.”
“much obliged to you for your long &and agree-
“able Letter, &and write this with my thanks,
“&and to let you know, that my Wife was
“safely delivered of a Son after an easy
“labour this day between one &and two.
“The Child appears thriving, &and the
“Mother is as well as can be expected.
“He is to be named Charles to-morrowtomorrow,
“&and an Oak-Bough to be his Chief Or-
“nament. I know, the Name-Father
“likes the Boys best; therefore will not
“grudge, that his R.Royal Consort does not get
“a Name-Daughter till next occasion.
“Pray, remember all of us here in the most
“kind manner, first time you write to the 1964 (1964)
“Bishop; and, if he will offer Felicitati-
“ons in the proper manner, &and acquaint
“of this trifling circumstance of my Child,
“it will be vastly obliging; for I know
“of no direct Correspondence, or I shdshould
“not be wanting on so happy, interest-
“ing, &and much wish’dwished for occasion. Re-
“member us kindly to Lady Stewart, &and
“all other Acquaintances that fall in
“your Way, &cetc.”
N. B. June 11. 1772. I sent off
a Copy of the above Letter, &and like-
wise a Copy of John Farquharson’s
2d Letter, from the Words — Now
I design to make you laugh— to
these Words— Motto of the Star,
inclusive, adding John’s Postscript, to
B.Bishop G.Gordon in London.
a Copy of the above Letter, &and like-
wise a Copy of John Farquharson’s
2d Letter, from the Words — Now
I design to make you laugh— to
these Words— Motto of the Star,
inclusive, adding John’s Postscript, to
B.Bishop G.Gordon in London.
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “Birth of Charles Oliphant.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 9,
Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 64r–64v. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/