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To Bishop Gordon

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Titles
Table of Contents
Pennant's Tour improved
Paton
To Bishop Gordon
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 9, 1965
Paton
Vol. 3, 267—268
Credits
Encoder
Alyssa Bridgman
Transcriber
Bo Pearson
Proofreader
Bo Pearson
Encoder
Julianna Wagar
Status
Document
transcription ready for proof
Metadata
metadata done
Correspondence
sent
Person Robert Forbes
Date15 Jun 1772
Place
Place
received
Person Bishop Gordon
PlaceLondon
acknowledgements
quote
—I am glad that my strictures upon Pennant could add in the least to your entertainment (Paton V.3, 267-268).
compliments to
enclosed in
enclosures
requests
remediation
in Forbes
Transcription
To B.Bishop G.Gordon “June 15. 1772. I am glad, that my
Strictures upon Pennant could add in the
last to your Entertainment. I imagined, in-
deed
, his Religion &and Politics would not be to your
good liking.”
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Forbes, Robert. “To Bishop Gordon.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 9, Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 65r. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v09.1965.02.html.
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