Letter to Mr John Leith concerning one Mr. Hope, a popish Priest
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Letter to Mr John Leith concerning one
Mr. Hope, a popish Priest
Forbes
Mr. Hope a Popish Priest
Paton
To Rev. John Leith at Huntly
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 9, 1981—1982Paton
Vol. 3, 279Credits
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sent
| Person | |
| Date | 26 Nov 1772 |
| Place | |
| Place |
received
| Person | Rev. John Leith |
| Place | Huntly |
acknowledgements
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If he be in your neighbourhood and of your acquaintance, as is given out, I earnestly beg you may take the most prudent and cautious way to sound his inclinations if in your power, and let me fully know the result of your well-advised attempts. But let not the gentleman have the most distant suspicion of your being put upon this. All must be done as entirely of yourself. Meantime be sure to commit this scribble to the flames, as I would not wish anything should ever cast up from me to injure any one in any shape whatsoever. A return to this with your convenience will prove extremely obliging to more than one (Paton V.3, 279).
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Copy — To the Revd Mr. John Leith,
at Huntly. “Novr 26. 1772. What follows
must remain a dead Secret between you &and me.
Is there One Mr Hope, a popish Churchman, in
your Neighbourhood, &and has he visited you?
Whether he goes under the name of Mr
Hope, I know not; but his Mother’s Name is
Mrs Hope, who, some years ago, made me se-
veral visits, at the Desire of a particular Friend,
&and I visited her in Edr; but all this with the
greatest Caution &and Secrecy. She is just now
in London, and, perhaps, may cast up here
again. In a Word, I &and another Friend, tho’though
we never set Eyes upon him, have good
Reason to think, the Son has a warm Side to
our poor afflicted Church, not to say more of
it. If he be in your neighbourhood, &and of your
acquaintance, as is given out, I earnestly beg,
1982
(1982)
you may take the most prudent &and cau-
tious Way to sound his Inclinations, if in
your Power; &and let me fully know the Re-
sult of your well-advised Attempts; but
let not the Gentlemanknow have the
most distant Suspicion of your being put
upon this. All must be done as entirely
of yourself. Mean time, be sure to com-
mit this Scribble to the Flames; as I
would not wish, any thinganything should ever
cast up from me, to injure any One in
any Shape whatsoever. A Return to ysthis
with your own Convenience will prove
extremely obliging to more than One.”
you may take the most prudent &and cau-
tious Way to sound his Inclinations, if in
your Power; &and let me fully know the Re-
sult of your well-advised Attempts; but
let not the Gentleman
most distant Suspicion of your being put
upon this. All must be done as entirely
of yourself. Mean time, be sure to com-
mit this Scribble to the Flames; as I
would not wish, any thinganything should ever
cast up from me, to injure any One in
any Shape whatsoever. A Return to ysthis
with your own Convenience will prove
extremely obliging to more than One.”
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “Mr. Hope a Popish Priest.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 9,
Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 73r–73v. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/