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From Bishop Gordon

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Titles
Paton
From Bishop Gordon
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 9, 1982
Paton
Vol. 3, 279—280
Credits
Encoder
Alyssa Bridgman
Transcriber
Ronaldo Shrestha
Proofreader
Bo Pearson
Encoder
Abigail Streifel
Status
Document
transcription ready for proof
Metadata
metadata done
Correspondence
sent
Person Bishop Gordon
Date17 Dec 1772
PlaceLondon
Place
received
Person Robert Forbes
acknowledgements
quote
Tis time I should thank you for your last very agreeable and acceptable letter (Paton V.3, 279).
compliments to
enclosed in
enclosures
requests
remediation
in Forbes
Transcription

B.Bishop G.Gordon

“London, DecrDecember 17. 1772.
‘Tis time
I should thank you for your last very agree-
able
&and acceptable Letter. I had lately a very
pleasing Account of Cousin Peggie. She was in
Health &and high Spirits, &and very happy in her
new Companion
. They appear frequently a-
broad
together, &and are much ^respected &and caressed by all
Ranks of People. From what you mention of
Pennant’s Behaviour to Mr Erskine, I cannot
wonder, that Tommy Bowdler should have con-
ceived
a very sorry Opinion of the Man. I am
sure, I have. Your Anecdote relating to the
Montes Ocelli is pleasing.
The NarrativeX is translated into Italian, &and
printed &and sold in BooksellersBooksellers’ Shops in that
Country
. A Friend of mine came lately from
Italy, &and met with it accidentally in a Book-
Seller’s
Shop
, &and purchased it. This is a piece of
Intelligence I was not sorry to meet with; nor
will you, Sir, be displeased to hear.”
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Forbes, Robert. “From Bishop Gordon.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 9, Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 73v. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v09.1982.01.html.
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