From Bishop Gordon
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Paton
From Bishop Gordon
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 9, 1982Paton
Vol. 3, 279—280Credits
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Correspondence
sent
| Person | Bishop Gordon |
| Date | 17 Dec 1772 |
| Place | London |
| 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
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Transcription
B.Bishop G.Gordon
‘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.
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.”
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.”
Citation
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.