From Bishop Gordon
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From Bishop Gordon
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 9, 1997Paton
Vol. 3, 289—290Credits
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Correspondence
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| Person | Bishop Gordon |
| Date | 15 Oct 1773 |
| Place | Burnhall |
| Place |
received
| Person | Robert Forbes |
| Place | Edinburgh |
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From B.Bishop G.Gordon
We purpose leaving this Place the 25 or 26.
Inst.Instant &and hope for better Weather; for it has
been for a Continuance a Series of stormy
Weather, violent Rains at Times, &and
Hurricanes of Wind, very terrible in-
deed, such as I never remember.
Great Mischief has been done to the
standing Corn, which is now all got
in hereabout. O that these Visitati-
ons might have their designed Effect!
Inst.Instant &and hope for better Weather; for it has
been for a Continuance a Series of stormy
Weather, violent Rains at Times, &and
Hurricanes of Wind, very terrible in-
deed, such as I never remember.
Great Mischief has been done to the
standing Corn, which is now all got
in hereabout. O that these Visitati-
ons might have their designed Effect!
I thank you for the Verses on the
Birth-DayBirthday, &and like them well.
Birth-DayBirthday, &and like them well.
The Dream is indeed very remarkable
&and extraordinary. My good Friend must
look to himself; but the white Cock-
ades will repellrepel The Fire. Time will
developedevelop all.
&and extraordinary. My good Friend must
look to himself; but the white Cock-
ades will repellrepel The Fire. Time will
developedevelop all.
My Leg (blessed be God) is become
more limber &and easy, tho’though the Swelling
is not quite gone off; but all in good time.”
more limber &and easy, tho’though the Swelling
is not quite gone off; but all in good time.”
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “From Bishop Gordon.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 9,
Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 81r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/