Bishop Gordon his being with Nicolas Brett, and reasoning with him

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2073 (2073)
From B.Bishop G.Gordon
“London, OctrOctober 11. 1774.
I am much obliged to you, Dear Sir, for
yours of the 21st ult.ultimo mense &and particularly for the
Ode, which pleases me well; the last Stan-
za only, I think not equal to the rest.
But I pretend not to be a Judge of poetry,
so hope to be excused the Freedom. Had I
wrote a single Word under the Cover stuffed
with News-Papers, it had been charged to
you, I don’t know what; the whole Weight
at least. When Franks come in Use a-
gain, I have 3 or 4 left, which may be
applied to the same Purpose. Bruce of
of St Andrews, who called upon you, is a
good honest Man, a Man of Piety. I was
greatly pleased with the Account of the
Transaction &and Dialogue held at a certain
Place, &and thank you for it. Such Things are
pleasing to hear. [pag.page hujus 2063.]

I went &and returned from Kent, Thanks
be to God, in Health &and Safety. My Friend
met me at the time &and place appointed,
&and conveyed me to his House in a
Post-Chaise that Evening, &and the next
Day, the Feast of St Matthew,
after the great Business of the
Morning was over, I opened with
him on a certain Affair, told him my
Concern &and Astonishment at the Part he
was taking in dividing a poor Remnant
of Confessors, &and leading them I don’t
know where, &and withall presuming to set
himself at their Head, in telling them
what they ought to do. This last he denied
he had said; but I urged &and was positive in
it. In short, after much Discourse back-ward2074(2074)ward &and forward upon the Subject, I parted
with him seemingly undetermined as to the
Course he is to hold in a Case of a certain
Event. May God of his Mercy &and Goodness
guide &and direct him! However, I own to you,
my good Friend, I suspect, worldly Conside-
rations have such Hold of him, that I am
^apt to suspect he will be warptwarped the wrong Way.
He has got two very fine Youths to his
Sons, the eldest 16, the younger 14, &and a
Daughter, a very pleasing young Crea-
ture about 11 Years of Age. I spent three
Days with them very agreeably, tho’though God
knows, the Season was very wet, &and much
Mischief done to the Hops! &and Wheat, &and Bar-
ley; some standing out cut, &and a good deal
uncut down, which, I fear, will be greatly
hurt before this fine weather, which (bless-
ed be God, we now enjoy) set in. I have omit-
ed mentioning Mrs Brett ‘till now, for qchwhich
I beg her pardon, for she shotshould have come
first of the Family, because I look upon
her to be a kind, hospitable, modest Chri-
stian Woman, with good Understanding, &and no
kind of Affectation. In a Word, I think our
Brother Brett happy in a partner.

Mr Bowdler’s admirable Remarks, qchwhich
I carried down with me to Spring-Grove,
shall, God willing, be conveyed to you on
the first Opportunity, which I must have
returned after your making your own
Use of them. I want much to know how
Tommy Bowdler came to mention this
Affair to the Primus, &and if he has said any
Thinganything more to you on the Subject. Poor
Mrs Lyon tells me, Mr Bell was very
angry with her Servant Sandy— be-
cause he had insisted, that his late Mas-
ter had not given up the Charge of 2075 (2075) Dumfries before his Death. This I
presume is advanced on Mr Bell’s
part, to cut off the poor Widow from
her just Claim to her Share in the
Emoluments. My Sister writes me
last Post, that Mr Wood has been
with them at Dumfries, &and that She
is very well pleased with him, which
I was glad to hear. Now commending
you &and yours, my dear Sir, to God &and his
Keeping, I am, Yrs ever affectionate-
ly &and faithfully

RRobert GGordon.”

See 2022, 2025, 2031, 2041, 2047 pag.pages
hujus, and pag.pages 49, 229, 230, 231, &c.etc
of a Folio MS.Manuscript bound in rough
brown Leather.

Person	Bishop Gordon
Date	11 Oct 1774
Place	London
Place