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Copy of a paragraph in a Letter to Alexr Mitchel, Esqr, Custom-House, Edr, from Sir Grey Cooper of Gogar, Baronet.

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Forbes
Copy of a paragraph in a Letter to Alexr Mitchel, Esqr, Custom-House, Edr, from Sir Grey Cooper of Gogar, Baronet.
Steuart
Sir G. Greys best thanks & acknowledgements to the Revd. Mr. Forbes for The very kind & material assistance he gave in vindicating the dormant Title
Paton
Paragraph of a letter from Sir Gray Cooper of Gogar
Pages
Forbes
Vol. 10, 2142—2143
Paton
Vol. 3, 370
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Correspondence
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Person Sir Grey Cooper
Date22 Aug 1775
PlaceLondon
Place
received
Person Alexander Mitchell
PlaceLikely Edinburgh
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Transcription

Copy of a Paragraph in a Letter to
AlexrAlexander Mitchel, EsqrEsquire, Custom-House, EdrEdinburgh,
from Sir Grey Cooper of Gogar, Baro-
net
.

London, AugtAugust 22. 1775. You’ll be
so good, as to return my best
Thanks &and Acknowledgements to the
Reverend Mr Forbes, for the kind
&and very material Evidence Assis-
tance
he was so good as to give
2143 (30432143)
in the indicating the dormant Ho-
nour
of our Family, &and for his very
obliging Congratulations on our
Success, which certainly was ow-
ing
to your Zeal &and Diligence in
searching it out.
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Forbes, Robert. “Copy of a paragraph in a Letter to Alexr Mitchel, Esqr, Custom-House, Edr, from Sir Grey Cooper of Gogar, Baronet.” The Lyon in Mourning, vol. 10, Adv.MS.32.6.25, fol. 16v–17r. The Lyon in Mourning Project, edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/v10.2142.01.html.
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