Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829 to Catherine Macaulay

GLC01794.04

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GLC#
GLC01794.04-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
September 4, 1768
Author/Creator
Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829
Title
to Catherine Macaulay
Place Written
Middleton, West Lothian, Scotland
Pagination
7 p. : docket ; Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 20 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
Road to Revolution

He inquires after her health. He is without money and the "common decencies of my rank & character." He speaks of a tendency to remove oneself from public life for mental relaxation, and of matrimony. He wishes to discuss the affairs of America. The 11th Earl of Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, (1742–1829).

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