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Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791 to Earl of Buchan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01794.12 Author/Creator: Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791 Place Written: Bath, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 13, 1774 Pagination: 2p Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

She writes about living through posterity and expresses admiration of the Earl. Her health is much better. She writes about her daughter.

The 11th Earl of Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, (1742–1829)

Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

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