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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01794.04 Author/Creator: Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829 Place Written: Middleton, West Lothian, Scotland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 September 1768 Pagination: 7p ; docket : 24.6 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

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)

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

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