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Letter from John Campbell, 3rd Earl Breadalbane, Lord Glenorchy to Alexander Hume-Campbell, 1st Baron Hume of Berwick. Sent from Taymouth. Reference to Lord Berwick's health with mention of an operation on his back.

5 Aug 1779

From: 1779 To: 1779

Lady Glenorchy came last Saturday. She is very thin and was advised to drink goats milk, but there are no goats left in Scotland, the people having exchanged them for sheep as more profitable. She is therefore drinking mares milk, which is reckoned very nourishing. Brief mention of the possibility of invasion. The writer will invite Mr Page when he arrives at the inn at Kentmore. Weather is fine and the harvest appears to be 3 weeks earlier than usual.

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Campbell, John (3rd Earl of Breadalbane & Holland),
Hume-Campbell, Alexander (1st Baron Hume of Berwick),
Campbell, Willielma,
Page

family correspondence, Taymouth, illness, weather, harvesting