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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. [Typed transcript available]. Writer is weaker than when he arrived in Taymouth, and suffering from deafness as well as other infirmities.

19 Sep 1779

From: 1779 To: 1779

'I suppose all fears of a invasion are now over, and that that you will not be obliged to go a hunting. The French have got what they wanted, keeping our fleet at home.' Anecdode about the writer's fort guns, the sounds of which were heard at Blair Atholl, where the company thought that good news had arrived from the fleet in the channel or from America. It has been a fine season for shooting. The Duke of Atholl [John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl] is said to have killed 45 brace in one day. He uses a double barrel gun, seldom misses, and often kills two out of every covey at once. Lady Glenorchy has found great benefit from drinking mare's milk and riding; she seems not to be in perfect health.

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

family correspondence, CORRESPONDENCE, Taymouth, illness, Napoleonic Wars, shooting, horse riding