L30/12/18/3

Letter from Thomas Cockburn to Alexander Hume-Campbell, 1st Baron Hume of Berwick. Sent from Edinburgh. Reference to Lord Hume's improved health. Has send bill amounting to £708 5s to Drummonds [bank].

6 Aug 1778

From: 1778 To: 1778

Weather has been good and the crops look well. The effects of the drought in England have been felt - have hardly seen and English buyer this season. Has recieved communiction informing of the death of Mr [Robert] Pringle of Cliftoun; a good old friend. A relative of his did the writer a good favour by securing a position in the East Indies for the writer's son Thomas.

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Cockburn, Thomas,
Hume-Campbell, Alexander (1st Baron Hume of Berwick),
Pringle, Robert

CORRESPONDENCE, business, family/personal financial affairs, illness