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Letter from Elizabeth Hume-Campbell (Lady Marchmont) to son Alexander Hume-Campbell. Went to Eccles [near Kelso] on Friday to see Alexander's niece who has met with an ugly accident - 'in getting out of bed, she cut her leg with a certain machine that we call the hand organ, which it seems was broke in the handle. She is not able to set her foot to the ground...' [Possibly refers to Anne Paterson, daughter of John Paterson and Anne, nee Campbell, half-sister of Alexander]

17 Jul 1768

From: 1768 To: 1768

Mrs Pringle has been staying. She is soon going to Edinburgh for her lying in. [Refers to Elizabeth Pringle, wife of Sir James Pringle, MP for Berwickshire]. Brief news of other friends. Reference to the weather, hay, corn, strawberries and cherries. Ned Barker has written to his parents; he seems to be well pleased with his situation. They were to sail from Calcutta on their return to England.

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Hume-Campbell, Elizabeth,
Crompton, Elizabeth,
Marchmont,
Paterson, Anne,
Pringle, Elizabeth,
Barker, Edward,
Hume-Campbell, Alexander (1st Baron Hume of Berwick)

family correspondence, CORRESPONDENCE, accidents, pregnancy, weather, hay, corn, strawberries, cherries, England, Calcutta, Edinburgh, Scotland