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L30/12/35/66
Title
Letter from Hugh Hume-Campbell (Lord Marchmont) to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent from London. 'I see by your letter that you have colleges on logic, history and the Institutes, besides your French and German.'
Date free text
27 Dec 1768
Production date
From: 1768 To: 1768
Scope and Content
Comments about [Charles-Jean-François] Hénault's history [Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de France] and the works of Voltaire 'which as far as I have seen are wrote with the grossest bias of any I ever read.'
Level of description
item

Persons/institution keyword
Hume-Campbell, Hugh,
Marchmont,
Hume-Campbell, Alexander,
Hume-Campbell, Hugh (3rd Earl of Marchmont),
Voltaire
Keywords
family correspondence, CORRESPONDENCE, EDUCATION, HISTORY, LANGUAGES, French, German

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    Letter from Hugh Hume-Campbell (Lord Marchmont) to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent ...
    item | L30/12/35/66
    27 Dec 1768