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Letter from Elizabeth Hume-Campbell (Lady Marchmont) to her son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Mr Frasier was right to send for a doctor. Writer believes it is 'the time of year for the bile to be stirring.'

3 Apr 1770

From: 1770 To: 1770

Writer is 'pure well again.' Writer's Father [Windmill Crompton] came to London yesterday. Dr Fordyce has seen his face and says it looks better than for some time past. Lord Dysart died very soon after his return to England [Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart]. Captain [Robert] Sandilands has lost his second saughter; Mrs Sandilands is with child again. Mention of parliament - 'They really begin to do business in that House when it is time to go to bed.'

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Hume-Campbell, Elizabeth,
Crompton, Elizabeth,
Marchmont,
Pringle,
Crompton, Windmill,
Fordyce,
Tollemache, Lionel 4th Earl of Dysart,
Sandilands, Robert

family correspondence, illness, general politics, DEATH