L30/12/35/185

Letter from Elizabeth Hume Campbell, to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Writer has been suffering from a cold and hoarseness; she has been blooded, which has relieved her lungs.

29 Jan 1771

From: 1771 To: 1771

Asks Alexander to acquire tambour needles. Comment about powdering hair. Details of visitors. Forthcoming marriage of Anne Halsey to [George] Dutens, who has a living of £200 a year, his own fortune is £7,000 and he gets an addition when his mother dies. Mr Bland is at Bath and is ill. Writer's father is resolved to come to London this week.

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Hume-Campbell, Alexander (2nd Baron Polwarth),
Hume-Campbell, Alexander,
Marchmont,
Hume-Campbell, Elizabeth,
Crompton, Windmill,
Halsey, Anne,
Dutens, George,
Bland

family correspondence, illness, specific marriages