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Letter from Elizabeth Hume Campbell, to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent to Nice. Brief comments about Alexander's health and journey.

24/26/30 Dec 1777

From: 1777 To: 1777

Sir Francis [Carr] Clerke has died of wounds. Annie Paterson's match [She married Philip Anstruther]. 'Sir John [Paterson] seems very well pleased with the money part of the story.' 'We go to town next week to go on new year's day to St.James, and shall return as usual till the Queen's birthday.' Death of Mr Hume of Greenlaw. Written of 26th Dec: Greatly concerned to hear that Alexander had so severe an attack at Macon. General news of social events. Marriage of Louisa Leveson Gower to Archibald MacDonald. The Duchess of Argyll was brought to bed of a son on Christmas day [John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell, later 7th Duke of Argyll]. When married, Annie Paterson is to live in Fifeshire at an estate of eight hundred a year Sir John Anstruther settled upon his son. This winter they will be in Edinburgh. Mrs Riddle has had a daughter. 'When you are once settled at Nice we shall write to each other more regularly.'

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Hume-Campbell, Alexander (2nd Baron Polwarth),
Hume-Campbell, Alexander,
Marchmont,
Hume-Campbell, Elizabeth,
Clerke, Francis Carr,
Anstruther, Philip,
Paterson, John,
Paterson, Annie,
Hume,
Leveson-Gower, Louisa,
Macdonald, Archibald,
Campbell, John Douglas Edward Henry, 7th Duke of Argyll,
Riddle,
Anstruther, John

family correspondence, travel, Nice, American Revolutionary War, DEATH, specific marriages