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Letter from Marquis of Lothian to General Assembly
A lengthy letter from the Marquis of Lothian to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland bids loyalty, unity, and royal protection while urging support for the Assembly. It notes appointing him to represent the Crown and the Assembly’s expected candor and fraternally firm proceedings during the reign. The report also lists contemporaneous events from London including weather, fires, lightning, local elections, and naval and ecclesiastical notices.
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Dinbar
Church of Scotland
Confin
Lothian
Aolles
Newcaffle
Rane
Kat
Dieteed Hedell
Stoke Church
St. Mare
Mr Dove
Mareréts Church
Bramford
London
Leith
Edinburgh
Earl of Lincoln
Duke of Newcastle
France
Italy
Canterbery
Wye
Stittingburn
Downs
John Norris
Stewart
Leus
Frieflind
Princess of
East India Company
Harrington
Jenkins
Bencolen
Beanet
Haymarket
Lord Forbes
Russia
Lordeship
Hon. Artillery Company
George the First
Sol