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be a possibility with my assistance?
I could put the facts together from
Mintos diaries & letters if I
could get some one to undertake the
literary part.

Altho' you cannot see your way
to writing the memoir I hope when
you are in Scotland you and Mrs Buchan
will spare us a day or two at
Minto. We might induce Mr [F.S.] Oliver
to come over to meet you & there is
no knowing what effect the Borders
might have on him when viewed