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CRAIGMYLE,
TORPHINS,
ABERDEENSHIRE.

2 Aug. /29

Dear Mr Buchan,

I have just
read, with the keenest enjoyment, your
Peterboro' address: I feel moved to think
that you won't object to my writing
you this line.

In, unhappily, the scraps
of leisure, I have for years been work-
ing at the perennial theme; & if you
will do me the honour of accepting