Letter from Hugh Hume-Campbell (Lord Marchmont) to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent from London.

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CMV33490

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L 30/12/35/66

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Letter from Hugh Hume-Campbell (Lord Marchmont) to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent from London.

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Incipit Diplomatic:

I see by your letter that you have colleges on logic, history and the Institutes, besides your French and German.’

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Brief Summary:

A letter from Hugh Hume-Campbell to his son Alexander Hume-Campbell dated 27 December 1768

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Comments about [Charles-Jean-François] Hénault’s history [Abrégé chronologique de l’histoire de France] and the works of Voltaire ‘which as far as I have seen are wrote with the grossest bias of any I ever read.’

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Zoe Screti

Record created on:

30 May 2024