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At the separation preferred to he became a member of the new lodge, St. VIII. To MR. JOHN MURDOCH, SCHOOL-MASTER, STAPLES INN BUILDINGS, LONDON. LOCHLIE, 15th January, 1783.
Burness, and the rest of your family, along with those of, dear Sir, your affectionate cousin, X.-To MR. JAMES BURNESS, WRITER, MONTROSE. LOCHLIE, 17th Feb. 1784.
But, I daresay, I have by this time tired your patience; so I shall conclude with begging you to give Mrs. Murdoch not my compliments, for that is a mere commonplace story; but my warmest, kindest wishes for her welfare; and accept the same for yourself, from, Dear Sir, yours, etc. IX. To HIS COUSIN, MR. JAMES BURNESS, WRITER, MONTROSE. LOCHLIE, 21st June, 1783.
"Though I had not three farthings' worth of business in the world, yet every post brought me as many letters as if I had been a broad-plodding son of daybook and ledger." Where are the letters which brought to the ploughman at Lochlie such a constant and copious stream of replies? The circumstances of his position will explain why they perished: he was then "a youth and all unknown to fame."
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