1736 March 23

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Folder 1

Extent:

4 pages

Scope and content:

Letter of Adam Cuninghame, Newcastle upon Tyne, to his father William, in Edinburgh, March 23, 1736. Cuninghame requests a meeting with his father and requests that it be kept secret from his mother and siblings. Cuninghame explains his financial difficulties and requests that "I may be transported from Port Glasgow to some of the forreign [sic] Plantations where I may pass the remainder of my days in a Sincere repentance for my former folly."

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