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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 2814/3/2/30
TitleLetter, Alexander Leslie, Montreal
Date2 June 1832
Extent1 item
DescriptionTo Dr Leslie, redirected on delivery at Fordoun to care of Mrs Leslie, 42 Union Place Aberdeen. Is sending copies of Monteal Gazette; mentions ourbreak of cholera there and epidemics in Britain, France and Ireland; blames canadian election riot in which mob had been fired on by the Irish who "bring their bad tricks with them"; fears business will be poor in spite of commissions from West Indian trading as there had ben so any failures of Glasgow grain merchants.
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