| Description | Letter to Mercer at Sunny Bank, Aberdeen, enclosed with MS 30/38/35, Forbes has written to Dr Dugald Stewart on Mercer's behalf and thanked him for his gift of the Life of Thomas Reid.Tells Mercer of his progress with the new edition of Beattie's works and his own researches for the Life. Forbes's son Charles has been involved in a naval battle but is unharmed and in good spirits. |