Papers of David Skene: Volume of copy correspondence of David Skene: Letter from David Skene to [his father], Andrew Skene Letter from David Skene to his father, Andrew Skene, in which he describes journey to Paris ('4 very tedious days' on the coach from Calais); the other gentleman he travelled to France with has helped him obtain lodgings when he arrived; he received a bundle of letters when he visited the bankers; he dines for 18 sols; his lack of French is hampering him; everything is very dear and he believes he is being cheated as well; he has paid 8 guineas for a suit of black clothes (the court was in mourning for the Queen of Poland) which he remarks is 'nothing more than common'; he hates having to sit for two hours getting his hair powdered and curled in order to walk about with his hat under his arm, as is the fashion; he was at Ferrein's lecture which was 'nothing uncommon'; he will carefully observe his father's caution regarding religion and politics but remarks that religion is freely discussed and the topic is often opened by the people themselves, 15 February 1753. 15 February 1753