Letters. 1793.

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Letters. 1793.

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Letter from Lady Elgin, Windsor, dated 21 Dec. 1793 to Henry Dundas forwarding a letter received by her daughter from a London shopkeeper, D. Hay, concerning a possible petition to the King seeking a mitigation of the sentence passed on Thomas Muir (1 p.) ; letter from D. Hay to Lady Charlotte Bruce, undated, reporting his meeting with Thomas Muir on the hulk, Muir's lack of remorse and belief in his innocence, and visits by Lord Lauderdale, R.B. Sheridan and others (2 p.).

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Bruce, Martha Countess of Elgin, d. 1810.

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Martha Whyte married Charles Bruce (1732-1771), 5th Earl of Elgin, in 1759. Thomas Muir, one of the Scottish Martyrs, was convicted of sedition in August 1793 and transported to New South Wales in 1794. From the description of Letters. 1793. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222675542 ...

Bruce, Charlotte

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Epithet: widow of Major-General Sir C Bruce British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x000219 ...

Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811

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Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), statesman, was the father of Robert Saunders Dundas, the second Viscount Melville (1771-1851), also a statesman. Henry Dundas was educated at Edinburgh High School and University, before becoming solicitor-general for Scotland in 1766. He was M.P. for Midlothian 1774-1790, except for a few months in 1782, when he sat for Newtown, Isle of Wight. He was lord advocate 1775-1783, lord rector of Glasgow University 1781-1783, privy councillor, and...

Muir, Thomas, 1765-1798

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Hay, D., fl. 1793

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