Letter: 1870 July 20, Briery Yards by Hawick, to David Laing / David D. Scott. 1870.

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Letter: 1870 July 20, Briery Yards by Hawick, to David Laing / David D. Scott. 1870.

Concerns the Battle of Flodden, letters of Dacre in Pinkerton, and news on the Franco-Prussian War.

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