BC_176x_EMONTAGU_EV_1

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<Q A 1760S TC EV EMONTAGU>
<X ELIZABETH MONTAGU>
[}ELIZABETH MONTAGU TO ELIZABETH VESEY. BEFORE 1763. HUNTINGTON LIBRARY}]
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[\ADDED before 1763\]
If I had [\been/] well enough to go out I should have told you in person how much I am rejoyced M=r= Vesey is so much better, and I wish'd to make a proposal to you by word of mouth which I shall do by billet. M=r= Macpherson the translator of ye Highland poems, with some other Bards, are to dine here to morrow, if you will be of the party, you will certainly improve, & I hope enjoy it, & M=rs= Hancock will carve M=r= Veseys chicken, if like an invalid he must dine at home: if not, I hope he will come with you to the feast of (^Shells^), if you have not read the highland (^poems^) you will think I mean a dinner of cockles Oysters & muscles, but if you have dined with the Sons of Morven (a gallant race) you will understand me. Let me have your kind answer tonight, & your company tomorrow, & believe me
always
     yours
     E.Montagu