. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . dly attended him, apprehends nodanger. My Sue took him into Salamanca, got him a good Billet,bathed his wound, & then delivered him over to the care of JohnLuard, who was ordered to collect the wounded upon the Fieldof Battle, & to arrange matters respecting the wounded Men &horses of our Brigade. Susan then left Salamanca, and travellingall night, fell in with me at 7 in the morning near Tordillas, andwe reached this place, 2 leagues in front of Penaranda, by 12. Colonel Dalbiac and his sister Harriet1 had soon to bear
. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . dly attended him, apprehends nodanger. My Sue took him into Salamanca, got him a good Billet,bathed his wound, & then delivered him over to the care of JohnLuard, who was ordered to collect the wounded upon the Fieldof Battle, & to arrange matters respecting the wounded Men &horses of our Brigade. Susan then left Salamanca, and travellingall night, fell in with me at 7 in the morning near Tordillas, andwe reached this place, 2 leagues in front of Penaranda, by 12. Colonel Dalbiac and his sister Harriet1 had soon to bearthe great grief of losing their mother, who died in was a sad blow. From Sir Charles Dalbiac to James Exeter, 24M August 1819. My dearest Pitcairn,—I feel very anxious to hear how your dear Wife bore the melancholy Intelligence of our irreparable Loss. It would give me much Satisfaction if I could send you a pleasant Account of mine. Her Spirits have certainly rallied—but her 1 Sir James Pitcairns wife. 2 Canon Pitcairns Family Sir Charles Dalbiac, SIR JAMES PITCAIRN OF THAT ILK. 231 Health and Strength have sadly given way, since the painful Event,which released her from the daily fatigue and anxiety with whichshe had to contend for so many weeks. The last sad Duties were performed on the 20th, when my be-loved Parent was deposited within the Church at Dawlish, whichG. and I thought a proper respect, at a strange place, and we haveordered a small plain marble to mark the spot, and the Day of herDecease, all which we are sure our dear Sister will approve, althoit will (with other Circumstances, such as burying in Lead, an ex-orbitant Demand from the Minister to bury within the Church, andto put up a monument therein, &c.) swell the Funeral Expenses tomore than we had anticipated. I enclose you herewith a briefStatement of my Mothers Will, also a rough Estimate of her Be-quests, and another of her probable effects. Unless anything un-known
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