| Description | 'My dear Pegie,
I have the pleasure to receive yours of the 14th advising me of your sons setting out on his travels Tuesday the 10th of this month. I hope you have hade the account of his safe arrivall in Holland. No doubt you would be pretty much taken up before he set out. I hope he will be extreamly luckie both in the servant and the Geneva gentlman that goes along with him. I pray that the Lord may preserve, keep and direct him, in all the steps of his life and return him safe to all he is concerned with.
I see you have heared from my son lately. lt is a great mercy he hase keept his health so well and not the least complaint of his gout. Moderate exercise is a great preventative of the gout but I wish he hase not too much. lt is indeed a great undertaking. I wish he may have careful and honest people about him. He is readie ro give too much trust.
I have no reason to bliss God. I have held so well out this last winter. I must faill att my time of life. As the outward man decayes, may the inward man grow stronger. I have been much oblidged to Mrs Johnstone and her daughter for thier company. They leave me soon. As for my sons family, Lady Janet has ingadged a woman for the 3 youngest girles to teach them at Quarole. Bettsie cannot be here without a companion. The 2 boyes are to be in town till the moneth of Jully. I shall be very loanly at Letham. You kow Wille can be no manner of company and is of no maner of use within or without doors. I wrot my sister that considering the situation it hath pleased God to place us in it was naturall and I hope agreeable to be much together to have her company with me some monthes in the summer, and I should be with her in the winter. I am much disapointed that she hase not agreed to it. She sayes she inclines to live privatly.
I mentioned in my last that I would reckon myself extreamly happy to have your company at Letham, and as you cannot expect your husband till the campaign is over, and your son from you, London will be but a dull place for you. I flatter myself youll think of comeing down that your frinds may have thepleasure of your company. When you are att Letham or Quarole, you are so near Kerse that you can know every day what is doing.I dare say my son will agree to it when he knows the situation I am in. I cannot be long a trouble to any of my frinds. I don't expect my Quarole frinds till the end of May. Their schoolling prevents it. Pray remeber me to my son and Tamie when you write them. Mrs Johnstone and daughter offer their kind compliments and best wishes to you and frinds abroad. I will be glad to hear from you soon.
I always am, dear Pegie, your affectionat father.
Thomas Dundas
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