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FROM COL. BLACKADER. 2$ X
fermon. We had a feu de joy at night.
The Lord's peace re it with thee, my
deareit love. I am thine J. B.
LETTER XIV.
To Mrs Blackader.
My Dearest Love, Friday, September 9.
I have received yours of Septem-
ber 4. The Lord has been very gracious
both to you and me, that he fo fupport-
ed you by faith trufting in him, and you
fee it is not in vain to truft in him, for in
the Lord Jehovah is everlafting ftrength;
there is none afhamed that truft in him.
What a mercy is it that Providence did
not pitch upon thee to be the melancho-
ly widow, as others are, who (land fo
much in need of the fympathy of their
friends, and that you are ferving God
cheerfully, lifted up in his ways, while
others are fitting difconfolate and defo-
late.
This has been a very bloody battle, a
dear bought victory. We have great
reafon to be thankful that our regiment
came fo well off as it did, when it has
fallen fo heavy upon others. Every day

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Select passages from the diary and letters of the late John Blackader, Esq.
DescriptionWritten chiefly during the most interesting scenes and engagements of the war in Flanders and Germany, conducted by John Duke of Marlborough. ... To which is prefixed, An account of the life and parentage of the writer. With a preface, by John Newton. Edinburgh printed by J. Ritchie. Sold for the benefit of the Edinburgh Magdalene Asylum. 1806
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Histories of Scottish families
DescriptionA selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916.