Dunlop, William B., Edinburgh, Scotland, to Monsignor Robert Seton, 1889 March 12

Dunlop thanks Seton for his letter, the book of his essays, and the two photos. He and his mother have been studying the essays with great pleasure and interest on account of their acquaintance with the Eternal City and with the accomplished author. The photo of Seton in prelates' robes arrived in a damaged condition. He thinks the enclosure no enclosure will interest Seton as a specimen of Calvinistic persecution. Dunlop thinks their old friend Dr. Struthers must have laughed over these musty records of the persecuting spirit of, among others, a predecessor at Prestonpans. Is there any chance of Seton being over there again next summer? Seton speaks of his brother having left America for a sojourn in Europe. Dunlop cannot claim any Seton blood but as a Hamilton his interest in any Seton is great. He had his kinsman, Sir William Hamilton, staying with him after Seton left; he has succeeded to a large sum of money. Dunlop wants him to redeem part of the old Preston estates which are in the market. They have come into town for the winter but the house feels quite desolate since the marriage of his eldest sister to an artillery officer stationed in Wales. :: II-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.