Letter from Student to Landlady
Author(s): Stewart, Alexander
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Should I not write to you to thank you
for the many civilities which I received from you whilst I
staid at your house, certainly I would ppear ungrateful &
unworthy of them, but be aſsured that I remember your
kindneſses with Gratitude, and that I will always think myself
in your debt. I am sorry I cannot have the pleasure
of boarding at your house next Winter as I am not to go to
Glasgow, being prevented by a cause unknown to me
when I left your house, but when I return to Glasgow, which
will be again Winter come a year, I shall never stay in any house
except yours, where I expect to get my old Room. Will Drennan
desired me to give his compliments to you and inform you
that he has taken a Room at one Mrs Holmes's, where he
will lodge, but that he will Dine at your house.
My father & Mother join me in compliments to
you & your two daughter, & I am
Dr. Madam your most obliged
and obedt. humble servt.
Alexr. Stewart
P. S. let not Joe Briſset
be forgott in the compliments.
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Letter from Student to Landlady. 2025. In The Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing. Glasgow: University of Glasgow. Retrieved 24 October 2025, from http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/cmsw/document/?documentid=610.
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Letter from Student to Landlady
Document Information
| Document ID | 610 |
| Title | Letter from Student to Landlady |
| Year group | 1750-1800 |
| Genre | Personal writing |
| Year of publication | 1770 |
| Place of publication | Ireland |
| Wordcount | 193 |
Author information: Stewart, Alexander
| Author ID | 191 |
| Forenames | Alexander |
| Surname | Stewart |
| AKA | Alexander Steuart |
| Gender | Male |
| Year of birth | 1755 |
| Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland |
| Occupation | Student |
| Education | University |
| Locations where resident | Glasgow, Ireland |
| Other languages spoken | Latin, Greek |
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