To Mess^rs. Foulis,¹

You will most particularly oblige me in serving me with a distinct account of Articles viz. M^r Zach. Boyd’s poetical paraphras [sic] on the Bible, it’s Size, whether the complete genuine M^s that written by himself is deposited in the University Lib^ry. or if a Transcript, where is the Original reserved? what was the Reason of it’s being placed in y^r. Lib^ry? also the occasion of M^r. Boyd’s donating it to the University & did he give orders for printing it & why was ^it not committed to the Press? did he enjoy an Estate, it’s name, where does it lye in this Country, who now possesses it, of what Family did he arise, his History, with any private anecdotes of him? Is it possible to have a few capital Quotations & Verses from the Original or Copy.

Solicit your Answer, Interest & good offices for this or acquaint to whom & by what means I must apply obtain a Solution.²

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Editorial notes

1. The printers Robert and Andrew Foulis.
2. Pennant gives a description and excerpt from Boyd's Bible in his Tour in Scotland 1772 Part I (Chester: 1774), p.156.