Memoir of the life of John Law of Lauriston
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78 LIFE OF JOHN LAW
buy the new primes, (as they are called,)
which are a sort of subscription at 2200, 1000
livres down, and 10,000 six months hence.
The government here will find it so much
their interest to prevent any persons losing
by accepting their offer, that I am of opinion
there will be something to be got this way.
I do from time to time inform my Lord Bel-
haven of any thing that occurs to me for his
service ; and I believe he will say that I have
been useful to him. I shall leave this place
in a few days. I am, Madam, your slave."*
During these important transactions, and
for some years preceding, the place of Ambas-
sador from England to the Court of Paris was
filled by the Earl of Stair, a nobleman as
much distinguished for courage and conduct
in the field, as for ability in the cabinet. Se-
veral of his letters to Mr. Craggs, one of the
Secretaries of State, are published in theHard-
wicke Collection of State Papers ; and the fol-
lowing extracts from them will show in what
a formidable light his Lordship viewed the
power and abilities of his countryman, with
* Suffolk Letters, p. 45—48.
buy the new primes, (as they are called,)
which are a sort of subscription at 2200, 1000
livres down, and 10,000 six months hence.
The government here will find it so much
their interest to prevent any persons losing
by accepting their offer, that I am of opinion
there will be something to be got this way.
I do from time to time inform my Lord Bel-
haven of any thing that occurs to me for his
service ; and I believe he will say that I have
been useful to him. I shall leave this place
in a few days. I am, Madam, your slave."*
During these important transactions, and
for some years preceding, the place of Ambas-
sador from England to the Court of Paris was
filled by the Earl of Stair, a nobleman as
much distinguished for courage and conduct
in the field, as for ability in the cabinet. Se-
veral of his letters to Mr. Craggs, one of the
Secretaries of State, are published in theHard-
wicke Collection of State Papers ; and the fol-
lowing extracts from them will show in what
a formidable light his Lordship viewed the
power and abilities of his countryman, with
* Suffolk Letters, p. 45—48.
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| Description | Including a detailed account of the rise, progress, and termination of the Mississippi system. By John Philip Wood. Edinburgh: Printed [by A. Balfour & Co.] for Adam Black, MDCCCXXIV [1824]. |
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| Description | A 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. |
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