Stirling peerage

APPENDIX TO INTRODUCTION. Ixxix
No. III.
LETTER, Dr Benjamin Alexander to Rev. John Alexander
of Birmingham.
Rev'' Mr Alexander,
Birmingham.
Dear Bro"',
Mr Palmer is not at home; but I will take
care of the letter. I have but little time to write at present ;
yet, as Mr Solly is going to-night, and offers to take this, I
must tell you, Campbell has written to me. The report we
heard last year about the agents of W. A. is too true. No
other copy of the inscription can be had at Newtown. The
country people say, they managed one night to get the slab
down, and 'tis thought they bury'd it. However, C. does not
think you need mind this loss, as Mr Lyttleton's copy can be
proved. Mr Denison tells Campbell, his copy of grandfather
A.'s porti'ait will be very like when finished. At the back of
the original, old Mr Denison pasted a curious mem. from
which it appears, that our grandfather rec'^ his early education
at Londonderry, under ' the watchful eye of Mr Maxwell, his
' maternal grandsire.' At the age of sixteen, the Dowager-
Countess wished him to be sent to Glasgow College ; but at
last it was thought better for him to go to a German univer-
sity. He attained high distinction as a scholar, remained
many years abroad, and visited foreign courts. Please to give
duty and love to Mamma, love to sisters, and be yourself
healthy and content.
Y'^ affectionate Kro"",
B. Alexander.
LoND. Aug' 20. 1765.
No. IV,
LETTER, A. E. Baillie to Rev. John Alexander of
Birmingham.
For
Rev. Mr Jn" Alexander.
Dublin, Sept. 16. 1765.
Rev* Sir,
I was sorry to hear of y'' lawless act at New-
ton, but as I tell Mr Denison, I shall be ready to come forward