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$oo The Earls of ' Middleton.
the Scots may expect from the king are not speci-
fied, and therefore that they will agree to nothing
upon such a general and ambiguous proposal."
The Earl of Middleton to Colonel Hooke, of the same
date.
[Translation.]
" Although I hope to have the honour of seeing
you on Wednesday, I did not choose to delay to send
you back your instructions, and at the same time you
will receive a copy of my letter to Mons. de Chamil-
lard. The queen imagined it would be sufficient to
show the inutility of your journey without opposing
it formally, lest they should accuse her of breaking off
the project, and of chusing to conceal the state of
that country, which is very far from being her inten-
tions. I write to you in French, that you may show
this letter, with copy of the letter enclosed, to M. de
Torcy."
To Colonel Hooke. The French are by no means
sanguine.
" February 16th, 1707.
"The task you sent me, sir, could not be got
ready so soon as you reckoned; so I delayed my
coming this morning, when I received this letter, of
the Scots may expect from the king are not speci-
fied, and therefore that they will agree to nothing
upon such a general and ambiguous proposal."
The Earl of Middleton to Colonel Hooke, of the same
date.
[Translation.]
" Although I hope to have the honour of seeing
you on Wednesday, I did not choose to delay to send
you back your instructions, and at the same time you
will receive a copy of my letter to Mons. de Chamil-
lard. The queen imagined it would be sufficient to
show the inutility of your journey without opposing
it formally, lest they should accuse her of breaking off
the project, and of chusing to conceal the state of
that country, which is very far from being her inten-
tions. I write to you in French, that you may show
this letter, with copy of the letter enclosed, to M. de
Torcy."
To Colonel Hooke. The French are by no means
sanguine.
" February 16th, 1707.
"The task you sent me, sir, could not be got
ready so soon as you reckoned; so I delayed my
coming this morning, when I received this letter, of
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| Histories of Scottish families > Earls of Middleton, Lords of Clermont and of Fettercairn > (316) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/95314771 |
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| Description | And the Middleton family. By A.C. Biscoe. London : Henry S. King & Co., 1876. |
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| Shelfmark | A.114.d |
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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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