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84 LETTERS.
seeing that I find an intricacie therein, and my Uncle unwilling to meddle any
more, and seeing it pleaseit your honour to accept of the title to be one of my
chiefest curators in whom I repose, I earnestly desyr you may be pleasd to keip the
tyme and place aforesaid, that I may have your advyss among the rest of my noble
friends, whereby you will oblige,
Your affectionate friend and humble servant,
(Signed) Ludovick Grant of Freuchie.
XLIII. From the Duke of Gordon to Sir James Baird of Auchmedden.
Rochette, 9 of Aug. 1670.
Honored Sir, —
Having rescavit a letter from the Laird of Boyn shewing that you war to daill
with him, I judged it fit to assure you by these that I shall be well satisfyd with
any condescension, you, and any other of my curators, shall make with him, as I
shall always approve what also you shall do in my affairs, which I am assured they
put both you and them to a great deal of pains, and on me an singular obligation
to acknowledge myself
Your most faithful friend and humble servant,
Gordon.
XLIV. From the Laird of Grant to James Baird, Yor. of Auchmedden.
Ballachastel, 26 of Oct. 1680.
Much Honoured, —
I am glad yours has come to my hand this day, for I am to take journey
to-morrow for Edr. Sir, as I told you when you was at this place, if the Master
of Saltoun be free to deal, I am content to deal by your father's sight and the
Laird of Boyn's, and how soon I come home shall in your advertizement wait upon
the Master of Saltoun, but I should wish to discharge with Huntly eer he draw me
to a meeting, since you say he has promised to give Huntly an offer of it. I am
very sensible of your father's kindness and yours both, in this, and whatever else I
have been concerned in, and I entreat now in my absence you will take your own
seeing that I find an intricacie therein, and my Uncle unwilling to meddle any
more, and seeing it pleaseit your honour to accept of the title to be one of my
chiefest curators in whom I repose, I earnestly desyr you may be pleasd to keip the
tyme and place aforesaid, that I may have your advyss among the rest of my noble
friends, whereby you will oblige,
Your affectionate friend and humble servant,
(Signed) Ludovick Grant of Freuchie.
XLIII. From the Duke of Gordon to Sir James Baird of Auchmedden.
Rochette, 9 of Aug. 1670.
Honored Sir, —
Having rescavit a letter from the Laird of Boyn shewing that you war to daill
with him, I judged it fit to assure you by these that I shall be well satisfyd with
any condescension, you, and any other of my curators, shall make with him, as I
shall always approve what also you shall do in my affairs, which I am assured they
put both you and them to a great deal of pains, and on me an singular obligation
to acknowledge myself
Your most faithful friend and humble servant,
Gordon.
XLIV. From the Laird of Grant to James Baird, Yor. of Auchmedden.
Ballachastel, 26 of Oct. 1680.
Much Honoured, —
I am glad yours has come to my hand this day, for I am to take journey
to-morrow for Edr. Sir, as I told you when you was at this place, if the Master
of Saltoun be free to deal, I am content to deal by your father's sight and the
Laird of Boyn's, and how soon I come home shall in your advertizement wait upon
the Master of Saltoun, but I should wish to discharge with Huntly eer he draw me
to a meeting, since you say he has promised to give Huntly an offer of it. I am
very sensible of your father's kindness and yours both, in this, and whatever else I
have been concerned in, and I entreat now in my absence you will take your own
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| Histories of Scottish families > Genealogical collections concerning the sir-name of Baird, and the families of Auchmedden, Newbyth, and Sauchton Hall in particular > (108) Page 84 |
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| Description | With copies of old letters and papers worth preserving, and account of several transactions in this country during the last two centuries Reprinted from the original MS. of William Baird, Esq. (last of the family), of Auchmedden ... ; with notes, and an appendix containing a deduction of the family of Ordinhnivas to the present day. |
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| Shelfmark | A.114.b.6 |
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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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