Memoirs of the lives and characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie of Jerviswood, and of Lady Grisell Baillie
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APPENDIX NO. IV. 127
ing you to bestow yourselfe crosse to
your inclination, which I suppose is
agreeable to your engagements to me,
and I hope will never change ; and if
they fancy that you write to me, or I
to you. Also I pray let me know how
my kindred carry to you ; and in these
thinges be free, ful, and ingenuous,
else you break my heart. Another
thing I must trouble you with, and I
beg your answer in itt : You know I
had a pairt of my stocke in Polwart's
hand, as I thinke you had of your's
also. It is taken for granted here, that
he was killed in the feild among the re-
bells, yet lately I heard it contradicted.
Pray let me know the truth, and if
there is any hopes, suppose him dead,
that his eldest son will get his estate ;
what manner of a youth he is, if you
thinke he will be concerned to pay his
father's debts : and if he is not dead,
what dealing and hope there is for the
ing you to bestow yourselfe crosse to
your inclination, which I suppose is
agreeable to your engagements to me,
and I hope will never change ; and if
they fancy that you write to me, or I
to you. Also I pray let me know how
my kindred carry to you ; and in these
thinges be free, ful, and ingenuous,
else you break my heart. Another
thing I must trouble you with, and I
beg your answer in itt : You know I
had a pairt of my stocke in Polwart's
hand, as I thinke you had of your's
also. It is taken for granted here, that
he was killed in the feild among the re-
bells, yet lately I heard it contradicted.
Pray let me know the truth, and if
there is any hopes, suppose him dead,
that his eldest son will get his estate ;
what manner of a youth he is, if you
thinke he will be concerned to pay his
father's debts : and if he is not dead,
what dealing and hope there is for the
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| Histories of Scottish families > Memoirs of the lives and characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie of Jerviswood, and of Lady Grisell Baillie > (145) Page 127 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/95565317 |
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| Description | By their daughter, Lady Murray of Stanhope. Edinburgh : [Printed by John Pillans], 1822. |
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| Shelfmark | R.231.f |
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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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