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70 THE CRO MARTI E CORRESPONDENCE.
doe it then your Lordship is. I haue gott a summonds from Megins and
some others, for pretended fines. My estate is ruind, and if I must pay
those fines, I must resolue to goe to prison and suffer any thing, for I am
not able to doe it. Notwithstanding of my condition, it being just of it self, I
am content to giue what securitie I am able to Mr. Yeaman or Liuetenantt
Collonell Murray : and your Lordship will thinke what way to satisfie the
rest thats oweing to my Lord Kinard, when you goe north. As for that of
my Lady Wemes, I doe not well understand her claime ; and if your Lord-
ship whoe knowes it thinke fitt that Breay, or any other, will transact it
as easie as can be on terrnes to pay it, for ought I know it may be a great
advantage to my Lord Lovett. I writt in my last to entreat I might see
your Lordship before you goe north ; if you pleas, at Kinross, or to let me
know where you woud haue me meet with you, — I shall not faile to waite
on you ; the sooner the better, for we are all like to be undon with those
Highlanders. Tho you shoud make a starte and goe back againe, I shoud
earnestly entreat that favour ; and you woud be pleasd to cause Fleming,
my servant, to giue me notice, that I might be advertised in time to waite
on you. I am goeing tomorrow to Atholl, for all the paines that can be is
takeing to debauche those people : but though I goe there, it shall not hinder
my meeting with your Lordship where you will apoint. I am sory for the
chase Master of Forbess has gott, for I am afraide soe long a chace may doe
him hurt, and bring the diseas upon him the army brought out of the High-
lands. — I am,
Your most faithfull humble servant,
Atholl.
For the Viscount of Tarbott.
doe it then your Lordship is. I haue gott a summonds from Megins and
some others, for pretended fines. My estate is ruind, and if I must pay
those fines, I must resolue to goe to prison and suffer any thing, for I am
not able to doe it. Notwithstanding of my condition, it being just of it self, I
am content to giue what securitie I am able to Mr. Yeaman or Liuetenantt
Collonell Murray : and your Lordship will thinke what way to satisfie the
rest thats oweing to my Lord Kinard, when you goe north. As for that of
my Lady Wemes, I doe not well understand her claime ; and if your Lord-
ship whoe knowes it thinke fitt that Breay, or any other, will transact it
as easie as can be on terrnes to pay it, for ought I know it may be a great
advantage to my Lord Lovett. I writt in my last to entreat I might see
your Lordship before you goe north ; if you pleas, at Kinross, or to let me
know where you woud haue me meet with you, — I shall not faile to waite
on you ; the sooner the better, for we are all like to be undon with those
Highlanders. Tho you shoud make a starte and goe back againe, I shoud
earnestly entreat that favour ; and you woud be pleasd to cause Fleming,
my servant, to giue me notice, that I might be advertised in time to waite
on you. I am goeing tomorrow to Atholl, for all the paines that can be is
takeing to debauche those people : but though I goe there, it shall not hinder
my meeting with your Lordship where you will apoint. I am sory for the
chase Master of Forbess has gott, for I am afraide soe long a chace may doe
him hurt, and bring the diseas upon him the army brought out of the High-
lands. — I am,
Your most faithfull humble servant,
Atholl.
For the Viscount of Tarbott.
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| Description | Their kindred, country, and correspondence. By William Fraser. Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas and Archibald Constable, 1876. With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables. 2 volumes: I. History of the earls of Cromartie. Cromartie correspondence, 1662-1705.--II. Cromartie correspondence, 1706-1774. The Cromartie charters, 1257-1499. The Cromartie patents of honour, etc., 1685-1861. Narrative by John, lord Macleod ... Of the insurrection in Scotland in the years 1745-6 ... Narrative by John, lord Macleod of his campaign in the seven years' war in Germany, 1757.--The Grandvale and Cromartie branch. The Royston branch. Baronies and castles inherited and acquired by George, first earl of Cromartie, 1654-1714. History of the family of Mackenzie, by Sir George Mackenzie, first earl of Cromartie. |
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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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