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264 THE GR0MART1E CORRESPONDENCE.
cheerfullie doe for your Lordship and yours in such a case, I am, with the
uttmost respect and sinceritie, my dear Lord,
Your Lordships most obedient and faithfull servant,
Jo. Glasgow.
I sould be glad iff your Lordship and D[uke] Q[ueens]berry wold come to a
good vnderstanding ; for, iff I am not misinformed even by those who are
truelie your Lordships friends, you sail then come to be better stated then at
present you are with some others. But you are wise and knows best your
owne interest.
Some off our bishops, and manie off our inferior clergy, are in great want,
and indeed in a starving condition ; all our charitie at home is dreyed up,
and no releef arises to them now by it. God help.
To the right honorable the Earle of Cromerty, principall secretary
off state for Scotland, Whitehall, London — these.
214. Alexander Eose, Bishop of Edinburgh, to [The Same].
Edinburgh, September 19, 1704.
May it please your Lordship, — Som dayes agon I signed both a letter
and a memoir to your Lordship, both writen with my Lord Glasgow's hand.
I presume that they ar in the terms that his Grace and I communed upon ;
but, being abroad and not comming hom that night, they wer [not] sent to be
signed by me till near the time of the posts going of. I had scarce time to
read, far less consider them. Wherefor I beg to be pardoned in case there be
any matter of offence or indiscretion in either. My Lord, however avers I
have hitherto been to make known the lowness of my fortoun, through a
piece of blamable weakness, and perchance hurtfull to my self, yet now that
cheerfullie doe for your Lordship and yours in such a case, I am, with the
uttmost respect and sinceritie, my dear Lord,
Your Lordships most obedient and faithfull servant,
Jo. Glasgow.
I sould be glad iff your Lordship and D[uke] Q[ueens]berry wold come to a
good vnderstanding ; for, iff I am not misinformed even by those who are
truelie your Lordships friends, you sail then come to be better stated then at
present you are with some others. But you are wise and knows best your
owne interest.
Some off our bishops, and manie off our inferior clergy, are in great want,
and indeed in a starving condition ; all our charitie at home is dreyed up,
and no releef arises to them now by it. God help.
To the right honorable the Earle of Cromerty, principall secretary
off state for Scotland, Whitehall, London — these.
214. Alexander Eose, Bishop of Edinburgh, to [The Same].
Edinburgh, September 19, 1704.
May it please your Lordship, — Som dayes agon I signed both a letter
and a memoir to your Lordship, both writen with my Lord Glasgow's hand.
I presume that they ar in the terms that his Grace and I communed upon ;
but, being abroad and not comming hom that night, they wer [not] sent to be
signed by me till near the time of the posts going of. I had scarce time to
read, far less consider them. Wherefor I beg to be pardoned in case there be
any matter of offence or indiscretion in either. My Lord, however avers I
have hitherto been to make known the lowness of my fortoun, through a
piece of blamable weakness, and perchance hurtfull to my self, yet now that
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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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