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1702.] CROM ARTIE CORRESPONDENCE. 333
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relative to the export and import customs, the land taxes, excise, etc. ;
and concludes with a request that his Lordship would assist him to
recover the office of Master of Works, of which he had been deprived
through the Duke of Lauderdale. 28th November 1702, . . .161
130. John Paterson, formerly Archbishop of Glasgow, to Sir Alexander Bruce,
anent the Bill on Occasional Communion in the Church of England ;
and affairs of the Episcopal clergy in Scotland, some being for ad-
dresses of loyalty to the Queen, others only for recognising the Prince
of Wales, etc. 15th December 1702, 164
131. George Viscount of Tarbat to James fourth Marquis, afterwards first
Duke of Montrose, regretting that he was unable to gratify the Mar-
quis by procuring an appointment in the admiralty for Mr. Graham
for reasons stated ; and hoping to see his Lordship amongst the chiefs
of Scottish loyalists. 15th December 1702, ..... 167
132. Reverend David Williamson, Moderator of the General Assembly, to
George Viscount of Tarbat, intimating, by desire of the Commission,
the near approach of the General Assembly ; stating their reliance on
Her Majesty's assurance to maintain Presbyterian church government,
and on his Lordship's favour ; with assurances of loyalty. 1 7th
December 1702, 169
1 33. Sir Patrick Vans of Barnbarroch to the Same, congratulating his Lord-
ship on his being made Lord Secretary ; asking his Lordship to do
something for him that his Lordship's niece and her children might
live as became their relationship to him ; and about a debt due to his
great-grandfather by King James the Sixth, contracted at the time of
his marriage to Queen Ann of Denmark, which he hoped still to recover.
19th December 1702, 170
1 34. James Earl of Galloway to the Same, recommending Barnbarroch for
some employment under Government. 21st December 1702, . . 171
135. John Lord Elphinston to the Same, as to a pension of £200 granted
in King Charles's reign, and discontinued at the Revolution. 24th
December 1702, 172

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