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124 III. — FAMILY AND DOMESTIC LETTERS. [1735.
199. James, fifth Earl of Findlater and Seafield, to Ludovick Grant, younger of
Grant — Wishing prosperity to him and his wife.
Cullen House, December 6th, 1735.
Dear Sir, — Yours of the 19th of November which I receiv'd in the end of last week, was
most agreable to me. It gave me great pleasure to know you and your wife were got safe to
Edinburgh, and were in good health. I heartily wish you may long have much happyness,
comfort and prosperity together. Your letter to the P. was, in my oppinion, very right. It
certainly can have no bad effect, and we must hope for the best. You may be well assured
that to secure effectually what you mention, both my wife and I wou'd chearfully take the
trouble of a London journey tho we had no other errand. I have delay'd forming my final
resolution on that subject for eight or ten days, and whatever it may happen to be, I hope
to be able to convince you of it's being right, eitheir at meeting, or by the first opportunity
I may have of writeing fully and freely, which I encline not to doe by the post. Your
father's letter, which you sent me enclosed, is entirely suitable to what you said, and to what
cou'd reasonably be expected from one who has the good of his family so much at heart.
I shal keep it till we meet, or till I have an opportunity of sending it by a safe hand. My
wife gives her affectionate service to you, as both of us doe to Peggy. Forgive me for useing
the freedom of calling your lady by that name. — I am, dearest Sir, with the most sincere
affection, entirely yours,
Findlater and Seafield.
To Ludovick Grant of Grant, advocate, at his house in Edinburgh.
200. Sir James Grant of Grant to Ludovick his Son — The Independent Companies.
London, 6 December 1735.
Dear Lewie, — Yesterday I had a letter from you but without a date. I doe complain that
your letters are verie short, and give me noe account of affaires, which I shall impute to your
being verie throng in bussiness, at the same time even when they are short they take me a
good time befor I gett them read through.
As to what you mention of the Independant Companies, they were certainlie in verie
great danger, and there being continow'd depends absolutlie one there future good and exact
behavior. I am frequentlie with Colonel Guest and he with me, and by his advice I wrote
fullie to Lord Lovat and George what was fitt to be done, needless here to repeat, and on
which there standing in a good measure depends, which I hope they'l religiouslie observe.
Mr. "Wade made his report to the king not much to there advantage; and now it's not thought
proper at any rate to make application either to Wade ore any bodie else in there favour.