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194 III. — FAMILY AND DOMESTIC LETTERS. [1745.
285. John Earl of Loudoun to The Same — That he had taken possession of Elgin.
Inverness, December 14th, 1745.
Sir, — I had this afternoon the honour of yours of the 1 2th, with an account of your intended
march towards Keith, with 5 or 600 men for the relief of that country, and to prevent
there ceising Elgin.
Nothing can be more for the service of the Goverment than that zeal and activity
which you have on all occasions shown, and which I shall not fail to represent in the
strongest light.
I need not acquaint you with my having taken possession of Elgin with 100 men on
the 11th, and of my marching in 400 more on the 12th, as you would see it in the answer
the Presedent writ to Lord Finlater when I was waiting on your friend Lord Lovat, and I
have [t]his morning sent two hundered more after them along with Culcairn, and shall in a day
or two follow them my self with some more troops, in order to be able effectually to quiet
that country; and if I shall find that any other considerable service can be done to the
Goverment for which greater numbers may be wanting, I shall certainly acquaint you, and
depend on your pouerfull assistance.
There is one thing I beg leave to mention to you which is nessesary for both of us to be
taken care of, which is, that as I am now in your neighbourhood, if we should both take a
suden march without any previous consert, it may very possibly happen that we may meet
in the same quarters, which can hold but one of us, which will be a very great inconvenience
at this season of the year.
There is a ship arived with some things for my regiment from London, but I have not
as yet got any letters. I beg my compliments to all friends. I ever am, most faithfully,
dear Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
Loudoun.
To Lodo[wick] Grant of Grant, Esquire, at Castle Grant.
286. Alexander Brodie, Lyon King-of-Arms, to Ludovick Grant of Grant —
News of military movements.
Inverness, December 16th, [1745].
On the 14th the Hound man of war arrived here, Captain Dove commander, and with him
the Master of Eoss and the Laird of Cullodden, junior, and one Mr. Gordon, an engineer, a
brother of Gordon's of St. Cristophor's, as also guns, broad swords, tents, canteens, kettles,
halberds, cockades, pouder and ball, etc. They left Harwich on Tuesday the 10th, and