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1736.] COLONEL LEWIS GRANT. 429
a Christian cuntry, though there are some of your nighbours, I believe, will scarce allow it
to deserve that name, as the only term they gave the inhabitants of it last year was that of
ruffians and barbarians. I am glade Lady Margat's presence has soe farr civilis'd them
as to make some of the gentlemen who were soe liberall in bestowing those names venture
themselves in the cuntry. I promise myself many other good consequences from her residing
sometimes at Castle Grant, which I shall be alwayes glade to hear, though I cannot have the
pleasure of seeing it this year, nor, I 'm affray'd, the next, but my best wishes shall allwayes
attend you both, that your names may [be] mention'd by succeeding generations with the
same regard that John of Freuqhie and Lillias Murray are by the present. I have wrote
to Tommore to pay you the mony owing me by the ancient as fast as he can raise it, and
shall by next post send George directions to deliver the bond and assignation upon receiving
your receipts for the mony from Tommore ; and as you gave me credit for interest, I hope
you will debit me with it now for the ballance I am due. I shall, upon my arryvall at
Dublin, indeavour to bring the ballance on the other syde. Unless you gett some con-
siderable creditors to transact with, I think you should now push on the seale, or gett a factor
appointed to save the wood. . . .
I am, dear Lewie, yours whyle,
Lewis Grant.
To the Honourable Ludovick Grantt of Grantt, Esquire, by the Postmaster of Avemore, by
Edenburgh.
512, The Same to The Same — Purchase of Dunphail.
Tullamore, Agust the 29th, 1736.
Dear Lewie, — I receiv'dboth your letters, the first of the 26th of June from Edinburgh, and
the last about three dayes agoe, without a date, but I suppose it came from Castle Grant.
I hope myn of the 25th to Sir James will not slaken your dilligence with regard to Dun-
faile, for I doe assure you upon my word of honor, that should I make that purchase, it shall
never be settl'd on the issue of my present marriage, for I only propose by it to settle a
collony of Grants in the nighborhood of my ally's the Docharties in this kingdom. I
understand by your last that you have gott Tommore nam'd factor. He will not have
much trouble in collecting the rents, for, as I have heard, the two jointures exceed the
income of the estate. As to the young lady's liferent, I know nothing of purchases of that
kind, but leave it intyrly to you, only must repeat what I wrote some time agoe to my
brother to be communicate to you, that I am not in ready cash at present, and the most I
can doe is to raise about £200 against Whitsunday next; but if you think it necessary to
deal with her, I believe Dallechaple will be a proper person to imploy. If I were not
allready marry'd, I would imploy noebody else, and would try what I could make of the widow.