Series 4 > Papers on Sutherland Estate Management 1802-1816 > Volume 9

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on the 11 August 1810 for a specification of the duty. ‘He recom¬
mended to the family the said Patrick Sellar to collect the rents,
keep accounts of the Expenditure, pay attention to the various
rights of the tennants, to the fullfdlment of the conditions in their
Tacks, to the Enforcing the Laws for preserving the plantations and
the Game, transactions with ministers and Schoolmasters and
framing tacks and other writings.’ ‘Therefore the said William
Young and Patrick Sellar Bind and oblige themselves conjunctly
and severally to conduct and manage the said Estate upon the plan
above mentioned; it being expressly understood, however, that
the Special duty of the said William Young is the conducting of the
said improvements, in the discharge of which he may call in
“so and so,” and also he is to Conduct and manage the public
business of the County; and that the Special duty of the said
Patrick Sellar is the Factorial business before detailed etc.’
Of same date Mr Young and 1 entered into a private Minute
thus; ‘ The parties, having of this date transmitted to the Marquis of
Stafford an agreement between them and the noble Family, wherein
their respective duties are detailed, do further, in order to prevent
the possibility of any difference or misunderstanding agree upon the
following terms. First, Each party’s first attention shall be to his own
department, his Second to assist his partner in his, when his advice is
asked or his assistance required, but not otherwise. Second, a moderate
Sized house and writing office is to be built at Culmaily. The house
and a Garden to be Mr Youngs and maintained by Mr Young, the
writing office Mr Sellars, and Mr Sellar to live with Mr Young,
and his Clerk with the Grieve at Culmaily free of expence etc.’
Your Ladyship sees clearly the misunderstanding on which I
have acted, and in fullfillment of my part of which, I have denied
myself every pleasure, excepting only, that of Carrying thro’ my
business; in which my most anxious prayers and wishes have been,
to act with effect, and to merit your Ladyship’s good opinion,
and Ensure Mr Young’s co-operation. My anxiety to Give full
detaills to your Ladyship, has I fear been even troublesome to you,
and I have given, in conversations with Mr Young full explanations
as I went on. We are on Good terms, and I faill not to profit by his
advice, but I know the danger of giving another the direction,
while 1 take the odium and responsibility; and your Ladyship sees