Series 2 > Seafield correspondence from 1685 to 1708

jan. 1687] FIRST EARL OF SEAFIELD
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countrey. I have presumed to send your La. two duzen
of limons. They are not worthy of your La. acceptance,
hot I sent them because I know you can make good use
of them. My Lord Boyn and his Lady are not yet recon¬
ciled. All the rest of your La. relations are weal; and
having nothing more worthy of your La. notice to give
you ane accompt of, I shal only add that I am, Madam,
Your La. most obedient sone and most humble servant,
Ja. Ogilvie.
In pursuance of his religious policy, James, on 25th December
l6‘86, had, with unusual finesse summoned Sir John Dalrymple,
though a whig, to London. That supple politician returned to
Edinburgh King’s Advocate on 11th February l6‘87. With
strange perversity the King, on 7th January 1687, accentuated
the opposition to himself in England by depriving his Protestant
brother-in-law Lawrence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, of his office as
Treasurer of England. These and other matters are referred to
in the following letter.
For THE EARLE OF FINDLATER, ABD. TO BANFFE
Edr., January \Uh, 1687.
My Lord,—Since I wrote last to your Lo. I have had the
honour to receive tuo letters from you ; and in obedience
to the first I shal deliver your Lo. letter to the Earle of
Strathmor, and shal end business with him whenever
he comes to the toune. I shal lykwayes obey your Lo.
commands in the second in advanceing the money due by
the toune of Cullen to ye Exchequer. I have nothing
to wreat to your Lo. concerning your affairs more then
I have writne formerly ; bot probably by the nixt occasion
your Lo. will get ane accompt hou your money in Mour-
tons1 hand will be disposed of.
Wee have no neues in this place, bot that Sir John
Dalrympel is called to court; and it’s expected both his
father and he will be in favour with the King. The
Tresurary in England is put out of his place, and it is
1 Sir James Calder of Muirton, Inverness-shire.