Series 2 > Seafield correspondence from 1685 to 1708

FIRST EARL OF SEAFIELD
1693]
north of the Tay he supported the Episcopal form of church
government, which was displaced in 1690 for the Presbyterian.
In the following letter his son, now a minister of the Crown, gives
him advice as to his attitude on public affairs, if he is to attend
the coming session of Parliament.
For THE EARLE OF FINDLATER
thes
My Lord,—I find non the Parlament will sitt. If you
have inclinations to come over you may doe it, and I
will as mutch as I can assist you with money ; hot it will
be needless unless you resolve to comply with the Pres-
biterian interest, and to concurr with the circumstances
of the times in evry point. If you can think of this,
Secritarie Johnston will be hier, and I will doe whats my
diutie to your Lo. Lett me quicklie hear annent this, and
I will order bussiness ackordinglie. . . . My Lord, Your
Lo. most obedient son and humble servant,
Ja. Ogilvie.
Edr., March 29, 1693.
Parliament sat on the 18th of April 1693, with the Duke of
Hamilton as Commissioner, though Alexander Duff of Braco,
one of the representatives of Banffshire, did not know of its down¬
sitting.
ffor THE EARLE OFF FFINDLATOUR
thes
My Lord,—I have been extrordinarlie unweill, and
now, praised be God, I am som way recovered; and I am
anxious to know from your Lo. if you have laitlie heird
from your sonne Sr James, and if your have certaine
intelligence that the Parliat is sitteing; and if it be sitteing,
if your Lo. have anie commands for him, they shall be
delyverd within thir few dayes by Your Lo. most obedient
and humble servant, A. Duff.
Neithermilne, 24 Apryll 1693.
On the 25th of April Parliament enacted that several members
including Sir Patrick Ogilvie of Boyne and Alexander Duff
of Braco, the commissioners for Banffshire, who had not