Series 5 > British Linen Company, 1745-1775

DISENGAGEMENT, 1765-1775
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notes and substituting this Company’s notes in their place and that they have
even acted in confederacy with the agents of the Thistle Company of Glasgow
and supplied them with the identical notes they have so collected. In justice
to this Company I do assure you that we have neither directly nor indirectly
countenanced the picking up of your notes either for our own or for other
notes. And that we have not in any manner of way been acting or assisting to
either side on the dispute bewteen your Company and the Thistle Bank. Nor
have we employed any agents in your three counties since our agreement with
you. I therefore do not hesitate to assert in the strongest manner that the
informations given you as to this Company are altogether groundless.
Our Directors love peace and good neighbourhood and therefore would
not willingly give cause of complaint to any Society but to yours they had a
stronger motive to act a friendly part, as they had engaged their honour to do
so, and they are extremely surprised that you could suspect them of infringing
a treaty so solemnly made. Y ou will observe that it was a positive article of the
agreement that it was to subsist for 12 months and that no alteration of measures
was to be taken by either party without two months’ previous notice being
given to the other. In that time if you are pleased to point out to me the
particulars of the information given you, I shall be more able to satisfy you but
if on the other hand your Company are determined at any rate to break off the
treaty, this Company will assuredly take proper measures to defend themselves.
I shall be glad to have your answer in course.
Court of Directors
29 June 1769
Isobel Rutherford’s petition, the wife of Andrew Rutherford who met with
an accident last season at the Company’s field at Salton by which he lost his
life, having been read. The Court ordered her a peck of meal, each week for
some time to come.
To Archibald Horn, Saltonfield
22 August 1769
I am favoured with yours of the 18, and shall acquaint you when Mr Rankine’s
soap is sent here. He has some excellent kelp coming from Skye, but perhaps
it wont arrive in time for you to use this season. In the meantime you may be
provided at Largo with kelp delivered there free on board at £3 10/- per ton.
Mr Pearson wants his linens returned to the [Linen] hall as do the Proprietors
of the GW & IW diapers and sundry others complain of their being so long
delayed by which they are daily losing sales. Mr Pearson is to send you 20
P[iece]s more this week to bleach and there are some goods here to be bleached