Correspondence of George Baillie of Jerviswood. MDCCII-MDCCVIII. |
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147 Johnſtone 21 Scotland 32 the Whig 35 Roxburgh 36 Seafield 37 Queenſberry 38 Argyll 39 Duke Hamilton 45 the Lord 50 Tweeddale 55 Annandale 58 the Old 60 the Court Adieu adviſe againſt the Union anſwer Argile BAILLIE OF JERVISWOOD becauſe befides Belhaven bufinefs buſineſs cafe Commiffioner cypher defign defired E the Lord EARL OF ROXBURGH Engliſh faid fame Farewell fatiffied fecret feems fent fhall fince firft firſt fome friends ftill fuch fure Haddington himſelf Houfe Houſe intereft Jacobites Johnſtone joyn laſt leaſt letter London Lord Advocate Lord Regiſter Lord Treaſurer Marchmont Marlborough matter meaſures Miniſtry muft muſt neceffary Old Party OO Argyll pleaſe Pray prefent propofed purpoſe Queen reafon refolved refuſed ſaid ſay Scottiſh Parliament SECRETARY JOHNSTONE ſeems Seffion ſhall ſhould ſpeak Succeffion tell themſelves thing thoſe told Treaſurer-Depute Treaty underſtand unleſs uſe Whig Lords wiſh write wrote yeſterday your's
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Page 172 - be changed. You may, I think, depend on it that the alterations you have hitherto made will not break the Union ; but if you goe on altering, it's like your alterations will be altered here, which will make a new Seffion with you neceflary, and in that cafe no man knows what may happen. I
Page 65 - nobody believs it ; nay, in my opinion, faith, too, in this matter muft be the gift of God, for I doubt much that it's in the power of man to convince this nation of it. I was furprifed to find people affirm that the evidence were fuborned, and that thofe who confefs do it in the dread of torture, or upon promife of life. 6 (The Whigs) make a national
Page 104 - for it can never do. I am plagued to death with this call, and if ever I meddle in another, plant whom they will, I am much miftaken. My leg is a great deal better, and tomorrou feven-night I defign to go for
Page 145 - (Ridpath) by name, under cover to Mr. George Serle, accountant, at the poft office, or Mr. Thomfon, at Mr. Boyd's, near Scotch-hall, Blakfriers, London. Write by an unknown hand : your wife's is as well known as your own. What is wanting cheiffly is
Page 36 - the price of it, and fince you faw it before it was covered. The wood, as it often happens, may not have been feafoned enough ; none but workmen can judge of that. Pray fpeak to the Receivers to gett Mr.
Page 47 - I have feen the A61 about Scotland, which is very different from what any of us ever heard it to be. The preamble mentions the
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Page 33 - (the Lord Regifter), who has been an hour with him, and is to be with E (the Lord Treafurer) too-morrow, and then he will write to 50 (Tweeddale). D (Marlborough) has now hopes of your bufinefs, but feems not to be for changes, and thinks A (the Queen)
Page 134 - be ready at your command, which I hope you will not lay upon me without ane evident neceffity. To oppofe good things, or to fet up our enemies, are equally hard. One of them will be our cafe ; but what remedie ? A few upon the Treaty, tho they