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NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



[2"<i S. VIII. Dec. 3. '69. 



with true friendship and a great respect, Madam, your 

 Ladyship's most obedieat and most humble servant, 



" LOVAT. 



" Inverness, the 8 of April, 1716. 



"I send this express at Kincraig, and the E. of Cro- 

 marty, who was present when I spoke to the General, is 

 to go to Btahan to advise j-our Ladyship. The General 

 likewise bids me give his service to your Ladyship, and 

 tell you that if the my Lady your daughter designs to go 

 South it must be very soon. The General desired me to 

 have your Ladyship's answer to all this once this night. 



"I give my humble duty to my Lady Seafort, and my 

 service to good JMr. Douglas that is so kind to your 

 Ladyship. If I can I will wait of your Lshp. before I go 

 for London, which will be this week." 



Lady Seaforth to Lord Lovat. 



" 9th April, 1716. 



" My Lord,— I'm infinitely obliged to your Lordship for 

 the concern you're pleased to have in saving my people 

 and lands. I have now ordered expresses to all the 

 parishes, that the people may with all speed deliver their 

 arms, and those in the neighbourhood are given up al- 

 ready. 



" if I had a convenience my daughter would surel}' go 

 off this week. I entreat therefore your Lordship to speak 

 again to General Cadogan, whose civility I shall never be 

 able sufficiently to acknowledge. I am, with a true sense 

 of your friendship, my Lord, j'our Lordship's most obliged 

 hunil)le servant. 



" The Eurl of Cromarty was at Coul at night, but is 

 expected here this forenoon, and then j'our Lordship shall 

 be farther informed, if needful." 



Lord Lovat to the Countess of Seaforth, 



" Madame, — I had the honor of j-our letter this daj', and 

 I immediately spoke to the General, who was mighty 

 civil. He desired me to give his service to your Lship. 

 and to my Lady j'our daughter, and to tell you that 5'ou 

 might take your own time in sending her slwav the next 

 week or when you pleased, 'i'he army is to march, but 

 to do no harm if the people bring in their arms. Glen- 

 garry came in last night. None of the rest have yet 

 given up their persons; but their men have all given 

 their arms to save their country. I intend to go for Lon- 

 don this week. 1 will endeavour to go and pay m_v re- 

 spects to your Lshp , and wherein I can be of use you 

 will always find me with great zeal and respect. Madam, 

 your Lslip.'s most obedient cousin and most humble 

 servant, 



" Lovat. 



"Inverness, the 10 of April, 1716. 



"The General promised to speak to Mr. Wightman for 

 the Coacli and Horses." 



General Wightman to the Countess of Seaforth. 



" Inverness, April the 10th, 1716. 



"Madam, — I have sent two or three messages to acquaint 

 your Ladyship that it would be very convenient for the 

 young lad^' to be in this town to-day, for that I had 

 found out an expedient to conduct her Ladyship in a 

 chariot with six horses to Edinburgh. I shall leave this 

 place to-morrow in order for Fort \Vm. with Gen. Ca- 

 dogan, and if I am absent, fear things wont be so well 

 managed for the j'oung lady'.s advantage, and perhaps 

 mfss the opportunity of the chariot. I am. Madam, your 

 Ladyship's most obedient humble servant, 



" J. Wightman. 



"Pray let me have j'Our Ladj'ship's answer by ex- 

 press." 



General Cadogan to the Countess of Seaforth. 



" Inverness, the 10th April, 1716. 



"Madam, — I received the honor of your Ladyship's 



letter of the 9th inst, and am very sorry it was not in 

 my power to get your Ladyship's coach and horses re- 

 stored. As for the two gentlemen that I left out of the 

 passport, there are so many informations given against 

 them by all the well-affected persons in the country, that 

 so far from granting them a pass, were it not in consider- 

 ation and regard to your Ladyship, I should immediately 

 order them to be made prisoners. But if j'our Ladyship 

 pleases to name any two gentlemen who have not been in 

 arms, I shall be ready to consent to their waiting on my 

 Lady Seafort on her' journej' to Edinburgh. I hope all 

 your Ladj'ship's tenants will be so much friends to them- 

 selves as' to forthwith bring in their arms, and thereby 

 prevent their being forced to it by military execution. I 

 beg your Ladyship to believe I shall always be very glad 

 to shew the profound respect with which I have the honor 

 to be, Madam, 



» " Your Ladyship's most obedient and 



" most humble servant, 



" Wm. Cadogan. 

 " I send here enclosed to your Ladyship a Protect, for 

 your house and Estate of Brahan. 



" William Cadogan, Esq., Lieut.-General and Coni- 



mander-in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in 



North Britain. 



"All Officers and soldiers of His MajestA-'s Army in 



North-Britain are hereby required not to commit any 



disorder, nor to take any goods, cattle or corn in the 



house, or on. the estate of Brahan, or any other belonging 



to the Right Honorable the Countess Dowager of Seafort. 



" Given at Inverness, 10th ) « Wm. Cadogan." . 



April, 1/16. J 



Lady Seaforth to General Cadogan. 



"Sir, — That I should still be troubling a gentleman of 

 80 much honor and known civility is to myself very mor- 

 tifying: but the dayly distress I met with, notwithstand- 

 ing of the protection j-our Excellency' was pleased to send 

 me, makes me the most uneasy person in the world. 



"Yesterday Colonel Brooks came hither, with I think 

 400 men beside the garrison, and Colonel Muro's [Mun- 

 ro's?] independant company, who I hear are to quarter at 

 Brahan till all the Highlanders give up their arms. It's 

 surely hard that I, who have been so long a widow, 

 should without anj' offence given to King or Government 

 be the only woman in Britain so much harassed The 

 arms might have been delivered up as well at Inverness 

 as here; for my diligence in sending to my tenHUts re- 

 iterated positive orders has appeared to the officers of 

 this house by the delivering up of all the arms of those 

 who are within a dozen of miles to this, and by letters 

 promising the rest at a further distance to be delivered 

 with all speed possible. 



"I got not last year £50 of £IC 00 which is myjoyn- 

 ture; and the tenants and country are now so impo- 

 verished that I can expect nothing from them. Nay, I 

 can scarce get bread to my family and the few officers 

 that are with me. 



" This being my condition, I must beg of your Excel- 

 lency with all earnestness speedily to compassionate the 

 same, which will be a true act of generosity and the 

 greatest favor you can honor one with who is, with the 

 highest esteem of your goodness and with the utmost 

 respect. Sir, your Excellency's ever obliged but most 

 afflicted servant, 



"Brahan, the 14 of | "F. Seafort." 



April, 1716. J 



General Cadogan to Countess of Seaforth. 



"Inverness, 20th April, 1716. 



"Madam, — I received last night the honor of your 

 Ladyship's letter of the 19th inst., and am very sorry to 



