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However we may differ in Politicks, I trust My Noble & 

 much Hon'd Friend will believe that I am most respectfully, 



D. B. 



[Rough draft in Barclay's hand, endorsed by him " Copy of a 

 Lr. to Ld. H." The letter is full of the indignation of outraged 

 justice, which the writer hardly knows how to express : the many 

 alterations in the original text bespeak his burning thoughts.] 



XV. [PLAN OF CONCILIATION, 1777] 



[? Near end of year] 1777. 



A Plan deduced from Hints 1774, & the Basis of a plan 

 1774 [1775]. Articles No i. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. 

 16. 17. from Hints. Articles No. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. from the Basis 

 of a plan. To be added thereto, the following, on account 

 of Circumstances that have since occurred, Viz. : 



No. 18 An Act of Oblivion for all past offences. 



19 Permission for the respective Colonies to sink by 

 Taxes, the Money wch. the Congress has issued 

 during the War. 



Qr. Whether it would not be adviseable to repeal the 

 Declaritory Act. 



And To govern the Colonies by a Congress, in 

 wch. a Viceroy to have a Negative. 



[In Barclay's hand. This " Plan " evidently belongs to a 

 later period of the war than the others. Some allusions in No. 

 XIV., however, make it possible that it was drawn up near the 

 same date.] 



XVI. [DR. J. FOTHERGILL TO D. BARCLAY] 



2ist. Inst. [? end of 1777.] 



[See Chapter XXVIII. for the text of this letter. It is in 

 Fothergill's hand, endorsed by him, " To David Barclay." The 

 letter follows a conversation with Barclay, probably referring 

 to the " Plan " just detailed.] 



XVII. [LORD CLARENDON TO D. BARCLAY, 1783] 



[When Lettsom wrote his memoir of Fothergill, Barclay sup- 

 plied him with copies of some of the papers dealing with these 

 negotiations. Before publication Barclay showed the proof of 

 the memoir to Lord Hyde, now become Earl of Clarendon, who 

 wrote to him on April 14, 1783, suggesting some alterations 



