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SIR JOHN OF GOSFORD. 135
(Bl. 81 %U sup.). He now had evidently considerable influence ut Court. There Part ii.
is at Pittirrane a letter to him from the .Marquis of Argyle, thou in i)risou and
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condemned to death, which is dated from Edinburgh 11 May IGGl, fifteen days
before Argylo^s execution, and is as follows :
GoaJ Msister
Your uephew S'' Peter is going to London I am confident he cau d,.e vei y much if lie pleas
in relation to my bu.sineas for if liis .Viv"'-'* prejudice wer laid asyil my aci-us-iiiinis otherwiiyH are
the common failini; of tlie nation wliicli I doe not excoose but desyre to »li. ItiT my *v\t under Iii8
>la» pa'ious and natuiall inclination to clemenoie [witli] wliich lie li.i« covercil every subject in
all his Ma' dominions except a tew Murderers of his Hoyal father theiloi- I exp. c' mo niudi of
your favour and kyndness at this tym as to recieve information from my .oM1ll•^ and to let your
Kephew know how much his kyndness to me may oblige you and tlio 1 l.r ii..t abll (.icj to rec|uyt
your kyudness yit 1 still rest coutident of your favor upon aiie mor rcall anil auticut accompt beinj;
Your old pupU and most humbll
Servant
Argyll.
Below the signature Sir John has written the reason why he could do nothing,
thus :
Powerful order was sent before I recieved this ami before my Xcpliew aixiving, ko tliat I
could not meddle.
The following letter, addressed by the Earl of Southcsk "tTor my right
loveing and much honoured Cusiu' iJoctor Wedderbiini riii->iciaii at Loudon," i.s
also at Pittirrane :
Right loveing and much honoured Cusin, Our Merchands trade pnllio at l.on.l.in 'n so unmll
that 1 have had difficulties eneugh to get exchange for these tnomu'vcs my i.aiuf tc»ik up !« yor
assistance at London before he parted from you. I have lately a^ieid with anc viTy limifst
Slerchand in yis Towne Hew Hamiltoun who Iws nndertiiken to pay at lynilc.n tin-.' -••x hundrcth
twenty foure Pounds Kngli.sbe money before the first of Se|itcmber to any yr 1 know not fnun kIimih my mnno
borrowed the nionueys. Therefore I intreat you to let me or your Ni-phcw IVttorknow be yi*"
L" the Gentleman's Name that lent my .sonne these moncye.s. You h.ive been put to f;i.r!f
promise that I shall ever be wilUng and readdy at all
Ediub. 17 July in hast [no year given].
Yo'iuost affectionate ainl most ol.liijpd
Cusin to serve you
!Suulhi.-.'' \Vi-.l.l.rl.urin- ; f,.r 1 do
not only expose all my sicknes,?es to his cure, but I .submit my wlico. nn-Kr tlie
title of Lord Gosford. It was largely thus that Sir Alexander was nl.l- tn ,mr.lmv.-
Blackness, and Sir Peter (iu 1659j the estate of Gusfurd in the [xirnh of AUrl.n.ly,
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I do not know how they were related, and perhaps " Cusin " is only a c..niplimri.t*ry u Doctor Wedderbourne is named as .subscribing from Lon.lon, .\pn '"'•'_•"
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