L30/12/54/11

Letter to Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth from his nephew, Hugh Scott, sent from Mertoun. Mention of Lord Polwarth's 'intended jaunt to the camps.' Writer is pleased he was well enough to go.

19 Sep 1779

From: 1779 To: 1779

The writer's family have been on a jaunt to the West, partly to see Glasgow and that part of the Country but chiefly to wait on Lord Kames [Henry Home] and Mr Donglass, both Berwickshire voters. Gives details of canvassing for votes; Lord Marchmont has written letters in favour of John Paterson. 'I flatter myself that our affairs are in a very favourable train.' There will be 17 new votes besides the 5 that were made some time ago. 'I must own I felt some degree of indignation at superioritys [superiority votes] upon Lord Marchmont's estate being offered at the Cross of Edinburgh to anybody that would take them.' 'It is pretty well known who is the author of theses measures, I am convinced the disgust arising from them will be confined to the individual who proposed them.' Wedderburn has not yet declared for the writer, but has given votes on his estate to the advocate and his nephew Mr Dundas, who told him they would support Scott, so that is almost as good as a declaration. 'We are now pretty well acquainted with the full strength of the opposite party, and it does not intimidate me in the least.

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Scott, Hugh,
Hepburne-Scott, Hugh,
Hume-Campbell, Alexander (2nd Baron Polwarth),
Douglass,
Home, Harry, Lord Kames,
Hume-Campbell, Hugh (Earl of Marchmont),
Wedderburn,
Paterson, John,
Dundas

family correspondence, general politics, elections, Berwickshire, Edinburgh