L30/12/54/15

Letter to Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth from his nephew, Hugh Scott, sent from Mertoun. 'Our independant gentlemen, as they call themselves, talk of immense numbers, at least their active man (Renton) does, but the system of carrying all before him, by a pretended shew and confidence of success has, I beliee, already failed him in a great measure.'

1 Feb 1780

From: 1780 To: 1780

'What Mr Cockburn wrote you of the advocates having the Wedderburn people with them, is I am convinced, true, and will prove so in the end.' Writer made a tour through the eastern part of the county last week, where the strength of the third party lies; found the people 'strongly inclinded to us in case their own party should fail.' Comments about the new votes maling out at this exchequer term, this is the last that votes can be made at to vote in the next .general election. Writer reports of seeing Lord Breadalbane in Edinburgh.

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Scott, Hugh,
Hepburne-Scott, Hugh,
Hume-Campbell, Alexander (2nd Baron Polwarth),
Renton, Alexander,
Campbell, John (2nd Earl of Breadalbane & Holland),
Cockburn, Thomas

family correspondence, general politics, elections, Berwickshire