[60] Lockhart of Carnwath, vol. i. p. 446; also "Notices of Lady Grange," by Dr. Mackay. [61] See "Notices of Lady Grange," by K. Mackay, M.D., 3rd edition. Glasgow, 1819. [62] Cunningham, vol. ii. p. 441. [63] Lord Mahon, vol. i. p. 152. [64] "A Collection of Original Letters relating to the Rebellion of 1715." Edinburgh, 1730. [65] Introductory Anecdotes to Lord Wharncliffe's Edition of Lady M. Wortley's Letters, p. 26. [66] Reay, p. 135. [67] Reay, p. 152. [68] Reay, p. 171. [69] This commission was long doubted, and was even denied by the Chevalier. It is, nevertheless, signed by his Secretary, and is among the valuable papers which, belonging to Mr. Gibson Craig of Edinburgh, have been liberally placed at the service of the author. [70] Caledonian Mercury, 1722. [71] Lord Mahon, p. 147. [72] Lord Mahon; from the Master of Sinclair's MS. [73] Burke's Peerage. [74] Buchan's History of the Keith Family. [75] Buchan's History of the Keith Family; also Scottish Peerage. [76] See Patten's List of Chieftains. [77] Secret History of Colonel Hooke's Negotiations, pp. 26, 110. [78] Patten, p. 232. [79] Buchan's History of the Keith Family, p. 153. [80] Colonel Hooke's Negotiations. [81] See "Genealogie of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Drummond, by the First Viscount Strathallan," Appendix. For this curious and elaborate work I am indebted to the Rev. Arthur Drummond. [82] MS. Account of Several Clans, by Mrs. Grant, of Laggan. [83] Brown's Highlands, vol. i. p. 131. [84] The Rev. Robert Patten, from whose animated narrative many other writers have implicitly copied, was a man of indifferent character, who accompanied Mr. Forster, in the insurrection in Northumberland, as his chaplain. He afterwards turned king's evidence, and appeared against those whom he had served. For this act of treachery his pension was raised (as I find by the Caledonian Mercury for 1722) from 50_l._ to 80_l._ a-year. He dedicates his History of the Rebellion to Generals Carpenter and Wills. [85] Patten, p. 151. [86] Mar Papers. [87] Reay, p. 191. [88] Reay, p. 191. [89] It seems to have been the custom of that period to write in the third person when in memoirs and statements. Lord Lovat's manifesto is in the same style. [90] Patten, p. 257. [91] A copy from the original, for which I am indebted to Mr. Gibson Craig, is given for the confirmation of Lord Mar's assertion:--