[43] Boswell’s servant.
[44] Sir Alexander Gilmour, Bart., of Craigmiller, M.P., Boswell’s supposed rival in the affections of Miss Blair, died unmarried in France, on the 27th December, 1792.
[45] Miss Dick was eldest of the three daughters of Sir Alexander Dick, Bart., of Prestonfield. Mr. Temple met her during his visit to Scotland on the Adamtown expedition.
[46] Letter to Mr. Temple, written from Auchinleck, 24th August, 1768.
[47] Letter from Boswell to Mr. Temple, dated Edinburgh, 9th December, 1768.
[48] “The Carron Company has furnished me them very cheap; there are two 32-pounders, four 24’s, four 18’s, and twenty 9-pounders, with one hundred and fifty ball to each. It is really a tolerable train of artillery.” (Letter from Boswell to Mr. Temple, dated 24th August, 1768.)
[49] See Correspondence between the Rev. N. Nicholls and the poet Gray, passim.
[50] Boswell’s “Tour to the Hebrides.”
[51] John, fifth Duke of Argyll, married Elizabeth, relict of James, sixth Duke of Hamilton, and daughter of John Gunning, Esq., of Castle Coote, co. Roscommon. The Duchess was a celebrated beauty.
[52] Life of Johnson.