[157] Hardwicke Papers, vol. ii. p. 565.
[158] Hardwicke Papers, p. 586.
[159] Hardwicke Papers, vol. ii. p. 600.
[160] Chambers, art. Erskine.
[161] From original letters, for which I am indebted to Alexander Macdonald, Esq., of the Register Office, Edinburgh.
[162] The spelling is preserved as in the original.
[163] These words were written in the Chevalier's own hand.
[164] Letters in the possession of A. Macdonald, Esq.
[165] Bolingbroke.
[166] Lockhart Papers, vol. ii. p. 221.