[467]. Journal of Mr James Hart (Edinburgh, 1832), preface.
[468]. This play was entitled Marciano, or the Discovery, and was described on the title as having been ‘acted with great applause before his Majesty’s High Commissioner and others of the Nobility at the Abbey of Holyroodhouse on St John’s Night.’
[469]. George Chalmers, Life of Ramsay, quoting the Scots Courant for August and December, 1715. The Tennis Court still exists, but reduced to the condition of a smith’s workshop.
[470]. Alex. Maxwell to R. Wodrow, Edin., Feb. 15, 1715, in Private Letters, now first printed from Orig. MSS. Edin. 1829.
[471]. Preface to the Journal of Mr James Hart. Edinburgh, 1832.
[472]. Meaning the total solar eclipse which happened on the 29th of March 1652, of which see an account in Domestic Annals, vol. ii. p. 215.
[473]. Historical Summary of the Post-office in Scotland. By T. B. Lang. (For private circulation.) Edinburgh, 1856.
[474]. Justiciary Record. Sir John, soon after his collision with Mr Houston, was actively engaged in raising volunteers at Greenock for the suppression of the Rebellion.
[475]. Hist. Acc. Bank of Scotland, p. 10.
[476]. Orig. letter in Paper Office, quoted by George Chalmers, Caledonia, i. 870, note.