[621]. ‘London, March 29, 1720.—Sunday evening the Duke of Douglas and the Earl of Dalkeith fought a duel behind Montague House, and both were wounded.’—Newspapers of the day.
[622]. Wodrow’s Analecta, iii. 208.
[623]. Lockhart Papers. Wodrow’s Analecta, iii. 210, et seq. Contemporary narration.
[624]. See antea, under February 1697.
[625]. Sinclair’s Statistical Acc. of Scotland, article ‘Erskine.
[626]. Notice from the Edinburgh Post-office, Nov. 23, 1725.
[627]. Caledonian Mercury, Oct. 1733, and Jan. 1734.
[628]. Edin. Ev. Courant.
[629]. Chamberlayne’s Present State of Great Britain for the years cited.
[630]. Scottish Journal, p. 208.