The Waverley novels, by Sir Walter Scott, complete in 12 vol., printed from the latest English ed., embracing the author's last corrections, prefaces & notes.

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of the occasion of this express, by which I have written to my Ld. Duke
of Roxburgh, and my Lord Townshend, which I hope ye'l gett carefully
deleivered.
"Mr. Graham, younger of Killearn, being on Munday last in Monteith
att a country house, collecting my rents, was about nine o'clock that same
night surprised by Rob Roy with a party'of his men in arms, who, haveing
surrounded.the house and secured the avenues, presented their guns in at
the windows, while he himself entered the room with some others with cokt
pistolls, and seased Killearn with all his money, books, papers, and bonds,
and carryed all away with him to the hills, at the same time ordering
Killearn to write a letter to me (of which ye. have the copy inclosed), proposeing a very honourable treaty to me. I must say this story was as surprising to me as it was insolent; and it must bring a very great concern
upon me, that this gentle.m, my near relation, should be brought to suffer
all the barbaritys and cruertys, which revenge and mallice may suggest to
these miscreants, for his haveing acted a faithfull part in the servide of the
Government, an'd& his affection to me in my concerns.
" I need not be more particular to you, since I know that my Letter to
my Lord Townshend will come into your hands, s6 shall only now give you
the assurances of my being, with great sincerity,
"Sr, yr most humble servant,
(Signed) "MONTROSE.
"I long exceedingly for a return of my former dispatches to the Secretary's about Methven and CoPl Urquhart, and my wife's cousins, Balnamoon
and Phinaven.
" I must beg yow'll give my humble service to Mr. Secretary Methven,
and tell him that I must referr him to what I have written to My Lord
Townshend in this affair.of Rob Roy, believing it was needless to trouble
both with letters."
Examined, ROBT. LEMON,
Deputy Keeper of State Papers.
STATE PAPER OFFICE.
2Nov. 4, 1829.
NoTE.-The enclosure referred to in the preceding letter, is another copy
of the letter which Mr. Grahame of Killearn was compelled by Rob Roy
to write to the Duke of Montrose, and is exactly the same as the one
enclosed in his Grace's letter to Lord Townshend, dated November 21st,
1716. - R. L.
The last letter in the Appendix, No. II., p. 40, (28th November), acquainting the Government with Killearn's being set at liberty, is also addressed
to the Under-Secretary of State, Mr. Pringle.
The Author may also here remark, that immediately previous to the
insurrection of 1715, he perceives, from some notes of information given
to Government, that -Robe Roy appears to have been much employed and.
trusted by the Jacobite party, even in the very delicate task of transporting specie to the Earl of Breadalbane- though it might have somewhat
resembled trusting Don Raphael and Ambrose de Lamela with the churchtreasure.
wND O:C OB TROY.