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78 Ajipendix.soon they may execute lij' forcing upon ns a Popish successoi-, and cuttingoff all who shall oppose them in their designs.The convictiouis of this our immenent danger hes engadged some of ourgood friends of all ranks now on tlie place who wish well to Her Majestieand present establishment, to meet together and to consult of means which,through the blessing of God, may prevent the stroak ; and in order to thisit is thought necessary to let the country understand thair danger, and tomake the grounds of our fears as public among the well-afFected as can be,and to fix a correspondence with the honest partie of the whole nation,that we may understand the state of the country, the number of these wemay reckon upon as our friends, how they are armed, what mimber of armswill yet be wanting, How arms and ammunition may be provided anddistributed, How tlie people may be modelled, and that overtures foreffectuating these may be interchanged and communicated ; and for tliatpurpose they have made choice of some persons who are of known prudence,interest, and zeal, to meet weekly thereto, receive account thairof, and toconsider how to forward this good design ; also, there is chosen out of eachshyre and some considerable Burghs and Townes one or more well-affectedand of general acquaintance and infiiience, to take their own prudent wayisfor making tryall of these things, and who may pitch upon other personsto join and concert with them in this affair, and who may keep a constantcorrespondence with these here at Edinburgh, that we both may understandwhat is done here, or advised to be done, and may communicate ourmeasures each to otlier. And you are pitched upon for the Burgh ofDrumfries as a fit person for that purpose, having all the qualificationsrequyred for managing such a design. And it being understood here thatI, having the honour of your acquaintance, its laid upon me to write thisto you to intreat your assistance in this work, which tends so much to thesecurity of the present establishment of this Church and nation, and of allthe Protestant religion in general, which is in imminent danger from theattempts of a Jacolnte party in this nation, considering the present posture ofaffairs, and to allow of this as the beginning of a correspondence which ourfriends in this place for our common safety, tlie rather expected since it isagreeable to the Act for the Security of the Nation now past in the lastsession of Parliament, whereby we are warranted to do all that's hererecommended, wherein if we be wanting we can never answer to God, theChurch, or the Nation, but must lay our accounts to be ane easy prey to afurious and enraged enemy. And if by your return to this you signifieyour willingness to assist us you shall have further particulars by the next,from Sir, your most humble Sert.,(Signed) Adam Beoux.In addition to the above, there was anotlier letter from theDeputy-Governor of Cai'lisle, dated "ye 28th May, 1689," conveyingthe Lieutenant-Governor's thanks to the Provost of Dumfriesfor being so hearty in the King's service, " and that youclap up ill men " and deserters who came across the border. Aletter written by Boswell to an early friend, John Jolin.stone ofGrange, Annandale, was shown by Mr Thomas Johnstone Carlyle. •
——;Appevi/ix. 79Manuscripts. —This section formed one of the most interestingin the Exhibition, cand many valuable documents were now shownin public for the first time. Space will not admit the reproductionof them here, but the following is of special interest to thoseresiding in this district, and for which we are indebted to ./.Dickson, Esq., Perth. It is " The True Solemn League andCovenant," as signed and adhered to in Dumfriesshire in Anno1638 of its promulgation. The Dumfriesshire impression reproducedthe prescribed text of the General Solemn League andCovenant, and mentions that it was engrossed by " MaisterWilliam Ramsay, Commissar Clerk of Drumfries," and whoappears to have been "26 March, 1642, the heir of MaisterThomas Ramsay, minister of St. Michael's, Drumfries, his father,in five mei-klands of the kirklands of Kirkbryde Church andParish, Dumfriesshire." The document, which is of parchment,26 inches by 22 inches, was written all over, and was intendedto chiefly represent the " Parichiones and Indwellariswithin theParichiones of Carlaverock and Rivell," as well as of Dumfriesshiregenerally. In the follo^ving list of signatures the prefix of"M" for "Maister" defines the rank of the elder members ofthe clergy, the Pi'ovost of Dumfries, and other worthies ;whilethe proprietors are designated by the names of their lands:Ministers of Dumfriesshire and others, who sign tlie Covenant in their ownhandwriting, and do so in the following order, &c., viz.:Maister Francis Makgill, at Kirkmichael ; Maister Johne Corsane" Nithisdail ;" "Lag;" A. Weil; " Closeburn ;" Johne Charteris (ofAmisfield?) "; Apilgirthe ;" Kirkpatrick ;" Craigdarroche "; JohnDouglas, Mouswald ; W. Henryson, at Loclimaben ; N. Rogers, at Tundergarthe; W. Rowatt, at Cummertrees ; Maister Alexander Makgoune, atMouswall ; Symon Johnstone, Annand ; M. Hammiltoune, Westerkirk ofEsdaill ; John Broune, minister at Glencarne ; Richard Broun, at Tynron ;Alex. A. Hanuay, at Closburne ; Maister Samuel Austin, at Penpont ;Geo. Cleland,
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