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<HEAD>Unto the right Honourable, the Lords of His Ma|je&s;ties mo&s;t Honourable Privy Council, <HI>The PETITION of</HI> Sir <HI>John Hill</HI> late Collonel of the Regiment at <HI>Fort-William.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>Humbly &s;heweth,</HI></P>
<P>THat whereas Captain <HI>Allan Catheart,</HI> Captain <HI>James Men&yogh;ies,</HI> and Captain <HI>Thomas Hamilton,</HI> Officers in your Petitioners late Regiment, having pre&s;ented a Petiti|on to the Lords of his Maje&s;ties Privy Council, alledging that I, my Lieutenant Collonel and <HI>John Forbes</HI> my Factor, had detained in their hands a con&s;iderable part of the &s;aids Captains their pay unaccounted for, pointing at the &s;everal Sums received by the Lieutenant Collonel, for defraying the Expences of his &s;everal journeys to <HI>London</HI> in the Regiments Service, and that he had benefited him&s;elf by the &s;aids journeys, and did little or no &s;ervice to the Regiment. And they al&s;o crave that <HI>John Forbes</HI> may be ordai|ned to produce the Compt Books and Bills of the Regiment, all which matter your Lord|&s;hips has remitted to a Committee to hear both parties Procurators, and to report. Your Petitioner with all humility, begs leave to repre&s;ent how groundle&s;s this Complaint is, and al&s;o to State the true &s;teps of my Admini&s;tration of the Regiments Affair, as follows.</P>
<P N="1">1. Your Petitioner e&s;tabli&s;hed Mr. <HI>Forbes</HI> as his Factor for uplifting the Regiments pay from the general Receivers, and to remit the &s;ame either in <HI>&s;pecie.</HI> or to an&s;wer &s;uch Bills, as I, or any I &s;hould impower, to draw upon him from <HI>Inverne&s;e</HI> or el&s;e where, and which Money, either remitted by Bill or otherways, was always given to the&s;e appointed to pay out of the Weekly pay of the re&s;pective. Companies of the Regiment, lying in Gari&s;on at <HI>Fort-William</HI> or el&s;e where, and the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Forbes</HI> came up from <HI>Edinburgh</HI> to <HI>Fort Wil|liam,</HI> &s;ometimes twice, and always once every year, and compted fully and fairly for his Intromi&s;&s;ions, and delivered to the commanding Officer of each Company a &s;tated accompt of Charge and Di&s;charge, and delivered to them a Credential or Receipt under their own hands of the Article that was payed out by him, and Mr. <HI>Corsbie</HI> and <HI>John Grant</HI> who were the di&s;pen&s;ers of the Money remitted in manner fore&s;aid to the Gari&s;on and Pay ma&s;ters of the Weekly pay of the whole Companies of the Regiment. Compted al&s;o for their Intromi&s;&s;ions at the &s;aid time: and produced their Books, wherein were in&s;ert a Re|ceipt, either by the commanding Officer of each Company him&s;elf, or by tho&s;e they autho|rized to uplift their Companies pay Weekly, for every Article &s;tated in their Di&s;charge, and the fore&s;aids receipts were immediatly after peru&s;al, and Examination cancelled by the Officers them&s;elves, le&s;t they &s;hould be probative again&s;t them at the next compting, where|upon Compting being &s;o fairly &s;tated, Receipt delivered up, Bookscancelled as &s;aid is, the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Forbes</HI> obtained a full and ample Di&s;charge from the commanding Officer of each Company, o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter"> their own Companies, and <HI>&s;ubalterns</HI> full pay, di&s;charging him and all others of all Accompts preceeding the dates of the &s;aids re&s;pective Di&s;charges, which Di&s;charges the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Forbes</HI> reported to me, and at the &s;ame time made up the Accompts of the Cloathing, and it any ballance was, the &s;ame by my order was delivered in to the Pay-ma&s;ter for Sub&s;i&s;ting the Regiment, till more Money &s;hould come up, and for defraying the Expences of the Emergencies and Exigencies of the Regiment, and after peru&s;al of the fore&s;aid Di&s;charges and Examination of the Cloathing Accompts, being all verified by in|&s;tructions and credentials unconte&s;table, I accordingly gave to the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Forbes</HI> his full and ample Dicharge with a clau&s;e of Regi&s;tration, Di&s;charging him and all others of their Intromi&s;&s;ions, preceeding the date of the &s;aid Di&s;charge, and all the Captains of the Re|giment at every Compting received &s;tated Ab&s;tracts of all their Pay by way of principal
<PB N="2" REF="2">and Additional Accompt, which was payed to them by Mr. <HI>Forbes</HI> and the Pay-ma<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> at the Gari&s;on, which Accompts if they will but produce before your Lord&s;hips, ye <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> not only ea&s;iely perceive how unju&s;t the Complainers are, but al&s;o that every Office<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> the Regiment has received all the King allows them, by the e&s;tabli&s;hment, and not &s;ixpence detained from them for any contigencie of the Regiments Expences what&s;oeue<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> So that it &s;urprizes your Petitioner, how any Complaint &s;hould be &s;u&s;tained, after &s;o+lemn a way of Tran&s;acting matters by Compt and reckoning, and Di&s;charges.</P>
<P N="2">2. Your Petitioner as being Collonel to the Regiment, had the undoubted and ab<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters">+lute Right of di&s;po&s;ing of the Retention-Money; not only for the Cloathing, but fo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters">+ther nece&s;&s;ary u&s;es in relation to the Regiment; for by the con&s;tant practice of <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Scots</HI> Forces abroad and at home, and by His Maje&s;ties &s;pecial Deci&s;ions, if any Col<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters">+el keep his Regiment in good order, well Mounted with all nece&s;&s;ar Abuil&yogh;iments fo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> Souldier what&s;omever; If by the Collonels care and Indu&s;tery, any thing be &s;aved <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> the Cloathing Money, it belonged to the Collonel as his ju&s;t perqui&s;it, and an Rew<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> for his extraordinary care and Diligence, and Conduct in his Regiments Affairs, and defraying the contingent Expen&s;e the Collonels are u&s;ually at, in Supporting the C<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters">+cerns and Intere&s;t of the Regiments: And it's very well known both by my Officers a<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> others, that no Regiment in His Maje&s;ties Service upon the <HI>Scots</HI> E&s;tabli&s;hment, (with+out derogation to one or other) was better Mounted, and appointed than my Regi+ment always was upn all occa&s;ions not &s;o much as Combs to their Heads and Buckles their Shoes, but I provided them with, and looked after the Wellfare of the Souldiers if they had been my Children; and within eight Months of the Regiments Disbanding, Cloathed all of them with double Mounting, <HI>to wit,</HI> each Souldier with a new p<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Coat, red Coat, two Linen Shirts, a pair of Bretches, Shoes and Stockings, with ne<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Buff<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">belts, and Baginots and Patternta&s;hes, and new Capes: And each Sergeant with new Scarlet Coat mounted with Gilded Buttons, and broad Gold Lace and other Furni+ture conform; and after I had certain knowledge that the Regiment was to be Disban+ded, I payed out 80 <HI>lib. &s;terling</HI> for Cravates which I gave to my Officers to divide a+mong&s;t the Souldiers to Incourage them, that if His Maje&s;tie &s;hould after yard have oc+ca&s;ion for them, they might the more willingly and readily Ingage in the Service: S<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> that it appears not, by what Title the Complainers can pretend to the Remains of th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Cloathing Money, if any were, that pertains of right to me as &s;aid is.</P>
<P N="3">3. Your Petitioner can boldly affirm that there was never any Collonel in my circum+&s;tances more open handed and Liberal, both to the Officers and Souldiers than I was, i<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> regard that of-times when there was any thing &s;aved in the Cloathing Money; I comple+mented my Officers, in &s;o far as, that at one time I be&s;towed for 40 beaten &s;ilver Husk<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> or Collars, and as many Silken Sa&s;hes which co&s;t upwards of 1000 Crowns: And al&s;o at another time I be&s;towed on my Sergeants, 26 Silver beaten hilted Swords, with Buff<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters">|belts and large Silver Buckles which co&s;t about 7 <HI>lib. &s;terling per</HI> price, be&s;ides &s;eve+ral con&s;iderable Gratifications in Money be&s;towed on my &s;aids Officers as I thought they be&s;t de&s;erved, and nothing thereof they ever did, or could acclaim as their Right; but I could have kept all in my own Pocket, and by which Acts of Liberality, I have Enriched my Officers, and Impoveri&s;hed my &s;elf. And have al&s;o defrayed all the incident Charges that happened to befall the Regiment without exacting one Six|pence from my Officers, although I could have made them pay a part thereof if I had &s;o plea&s;ed, even out of their own per&s;onal Pay, a great deal of it having been expended at their importunity, and for their de&s;igned and endeavoured good, and I can|not think that the&s;e my Deeds of Liberality, and De&s;tributions on &s;uch &s;pecial con&s;idera|tions entitles the Complainers to challenge an Intere&s;t in the Remains of the Retention (if any were) whether I will or not, or otherways than as I was plea&s;ed to di&s;tribute the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And your Petitioner craves leave to be &s;o ju&s;t to lieutenant Collonel <HI>Forbes</HI> as to acknow|ledge, that the Money I gave him was for going five or &s;ix &s;everal times to <HI>London,</HI> and <HI>Flanders</HI> the Regiments errands; and doing the Regiment &s;ome very good offices, although <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 word"> his la&s;t journey his endeavours failed him, and &s;ome of which expences and errands, the Collonel humbly offers the following Accompt.</P>
<P N="1">1. In the year 1692, Lieutenant Collonel <HI>Forbes</HI> then Major to the Regiment, was &s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">t to <HI>London</HI> to repre&s;ent the circum&s;tances of the Regiment and Gari&s;on of <HI>Fort-William</HI> and particularly that they had not a Mini&s;ter to Preach the Go&s;pel, and that the E|&s;tabli&s;hment of the Regiment wanting a Gunner and Matro&s;&s;es wherefore I was ne|ce&s;&s;itate
<PB N="3" REF="2">to apply the pay allotted for the Mini&s;ter, To pay the Gunner and two Mattro&s;&s;es &s;eing at that time the Clannes that were in Armes again&s;t the Government were not reduc|ed, and the Gari&s;on was invironed with Enemies on all hanos. And al&s;o to repre&s;ent that the Poor Soldiers were in &s;traits through the want of Bed-cloths, and Fyring for the Guards and Drugs for u&s;e of the Soldiers, in which Journey the Lieutanant-Colonel was &s;ucce&s;sful, and procured His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Gracious Letter to the The&s;aury anent the &s;aids matters; As al&s;o obtained an Addition of the Gunners Pay, to the E&s;tabli&s;hment at the rate of five <HI>&s;h. sterl per diem.</HI> And al&s;o 150 <HI>lib. sterl. per Annum,</HI> to buy Bed-Cloths to the Poor Soldiers; As al&s;o 100 <HI>lib. &s;tirl.</HI> to buy Fyring, and 30 <HI>lib.</HI> to buy Drugs <HI>per Annum,</HI> in all time coming, during the &s;tanding of the Regiment. And for which Journey, and &s;o good Services, I only gave to my Lieutenant-Colonel 160 <HI>lib. &s;terl.</HI> But he declared he &s;pent 100 <HI>lib. sterl</HI> more of his proper Money, and no part of the 160 <HI>lib &s;terl.</HI> came out of any of my Officers Pockets, but out of the Cloathing-Money.</P>
<P N="2">2. In the Year 1694, the Regiment laboured under great hard&s;hip, e&s;pecially the Poor Soldiers, becau&s;e of the Dearth of all Liquors, by rea&s;on of the heavy Exci&s;e, payed by the Brewers to Sir <HI>Thomas Kennedy,</HI> Tackimen of the Annexed Exci&s;e, and to <HI>Adam Gordon</HI> of Additional Exci&s;e, and to their Subtack&s;men, &s;o that a poor Soldier could not get a Pint of Ale under a Groat, and three &s;hilling the wor&s;t, which occa&s;ioned the poor Sol|diers to drink the Water of the Place, which is truly either Bricki&s;h or Mo&s;&s;ie, and un|whol&s;ome, whereby they contracted Fluxes and Scurvies, whereof many <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">yed, &s;o that I Commi&s;&s;ioned my Lieutenant-Colonel to go to <HI>London;</HI> becau&s;e I could not leave the Gari&s;on my &s;elf, to repre&s;ent the hard circum&s;tances of the Soldiers and he according+ly went, and upon Audience of his Sacred Maje&s;ty, obtained his Maje&s;ties Letter, not only to exeem the Gari&s;on of <HI>Fort William,</HI> from payment of any Exci&s;e in all time coming, and to keep it out of all &s;ub&s;equent Tacks, but granted Warrand to the Lords of the The|&s;aury to give Abatement to the Principal Tack&s;men of the Exci&s;e of 90 <HI>lib. &s;terling</HI> for that current Year, as the Copy of the Kings Letter. Dated the Day of <HI>February</HI> 1695 doth ver<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1+ letters">e, with all which the Lords of the The&s;aurie having complyed the 90 <HI>lib. &s;terling</HI> was refounded, and the Gari&s;on freed from Exci&s;e thereafter. As al&s;o about the &s;aid time the Fonds for the Armies Pay falling &s;hort, the Lords of The&s;aury did reduce the Regiment to half Pay, wherewith it had been impo&s;&s;ible for them to &s;ub&s;i&s;t; &s;o that I was nece&s;&s;itate to cau&s;e my Lieutenant-Colo|nel to &s;tay at Couer, to repre&s;ent the Difficulties the Regiment would <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1+ letters">ly under, if &s;o dealt with, anent which his Maje&s;ty was al&s;o graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to hear him fully: and al|though the Lieutenant Collonel met with much Oppo&s;ition, &s;ome of the Collonels of the <HI>Scots</HI> Forces being then at Court, and in&s;inuating that the Gari&s;ons Difficulties was not &s;o great as was repre&s;ented, only of purpo&s;e to di&s;appoint them of their Pretences, becau&s;e it was certain, the better and more Pay that Regiment got, though in contemplation of its hard circum&s;tances, the re&s;t of the Army would get le&s;s and wor&s;e pay; yet after all. His Maje&s;ty was graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to take the Regiments ca&s;e to his Con&s;ideration, and Ordain the Lords of The&s;aury to make di&s;tinction in the payment, betwixt my Regiment <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">nd the re&s;t of the Forces, and to pay the Regiment as formerly; as the Copy of his Ma|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;ties Letter dated the 28 of <HI>February</HI> 1694, doth more fully narrate; and the Expen&s;e of this &s;o long &amp; laborious an Expedition being exchange &amp; all 410 <HI>lib &s;terling</HI> was al&s;o pay|ed out of the Cloathing-money, and no part thereof came out of the Officers Pockets although they were all benefited thereby, not only by having hail pay in place of half pay; but likewi&s;e both Officers and Souldiers, had the drinking their Liquors Exci&s;e free, and better and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">heaper. And the &s;aid 410 <HI>lib. &s;terling</HI> being but the Lientenant Collonels neat Expen|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">es, I leave it to any thinking per&s;on, if he de&s;erved not a Gratification be&s;ide.</P>
<P N="3">3. In the year 1695, the Lieutenant Collonel, and one Captain <HI>Farquhar</HI> in the Collonels Regiment, went from the Gari&s;on to <HI>London,</HI> and from that to <HI>Flanders,</HI> and &s;erved as Volunteers at the Siege of <HI>Namure</HI> and returned from <HI>Flanders</HI> by way of <HI>London,</HI> where the Lieutenant Collonel did the Regiment Service; and that Campaigne co&s;t him at lea&s;t is he declares, 500 <HI>lib. sterling</HI> before he returned to <HI>Scotland,</HI> but no man can &s;ay that he demanded any thing for his Service done to the Regiment at that time, and therefore I bare making mention of it.</P>
<P N="4">4. In the year 1697, when the Peace was concluding, the Officers of my Regiment at the Gari&s;on. Addre&s;t me to &s;end Lieutenant Collonel <HI>Forbes</HI> to <HI>Flanders,</HI> to u&s;e his Intere&s;t &amp; Endeavours for the &s;tanding of the Regiment: and they would hear of none to go but him,
<PB N="4" REF="3">becau&s;e he had formely been &s;o &s;ucce&s;&s;ful in obtaining favours for the Regiment and if I be not very much mi&s;taken, &s;ome of the compleaning Officers that were then <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> the Gari&s;on, went with &s;everal others of the Officers to <HI>Inverne&s;s</HI> where the Lieutennen<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> Collonel was po&s;ted, and importuned him to undertake the Negotiation and brought hi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> to the Gari&s;on, where all the Officers that were then pre&s;ent, unanimou&s;ly &s;olicited <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> to let him go, which Solicitation I &s;hifted, and purpo&s;ed to divert the Offic<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> from any &s;uch Re&s;olution, a&s;&s;ureing them that they behooved to pay all the Lieutennen<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> Collonel his Expen&s;es out of their own Pockets, and one of the three complaining Offic<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> then an&s;wered with an &s;olemn Oath, that he rather would pay his proportion of whatev<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Expen&s;es the Leutennant-Collonel would be at upon that occa&s;ion out of his proper p<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> than that his Journey were longer retarded, for the &s;ooner he went away it would be <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> better; So becau&s;e of the Officers Importunity, I complyed with their de&s;ire, and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> next day with their unanimous con&s;ent, di&s;patched the Leiutennant-Collonel, and g<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> him In&s;tructions, with which he immediatly went to <HI>London,</HI> and from that to <HI>Flande<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"></HI> where the King and Court was, and there I believe my Leiutennent Collonel u&s;ed his b<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Endeavours for the Regiments Intere&s;t, and came from <HI>Flanders</HI> to <HI>London,</HI> and then waited full four Moneths, hoping the be&s;t and fearing the wor&s;t, and &s;till u&s;ing his b<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Endeavours, altho' they proved un&s;ucesful, and the very complaining Officers, would <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> allow him to di&s;pare of the Regiments &s;tanding, but &s;ent him up Letters of Recommendat<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> from their Friends, to great men at Court, and alwi&s;e advi&s;eing him to &s;pare no Expen<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> in the Affair, which oblidged him to &s;tay longer, and make new Attempts, which put h<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> a&s;&s;uredly to great Charges, and the Leutennent-Collonel his Expen&s;es in the &s;aid Negotia<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters">|on, amounted to 500, and odd <HI>lib, Serling</HI> only. The remander of the 720. <HI>lib.</HI> conde&s;ce<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters">|ed on by the Complainers, was for the Exchange of the Bills, and a 100. <HI>lib,</HI> given to Capt<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> <HI>Mackulloch,</HI> &amp; Captain <HI>Farquher,</HI> who were truely de&s;erving of it, upon &s;everal Con&s;ideration<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> unnece&s;&s;ary here to be mentioned, and no part of the &s;aid 720. <HI>lib. &s;terling,</HI> came out <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> the Officers their pockets nor was &s;topped of their pay, but was payed out of the Cloth|ing Money; And as to the 200. <HI>lib.</HI> complained of as received by the Leutennent-Col|lonel <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 word"> is all the Remuneration he received, for his extraordinary Toyl and Fati<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> in going the Regiments Errands, and no part of the &s;aid Sum came out of the Officers Pu<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> but allennerly out of that Fond, which I could have applyed as I plea<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> and the Lieutennent Collonel might have ju&s;tly contended for more than <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;aid Sum, in regaird, That 1. At at the modeling of the Regiment, the &s;aid Lieutennent Collonel brought 600 Pee-coats, and as many Shoes and &s;hirts to the Regiment, which <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> never got any Allowance for, tho his &s;aid doing &s;aved a con&s;iderable Sum to the Regi|ment, and was the fir&s;t occa&s;ion of my having any Remains of the Cloathing Money. And 2. He gave the Granadeer Company 60 Bags, Badges, Paternta&s;hes <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> B<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">giners, at the value of 30 <HI>lib. &s;terling.</HI> And 3. The &s;aid Lieutenent-Collonel before <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> Agent was imployed, he not only did the Regiments Bu&s;ine&s;s; and received the fir&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> Months Fay of the Reigment at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> but likeways brought the &s;ame up upon <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> own Charges and Expen&s;es to the Garri&s;on, for which I think he at lea&s;t &s;hould have <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;ame Fees that the Agent hath had Monthly &s;ince that time, which will amount to no <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> than 80 <HI>l<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">b. &s;terling</HI> and upwards, and I might add to this a great many other Rea&s;ons, wh<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> is needle&s;s to trouble your Lord&s;hips with; &amp; if I were to make an Accompt of the Advanta<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> and Ca&s;ualities that &s;ome of the complaining Officers have had &s;ince their coming to <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> Reigment, and that with very litle trouble or Fatigue, (whereof neither the Lieutenent C<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters">|lonel nor I neither had nor could have any &s;hare) your Lord&s;hips would find them very <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> kind &amp; now how this groundle&s;s Complaint comes about, is to me a matter of Admiratio<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters">. F<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">r at the clearing and disbanding of the Regiment, there was not the lea&s;t Mention of a<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> &s;uch Complaint, but on the contrair. And of 200 or 300 <HI>lib.</HI> that remained of Ballan<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> of the cloathing Money, I gave to the commanding Officers of each Compa<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> &s;ome part grtutio&s;lie, as will appear by the&s;tated Accompts in their own hands, not &s;o mu<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> very Pole-Money, Agent Fees, and a great part of their Pondage, but I payed:</P>
<P>May it therefore plea&s;e your Lord&s;hips, not only to A&s;&s;oil&yogh;ie your Petitioner fro<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;uch a grundle&s;s and unkind complaint; But al&s;o to ab&s;olve Lieutenant-Collonel <HI>F<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters">|bes</HI> and the Agent, That they may not &s;u&s;tain any trouble or lo&s;s, through the mo&s;t faith|ful &s;ervices, which they have not only done to your Petitioner; But likeways to t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Regiment. <HI>And your Petitioner &s;hall ever pray.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Sic Sub&s;cribi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"> John Hi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1+ letters"></HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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