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Argyll to Secretary Townshend. Asking for instructions concerning the offer by Mar...

Catalogue reference: SP 54/10/86B

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SP 54/10/86B
Date
1715 Nov 27
Description

Argyll to Secretary Townshend. Asking for instructions concerning the offer by Mar and the clan chiefs to discuss terms for surrender; Huntly, Lord Rollo and Sir Robert Gordon might break from Mar if they could obtain the king's mercy: Argyll has told them that if they take their people home, this might be granted

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