| Description | Extract from a letter from Alexander Allerdyce to Provost Auldjo in which he says that if the magistrates wish to recover their patronage, they should not recommend anyone inimical to [the government and crown] and who openly countenances measures 'discordant to them'. If one such is recommended, questions would be asked and must be answered. He states that he has no personal preference but that he and the council would 'be mortified' by a refusal and it may result in the appointment of a stranger, 18 August 1793. |