| Description | Letter written by the Duke of Atholl, Blair (Perthshire) to Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas. Detailed reply to recent communication from Dundas: recapitulates arguments refuted respecting claims for government favour after raising regiment, selling Isle of Man to crown, assuring return to parliament of members of the government party, and bestowal of British peerage. He expresses regret if Dundas has been hurt by any expressions used, but he has been hurt also by recent imputations. He regards himself as a loyal supporter of Pitt and the government and therefore deserves his requests to be granted.
[For letter from Dundas of 24 August 1792 to which this was a reply, see Atholl MSS. 65 (10)56. There is also preserved there a copy of MS 2013/3 in the hand of George Farquhar, the duke's legal agent (Atholl MS 65 (10) 58.] |