to De Foe's History of the Union, p. 16.

[32] Memoirs of Scotland, p. 31.

[33] Mackay.

[34] Lockhart Papers, vol. i. p. 54.

[35] Memoirs of North Britain, p. 113.

[36] Wood's Peerage, vol. i. pp. 714, 717; also Mackay's Memoirs, p.
178.

[37] Lockhart Papers, vol. i. p. 115.

[38] Wood's Peerage, art. Erskine of Mar.

[39] Memoirs of Scotland, p. 224.

[40] Memoirs of Scotland, p. 340.

[41] Cunningham's Hist. Great Britain, p. 257.

[42] Ibid. p. 61.

[43] Swift's Works, edited by Sir W. Scott, pp. 14, 72.

[44] The motto on Queen Anne's coronation medal.

[45] Cunningham, p. 71.

[46] Memoirs of Scotland. Cunningham, p. 157.

[47] Swift's Letters, vol. ii. p. 488; also p. 487, note by Sir W.
Scott.

[48] Wood's Peerage. Swift's Letters, p. 475. See note.

[49] Mackay's Characters, p. 94.

[50] Swift added, in his own hand, to this eulogium, this remark: "He
was little better than a conceited talker in company."

[51] The following letter shows that the Duke anticipated the result of
the duel.

London, Nov. 14, 1712.

My dear Son,

I have been doing all I could to recover your mother's right to her
estate, which I hope shall be yours. I command you to be dutiful
towards her, as I hope she will be just and kind to you; and I
recommend it particularly to you, if ever you enjoy the estate of
Hamilton, and what may, I hope, justly belong to you, (considering
how long I have lived with a small competence, which has made me run
in debt,) I hope God will put it into your head to do justice to my
honour, and pay my just debts. There will be enough to satisfy all,
and give your brothers and sisters such provisions as the state of
your condition and their quality in Scotland will admit of.

I pray God preserve you, and the family in your person. My humble
duty to my mother, and my blessing to your sisters. If it please God
I live, you shall find me share with you what I do possess, and ever
prove your affectionate and kind father, whilst

HAMILTON.

I again upon my blessing charge you, that you let the world see you
do your part in satisfying my just debts.

Addressed thus: "To my dear Son the Marquis of Chilsdale."

_Memoirs of the Life and Family of James Duke of Hamilton._

[52] The Lady Elizabeth Gerra