Newbattle parish

A letter to Major Ramsay in Whitehill House casts light on the schedule process. It’s from James Brown in Newbattle; he was clearly another of Ramsay’s agents:

Sir,

I have gone among all the tenants, & prevailed upon them to make out the list in their different quarters.

Some of them, however, whose districts are the largest, have requested that I would give them till Monday to overtake it, & as the warning now rather short, I found it necessary to indulge them.

I propose therefore to bring them up to you on Tuesday morning; & hope that by explaining everything at that time, we shall be able to make out an accurate abstract, in the course of a couple of hours at most.

I am Sir,

Your most obdt servant,

Ja Brown

Brown arranged to meet Major Ramsay on Tuesday at 10am, in Edinburgh. The letter conveys the urgency of the task of completing the schedules. We don’t have any Newbattle lists among our records, unless the Scottish Archives do.

See you Tuesday!