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tricio, Sancti Andreae Archiepiscopo; Roberto, Commendatorio Monasterii nostri de Dunfermling, nostro Secretario; dilectis nostris familiarist et consilariis, Alexandro Hay, nostrorum Rotulorum Registri ac Concilii Cleric; Ludovico Ballenden de Auchnoule, milite, nostrae Justiciariae Clerico; Roberto Scott, nostrae Cancellariae Directore; et Magistro Thoma Buquhanan de Ybert, nostri Secreti Sigilli Custode: Apud castrum nostrum de Striviling, decimo quarto die mensis Aprilis, anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo octogesimo secundo, regni nostri anno decimo quinto.
No. II.
Copy of a Letter respecting General Reid's Funds, directed to the Principal of the College and University of Edinburgh.
SIR,
For the information of the College and University of Edinburgh, we beg leave to inform you. that, by the directions of the late General John Reid's executors, we shall this evening forward, by the Edinburgh Mail Coach, a parcel addressed to the Principal of the College and University of Edinburgh, containing a copy of the General's Will: From this you will observe, that, in the event of Mrs. Robertson (General Reid's only child) dying without issue, the College and University of Edinburgh will have the benefit of the bulk of his personal property in Great Britain, which, as far as it can at present be ascertained, consists of the following particulars, viz.
| L. 54,000:0:0 | Bank 3 per cent. consolidated annuities. |
| 3,900:0:0 | East India Stock. |
| 326:9:0 | Bank long annuity. |
| 155:0:0 | Bank short annuity. |
| 1,216:16:1 | Balance of the General's accounts with Messrs. Coutts, his bankers. |
| 3,000:0:0 | About L.3,000 is expected to be due for arrears of pay. |
| Off reckonings, &c. |
