Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-03-03
Correspondence
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General WASH1N c7oN g Lord BUcHAv.

IN the year 1872, the following paragraphs
appeared in the papers of The United State. -
,Phlodrlpbia, Jan. 4--On fiiay morning
was prefsnted to the Pref lent iof' the United
Safe Then General Walhington] box, eie-
CAVITY rnounte3 with FLYER, aod made of the
celebrated Oak IRE that lheltered tn Waihing-
ton of Scotland, the brave saJ patriotic Sir
Wili1n Wa lace, after his defeat at the battle
Of Fslkirk, in tie beginning Of the fourteenth
century, by Edward the l. This magnificent
and truly chataaeriflcal preleai, is from the
Ear, of Buthan, BY the hand Of Mr.. ARCHIBALD
Robertfon, a Scots gentleman, and port 'ir
painter, who arrived N Amer fine month;
ago. The box WIS pref.ned to lord Buchan
by the Galdiniths company at Eiinburg
from whom his lordfhip reea.aed, and obtain
ed leave 10 mike it over to man wh>m h.
deemed more deletying of it than hmief, and
the only MAJ il the world II whom he lho's
il ualy due. We hear further that lord Bu-
chan, has, by letter, requeaed of the Pre6d mt
that, on Che event of his dseeaie, he will co.,
iign the box to that man. IN t5r GENTRY who
.hall appear. in his il ignhent, to merit it bea,
upon the fame conliderations that induced him
TO iend il to The pretert poGs1or.
"Thc interruption, upon a FLYER plate, on thu
in6ie of the i'd, is as follows Prefcnicd BY TIE
G,ldfxfbs Of Edinburgh. 10 DaOid Stawt Erlsias,
Earl of Bnr5an, qoib tbs Jesdom Of their corpora.
ton, ~ their deacon IA. D. 1874"
The following is the Letter which accompanied the
Box that was prefen,ed to Ceneral George Wsflnng-
ton, by Mr.. Robertfon, from Lord Buehan.
"D.y5aysb-Ab Jaas as, 1871.
SIR,
@IHAD the honor to receive your Excel
lency's letter relating TO the Advertisement of
DR.. Anderfon's periodical publication, in the
Gazette of the United States which attention
10 my recommendation | feel very fenGbly
and return you my grateful acknowledgements.
In the zIa Nc. of that Literary Nicola
nv, / inherited Monitory paper refpe6ng
America, which hatter myfelf may, if attend
ed to on the other iide Of the Atlantic, be pro.
.dulive of good confequences
Z" To ufe your own emphatic words, moyf tai
Alm;qbty Bsag qobO ruti over he Univsrft-evho
rssfs IN tbs Csauel Of Nations, and sob9S Prooida
tiaiaaesnGaepye Vs,y bamaa dssa /; confacrate to
the liberties and happinefs of the American
people a government inltituted by thenftlve,
for public and private fecurity, upon the BATS
of law and equal adminraton of juRice, pre-
ferving to every individual as much civil ar
political freedom as Is confident with the fafe,s
of the nation--And may HE be pleafsd Ia
continue your. lf. and ltrenglh as long as you
can be in any way uleful to your country
81 have entrulfed this iheet ineloie in u
Box made. OF the Oak that iheltered our Greet
Sir William Wallace after the battle Of Fa
kirk, to Mr.. Rober,ion, Of Aberdeen, Pam
ter, with the hope of his having the honor ii
delivering it into your hands recommends
him as an able Arlia, feeking for fortune ard
fame n the New World. This box was prs
fented to me by the Goldfmith's Company .,
Edinburgh. TO whom, feeling my own unwoi
thinefs to receive this magniicently fgniicin,
preient, I requelted and obtained leave ~
make il over to the man in the world TO VIII "a
thot it moa JULY due; into your hands
commit it, requeitiug OF you to pats it, on y
event of your deeeae, 10 the many in ye;'
swn country who ihall appear to your jed;-
ment to merit it belt, upon the fame coulId4 :.
atoms that have induced me TO iena i 70 y,u.
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