Excerpt from The Lockhart Papers, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing Memoirs and Commentaries Upon the Affairs of Scotland From 1702 to 1715, by George Lockhart, Esq. Of Carnwath, His Secret Correspondence With the Son of King James the Second From 1718 to 1728, and His Other Political Writings Letter, 24th May 1725, from Mr. Lockhart to the King, upon the designs of Government against the Highlanders - the death of Captain Stra ton - and the wish that Captain Simo'n Frazer mi'ght replace him 1' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.