"The Chiefs of Grant" (1883) by Sir William Fraser
Volume II, Section 8



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ABSTRACT OF ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE: LETTERS FROM ABBÉ PETER GRANT, GRANT OF BLAIRFINDY, AND THE VICOMTE DE VAUX, TO SIR JAMES GRANT OF GRANT.

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608 [xlvii] The Same to The Same. Recommending to Mr. Grant's good offices a celebrated Italian performer on the harpsichord and his wife. Rome, 6th February 1762, 535
609The Same to The Same. Congratulating Mr. Grant on his marriage; informing him also of the completion of Hamilton's picture of Achilles lamenting over Patroclus. Rome, 12th September 1763,536
610 Baron Grant of Blairfindy, a Colonel in the French Service, and nephew of Abbé Peter Grant, to Sir James Grant. Promising to serve Sir John Gordon of Park, who had received a commission in a French regiment. Versailles, 16th February 1774 539
611The Same to The Same. Sir John Gordon's reception by his regiment; his own purchase of an estate. Chateau d'Ottemarsheim, en Haute Alsace, 31st March 1774 542
612The Same to The Same. Recommending to Sir James Grant the Vicomte de Vaux as a member of the family of Grant. Paris, etc., 30th. January 1781,541
613The Same to The Same. Also as to the Vicomte de Vaux and his pedigree. Paris, 6th May 1781542
614Mr. James Cummyng of the Lyon Office to Sir James Grant. That a voucher cannot be given of the de Vaux pedigree without proofs. Edinburgh, 23d May 1781542
615Baron Grant of Blairfindy to [address wanting], apparently to Colquhoun Grant, W.S., Edinburgh. As to the Vicomte de Vaux; his presentation to the King of France as a cadet of the Grants, etc. Mont de jeu in Champagne, 25th July 1781543
616The Same to Sir James Grant. The Vicomte de Vaux; Sir John Gordon of Park; a Highland dress for the writer. Mont de jeu in Champagne, 20th September 1781,544
617The Same to The Same. The family of the Vicomte de Vaux; his portrait to be sent to Sir James. Paris, etc., 26th March 1782,546
618Mr. James Garden to Sir James Grant. A description of the Vicomte's portrait. London, 4th April 1782,547
619Baron Grant of Blairfindy to Sir James Grant. A Highland dress for the Vicomte de< Vaux, etc. Paris, 11th May 1782548
620Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux, to Sir James Grant. Giving an account of his ancestry. Paris, 26th May 1782550
621 Abbé Peter Grant to Sir James Grant. The writer's intention of returning to Scotland; death of Lady Hamilton, first wife of the British ambassador at Naples. Rome, 11th September 1782, 551
622 [xlviii]The Same to The Same. Further as to his journey. Rome, 7th November 1782 553
623 he Same to The Same. A friendly letter. Belmont Castle, 3d September 1783555
624Captain John B. Grant to Sir James Grant. Sketch of the Vicomte de Vaux. Chateau de Vaux, 5th March 1784556
625 Abbé Peter Grant to Sir James Grant. That he had been obliged to return to Italy; the deaths of his brother, Abbé Robert Grant of Douay, and his nephew, Baron Grant of Blairfindy. Rome, 3d August 1784 556
626Agathe de St. Germain, eldest daughter of the Vicomte de Vaux, to Lady Grant of Grant. Their life in London; a Highland ball; portraits, etc. London, 25th April 1793558
627Mary [Jones-Herbert], second wife of the Vicomte de Vaux, to Lady Grant of Grant. With expressions of friendship. London, 30th August 1794560



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