Excerpt from Report on the Manuscripts of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K. G., K. T., Preserved at Montagu House, Whitehall, Vol. 1 The letters and papers in the four collections now dealt with are of various dates between the fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries. The details given in the Report at the commence ment of each series will sufficiently indicate their nature and extent. Here it is intended to draw more particular attention to the illustrations which they afford of events and matters of general interest. 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.