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1712.0830.Ta

Sir

Hade I not been at Dunquerck, to
pay my respects to M.^r Hill and
others of my friends, from whence
I came back yesternight, I Should
have hade the honour err now to
have offered you my humble Service
in this Countrey. I Suppoſe my
Brother D^r Arbuthnot Phisitian
to the Queen has the honour to be
known to you tho I have ˂˄it˃¹ not, I am
persuaded you will doe him a Sens:^le
kindneſs to lay your Commands on
me and put me in Condition to be
any wayes usefull for your Service
here

I was told that some Irish Merchants
were preparing Some Memoires of
trade 'twixt Brittain and Irland ⎡and²
and this Kingdome to be presented to you
this made me presume to Send you
here Inclosed this Scrawle³ made in haist
tho I doubt not but you are perfectly
weel informed of every thing relating to
trade with France, and if there is any
thing wherin I can be usefull to you
in relation to this or ought els I humbly
begg you will honour me with your
Commands and I Shall with a great
deal of pleasure wait on you in Paris
or receive your orders here

I am the only Scots Merchant and the
Subject of great Brittain that has been
the longest Inhabitant in this place
and I may say without flattering my
Self that I may have Some experience
in Engliſh, Scots and Irish trade hither,
I have a Sincere Inclination of being
Serviceable to my Countrey, and no mortal
Can have a more perfect respect for you
then I have, 'tis what engages me to
trouble you with this irregular
Memoire till a more favorable occasion
offers wherby I may Shew my Self

Sir
Your most humble and
most obedient Servant

Rob: Arbuthnot

My adreſse is
Marchand a Rouen
Normandie

Rouen 30 Ag^t~
1712

2.

Endorsed (by Prior):
m^~ Arthburthnett
of Roven

Notes
1.
Arbuthnot's scribe used a caret to indicate the insertion. This letter is the original manuscript sent to Prior and is signed by Arbuthnot, but only the signature is in his hand. See the notes to 1712.0906.Ta for a discussion of the peculiarities of Arbuthnot's hand which are apparent in that letter.
2.
A half-square has been drawn around "and", presumably to identify it as a catchword.
3.
"Memoire of the trade 'twixt Brittain and France" is a four-page document which follows immediately in the manuscript volume and is attached to the letter itself with a metal clip.

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