Address of the Freeholders of the County of Linlithgow

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Address of the Noblemen, Gentlemen, Freeholders, and others, of the County of Linlithgow, presented to His Majesty by Sir William Augustus Cunynghame, Baronet, their Representative in Parliament.

Most Gracious Sovereign:

We, your most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Noblemen, Gentlemen, Freeholders, and others, of the County of Linlithgow, most humbly beg leave to lament the unhappy disturbances occasioned by the Rebellion raised by some of your Majesty' s subjects in America; to declare our detestation and abhorrence of these and all other attempts against your Government; our entire confidence in such measures as to your Majesty' s wisdom, and that of your Parliament, shall appear most prudent to quell the insurgents, restore peace to your dominions, and to maintain the necessary constitutional dependance of all your Colonies on the Mother Country; and that we are ready cheerfully to contribute all in our power to these desirable ends.

Permit us to assure your Majesty of our inviolable attachment to your sacred person, family, and Government, and to offer our prayers for the long continuance of your auspicious reign, under which, by the blessing of Divine Providence, we enjoy every advantage derivable from our happy Constitution.

In presence and by appointment of the meeting.

Linlithgow, October 19, 1775. ROSEBERY.