_Lieutenant-General Guest to Walter Grossett_
By JOSHUA GUEST Esq^r. Lieut. General of His Majesty’s
Forces etc. etc.
I desire you will go to Borrostouness and take whatever Cannon
you may find in that Town or aboard the Ships in the Harbour, and
send them here for the Defence of this City, and your Receipt for
what number you Receive shall be Allowed by me, for doing whereof
this shall be to you and all Concerned a sufficient warrant.
Given at Edinburgh the 1^{st} January 1745.