Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Albemarle Papers, Vol. 1 of 3: Being the Correspondence of William Anne, Second Earl of Albemarle, Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, 1746-1747; With an Appendix of Letters From Andrew Fletcher, Lord Justice-Clerk to the Duke of Newcastle, 1746-1748 In the Introduction, which prefaces the second volume, I have drawn attention to the most material points upon which the papers in these volumes give new or additional information. 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.