A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . THE FORFEITED EARL 277. that a syllable is awanting in the word Intaminatis in one ofthe mottoes. Mr. Adams informed me that he obtained it, a fewyears previously, from the owner of a cottage in Tranent. 3. A curious clock, purchased in 1852 from James Johnston,an old fisherman at Port Seton, whose wifes father, WilliamWatt, bought it at the aforesaid sale. I heard of its existence 278 LORD WINTONS WATCH from an intelligent mason, named
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . THE FORFEITED EARL 277. that a syllable is awanting in the word Intaminatis in one ofthe mottoes. Mr. Adams informed me that he obtained it, a fewyears previously, from the owner of a cottage in Tranent. 3. A curious clock, purchased in 1852 from James Johnston,an old fisherman at Port Seton, whose wifes father, WilliamWatt, bought it at the aforesaid sale. I heard of its existence 278 LORD WINTONS WATCH from an intelligent mason, named Kelly, who then superintendedthe repair and drainage of Seton Church. The old case was toomuch decayed to be worth removing; and I subsequently hadthe clock enclosed in an appropriate case, made of oak carvingsobtained from another quarter. The clock still keeps excellenttime. Its authenticity was most satisfactorily established by thelate Rev. Dr. Struthers, minister of Prestonpans. 4. China tea-pot, cup, and saucer, which I received, about1854, from Mrs. Seton of Potterhill, Perth, who obtained themfrom an old lady, many years previously, along with a memor-andum which stat
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