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Anent the petition given in and presented to his grace her majesties' high commissioner and the right honourable the estates of parliament by Lieutenant Collonell Alexander Campbell of Fanab, shewing that where the petitioner, haveing served at home and abroad in the duke of Argyll and the earl of Portmore's regiments, there was due to him dureing the time these regiments were on the Scots establishment the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds sterling of arrears and, seeing all the officers who went to Caledonia got payment of their arrears except the petitioner himself, who has yet got nothing, therefor, craveing his grace and the right honourable the estates of parliament to take the premisses and the petitioner's other services to their consideration, and to take such remede and order for his payment and satisfaction as his grace and the estates should think fit, as the said petition bears. Which petition and desire thereof, being this day read in presence of his grace her majesties' high commissioner and the said estates of parliament and they, being therewith well and ripely advised, they have ordained and hereby ordain two hundred pounds sterling to be payed to the said Lieutenant Collonell Alexander Campbell, petitioner, for his arrears and good service in Caledonia out of the first and readiest of the funds due by Sir William Meinzies. Extract.