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Gentleman's Magazine 1785 p.845
acres to the national stock; and at the same time been a singular blessing to his tenants, and to all around him, as well as to many gentlemen in that county, who trod in his steps; and one gentleman * in particular, I am informed, for I have not seen it, has not only followed his mode of draining his lands, but has so much improved upon it as to reduce the expence per acre to one-third, without oppressing the poor labourer.
And here let me add, that Dr. Graham, amidst much attention to the improvement of his estate, was not neglectful of the comforts and elegancies of life; he having built himself a very handsome house, with every convenience in and about it, fit for a gentleman of fortune, with doors of hospitality to it. Go, ye nobles and gentlemen of landed estates! - go and do likewise! Here I mean not to address the Dukes of Argyle, Athol, and Northumberland, nor the Earl of Bredalbane, and some other of the Northern gentry, they having made great improvements, and at the same time been a blessing to their country.
How greatly to their credit, advantage and satisfaction, would the rest of the nobility and gentry in this island tread in the steps of the worthy Dr. Graham, instead of employing their time and fortunes in corrupting the electors of a county, town, or paltry borough, to make dependant members of parliament, to the destruction of that constitution they are bound by every tie of confidence, duty, and interest to preserve and defend.
E. B.
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