To the Editor of the "Nonru-Caiwa Datty News Sit—In reply to ""Geordy's" letter' of December 18, I think that I may safely say that Dumbarton was of old the capital of the Earldom of Lennox, and that it was never the ancient capital of Scot. land, "It was given up by Earl Maldwyn to Alexander LI, by whom it was made a royal burgh in 1221, declared free from all imposts and burgh taxes. Later sovereigns gave it other privileges and the whole were finally confirmed by charter of James VI."
Tam, ete,
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