Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653 - September 1716) was a Scottish writer, politician and patriot. He was a Commissioner of the old Parliament of Scotland and opposed the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England. He was the son and heir of Sir Robert Fletcher (1625-1664), and was born at Saltoun in Haddingtonshire. Educated by Gilbert Burnet, the future Bishop of Salisbury, who was then minister at Saltoun, he completed his education in mainland Europe. Wikipedia
Reprint published by Scottish Academic Press in Edinburgh in 1979 as Fletcher of Saltoun, Selected Writings by David Daiches. www.constitution.org/fletchr/fletchr.htm
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