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Jacobite and other documents
1642-c.1776
The following Jacobite and other documents of the 17th and 18th centuries were most generously deposited in the Brotherton Library by the Earl Bathurst in September 1984. They were previously on tempo...
A Letter to the Right Honourable the E--l of T--q---r
[1746?]
ESTC identifies the E--l of T--q---r as Charles Stuart, fifth Earl of Traquair. Page [1] at end blank. Errata: p. 49. Anon.
Letter, 12 July 1713, from James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick
Berwick, James Fitz-James (1670-1734)
1713
The letter is to an unnamed recipient, referring to a letter from the king of England (in fact James Francis Edward Stuart, the 'Old Pretender'), and commenting on the intrigues of Mme de Hatcher.
Commonplace book of eighteenth century prose and verse, chiefly with Jacobite sympathies.
c.1745-1780
Contains a miscellany of prose and 34 pieces of English poetry, many with evident Jacobite sympathies and dated in the mid and later years of the eighteenth century, including speeches of Jacobites pr...
Two speeches made by Lord Chancellor Cowper, then High Steward of England: The first, when he pronounced sentence upon the unhappy lords, who were involved in the rebellion in 1715, viz. James Earl of Derwentwater, William Lord Widdrington, William Earl of Nithisdale, Robert Earl of Carnwath, William Viscount Kenmure, and William Lord Nairn. The second, when he passed sentence on the Earl of Winton. To which is added, The speech of Philip Lord Hardwick... When he pronounced sentence on the three rebel lords 1746
Cowper, William Cowper Earl (1665-1723); Hardwicke, Philip Yorke Earl of (1690-1764)
1746
BM XLV:263.
Letters which passed between Count Gyllenborg, the Barons Gortz, Sparre and others : relating to the design of raising a rebellion in His Majesty's dominions, to be supported by a force from Sweden. Published by authority
Gyllenborg, Carl greve (1679-1746); Gortz, Georg Heinrich von baron von Schlitz (1688-1719); Sparre, Erik Axelsson (1665-1726)
1717
Original French text and English translation vis-à-vis.
A form of prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God; to be used throughout England, Wales, and the town of Berwick upon Tweed, on Thursday the seventh day of June next: for the blessing of God upon His Majesties counsels, and arms, in suppressing the late unnatural rebellion. By His Majesties special command
Church of England
1716
ESTC t070777.
A modest enquiry into the causes of the present disasters in England. And who they are that brought the French Fleet into the English Channel, described
1690
Caption title: A modest enquiry into the present miscarriages in England, &c. Anon.