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Collection of documents and letters relating to the pretention to the throne of James Francis Edward Stuart, the "Old Pretender" : Scotland, 1715-1718.

BIB_ID
126866
Accession number
MA 753.1-10
Display Date
1715-1718.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 v. (10 items), bound : ill. (port.) ; 46.8 cm
Notes
A printed item, "The confession of Mrs. Judith Wilks, the Queens midwife; with the full account of her running away by night; and going into France," formerly loosely inserted in this volume, is now held by Printed Books and Bindings (PML 196121).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson before 1913.
Summary
Collection includes two manuscript petitions (MA 753.1-2) and letters or documents of John Murray, Duke of Atholl (MA 753.3); John Erskine, Earl of Mar (MA 753.4); James Livingston, Earl of Linlithgow (MA 753.5); Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat (MA 753.6); William Wishart (MA 753.7); George Preston (MA 753.8); Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston (MA 753.9); and Francis Augustus Ligonier (MA 753.10). Items are described in ten individual records.