Papers relating to the rebellion of 1745, 1745

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Shelfmark: MS. Rawl. D. 924, fols. 532, 534, 536, 536b, 538, 540, 542, 544

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(fol. 532) i. Declaration of King James III, dated at Rome, 23 Dec. 1744. Printed in the Collection of Declarations, Edinb. 1749, etc.
(fol. 534) ii. Appointment by King James III of his son Charles as Regent, 23 Dec. 1744. Printed in the Collection of Declarations, Edinb. 1749, etc.
(fol. 534) iii. Proclamation by Prince Charles; Paris, 16 May, 1745. Printed in the Collection of Declarations, Edinb. 1749, etc.
(fol. 536) iv. Account of the Prince's movements from Aug. 27 to Sept. 17; "Edinburgh, Sept. 23. By authority".
(fol. 536b) v. Letter "to the author of the Caledonian Mercury", from a "Constant reader".
(fol. 538) vi. Letter from the Prince to his father, dated at Perth, 10 Sept. 1745.
(fol. 540) vii. Letter from the Prince to his father, Pinkey House, near Edinb., 21 Sept.
(fol. 542) viii. Declaration by the Prince; Holy Rood House, 9 Oct. Printed in the Collection of Declarations, Edinb. 1749, pp. 15–19.
(fol. 544) ix. Abstract, dated from Parish Dec 27/18 of a proclamation by Prince Charles, received from Scotland and "made publick in the Gazette of this town", consenting to trienniel parliaments, allowing six weeks for soldiers and three months for sailors to abandon "the service of the usurper", etc.

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MS. Rawl. D. 924, fols. 532, 534, 536, 536b, 538, 540, 542, 544

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