Correspondence concerning the Jacobite Risings., 1714-1745.
File
Identifier: MS.1704, folios 9-44
Scope and Contents
Contains letters of John Erskine, Earl of Mar (succeeded 1689), to Thomas Kennedy, Lord Advocate, enclosing a petition from Alexander McDonald of Glengarry, 1714; letters of Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar, to Colonel Cornelius Kennedy, 1715; letter of Colonel Montgomerie to the same, 1715; letters of Francis Kennedy of Dalquharran to Thomas Kennedy, Lord Advocate, his brother, describing Edinburgh during its occupation by Prince Charles Edward Stuart's troops, 1745.
Dates
- Creation: 1714-1745.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
36 Leaves
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1935 and 1936, by William Kennedy, Ayr.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk