Letter: 1848 Aug. 13, 50 High Street, Edinburgh, to David Laing / Gilbert Adcock. 1848.

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Letter: 1848 Aug. 13, 50 High Street, Edinburgh, to David Laing / Gilbert Adcock. 1848.

Sends Laing a warrant signed by Queen Anne, an old deed dated 1387, and a batch of papers with a list of their signatures.

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Adcock, Gilbert, fl. 1841-1869.

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Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1702-1714, was the last Stuart monarch. Raised as a Protestant, she was convinced to support the efforts of William of Orange and her sister Mary to depose her Catholic father, King James II. William and Mary became monarchs, and Anne succeeded to the throne upon William's death. Anne herself had no clear successor, and this uncertainty fuelled discord in her reign, marked by bitter rivalries between Whigs and Tories. She was succeeded by the Hanoverian line, descend...