Collection of letters concerning the Jacobite Rebellion of 1722 in Scotland and the North of England. 1722.

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Collection of letters concerning the Jacobite Rebellion of 1722 in Scotland and the North of England. 1722.

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Contains 4 autograph letters from the Hon. Edward Carteret, Postmaster General, to Charles Viscount Townshend, concerning letters passing through the post suspected of being of a treasonable nature, and written by Jacobites; also, 45 contemporary official transcripts of these suspected letters.

1 v. (100 ff.) small folio manuscript.

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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SNAC Resource ID: 7683269

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Townshend, Charles Townshend, Viscount, 1674-1738

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Charles Viscount Townshend (1674-1738) was Secretary for the Northern department, the seat of the Jacobite trouble. James 1st Earl Stanhope (1673-1721) was a statesman who also took a leading part in securing the Hanoverian succession. John Erskine, 6th or 11th Earl of Mar (1675-1732) was a Jacobite leader. John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680-1743) was his military opponent loyal to the English crown. For fuller details of the lives and achievements of all these men see the Dictionary of Nat...

Carteret, Edward.

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