Letter explains the Old Pretender's views with reference to his proposed Restoration
Anonymous. By James Francis Edward, the Old Pretender.
Dated at head: "Printed, 1742".
Chevalier St. George = James Francis Edward, Prince of Wales.
Incomplete - The poem, ’An essay upon lineage and succession; or, hereditary right try’d at the scripture-bar’, was subsequently in another edition published separately in 1746. This is…
The author bases his opinion, that the oath of allegiance was of small value unless actually signed, on a series of Scottish Acts of Parliament from soon after the Restoration in 1660. He cites each Act and the relevant clause.
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