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Reflections on a late speech by the Lord Haversham, in so far as it relates to the affairs of Scotland. Containing a brief account of the late change in the Scots ministry. Of the miscarrying of the Hanover Succession in the Parliament of Scotland. And of the acts of that Parliament for arming their people, and exporting wool, &c. In a letter to a friend. To which is prefixt the speech it self.
Attributed to James Johnston.
Sometimes also attributed to George Ridpath; formerly erroneously attributed to Daniel Defoe.
Sometimes also attributed to George Ridpath; formerly erroneously attributed to Daniel Defoe.
Britain’s remembrancer. Being some thoughts on the proper improvement of the present juncture. The character of this age and nation. A brief view, from history, of the effects of the vices which now prevail in Britain, upon the greatest empires and states of former times. Remarkable deliverances this nation has had in the most imminent dangers; with suitable reflections. Some hints, shewing what is in the power of the several ranks of people, and of every individual in Britain, to do toward securing the state from all its enemies.
Third edition.
Anonymous. By James Burgh.
Price below imprint in square brackets: Price six-pence.
Anonymous. By James Burgh.
Price below imprint in square brackets: Price six-pence.
Heathens professing Judaism, when the fear of the Jews fell upon them. The substance of two sermons preached in the Tolbooth Church Edinburgh, on occasion of the Thanksgiving, June 23d 1746, appointed by the late General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, for the victory obtain’d over the rebels at the Battle of Culloden, April 16th 1746. By Alexander Webster one of the ministers of the said church.
Half-title lacking on this copy.
No. 1 of 4 in a volume with binder's title "Sermons on Rebellion 1746."
Binding : Three quarter burgundy morocco on marbled boards. Speckled edges.
No. 1 of 4 in a volume with binder's title "Sermons on Rebellion 1746."
Binding : Three quarter burgundy morocco on marbled boards. Speckled edges.
Autograph letter from Charles D'Iberville to "Monseigneur" (a high ranking official), reporting contacts with Jacobites in England and their activities at court and in Scotland, and relaying varied diplomatic information, dated September 19, 1715.
Manuscript Jacobite Intelligence Letter dated Sept 19 1715.
Part of a group of three intelligence letters.
Part of a group of three intelligence letters.
Memorial tending to show that it is necessary to sign the Oath of Alledgeance
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.
Protest of the Chevalier St. George; with a poem concerning hereditary right, anexed.
![Protest of the Chevalier St. George, with a poem concerning hereditary right, anexed [sic]](https://scottishresearchcollections.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/square_thumbnails/2ca1120dba4e0967d9f5572f61f90bd6.jpg "Protest of the Chevalier St. George, with a poem concerning hereditary right, anexed [sic]")
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…
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…
Printed, 1742. A letter, &c. I Received in due Time, the Letter or Paper, written by your Friend in March last, with another short Paper, in the same Hand, that accompanied it; I have perused both with Attention and Satisfaction, and can easily remark in them, a Fund of Experience, good Sense and Affection for Our Country and My Family.
![A letter, &c. [I Received in due Time, the Letter or Paper, written by your Friend in March last, with another short Paper, in the same Hand, that accompanied it; I have perused both with Attention and Satisfaction, and can easily remark in them, a Fund of Experience, good Sense and Affection for Our Country and My Family.]](https://scottishresearchcollections.lib.uoguelph.ca/files/square_thumbnails/fc450a89e2f532bb29e89182b342ebc2.jpg "A letter, &c. [I Received in due Time, the Letter or Paper, written by your Friend in March last, with another short Paper, in the same Hand, that accompanied it; I have perused both with Attention and Satisfaction, and can easily remark in them, a Fund of Experience, good Sense and Affection for Our Country and My Family.]")
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".
Anonymous. By James Francis Edward, the Old Pretender.
Dated at head: "Printed, 1742".