His Majesty’s most gracious declaration. James R. James the eight, by the grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland, desender of the faith &c. To all our loving subjects of what degree or quality soever: greeting, having always born the most constant affection to our ancient kingdom of Scotland, from whence we derive our royal origin, and where our progenitors have swayed the sceptre with glory through a longer succession of Kings, ...

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His Majesty’s most gracious declaration. James R. James the eight, by the grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland, desender of the faith &c. To all our loving subjects of what degree or quality soever: greeting, having always born the most constant affection to our ancient kingdom of Scotland, from whence we derive our royal origin, and where our progenitors have swayed the sceptre with glory through a longer succession of Kings, ...

Title

His Majesty’s most gracious declaration. James R. James the eight, by the grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland, desender of the faith &c. To all our loving subjects of what degree or quality soever: greeting, having always born the most constant affection to our ancient kingdom of Scotland, from whence we derive our royal origin, and where our progenitors have swayed the sceptre with glory through a longer succession of Kings, ...

Creator

James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766.

Publisher

[Edinburgh? : Publisher not given] per ESTC

Date

[1743?]

Extent

4 pages ; 4vo.

Description

Dated at end: "Given at our court at Rome, the 23d day of December 1743".
A promise to govern constitutionally and to introduce reforms.

Is Referenced By

ESTC T36251

Source

Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Identifier

Format

PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner.

Language

English

Subject

James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766
Scotland -- History -- 1689-1745 -- Sources

Rights

In the public domain; For high quality reproductions, contact Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph. libaspc@uoguelph.ca, 519-824-4120, Ext. 53413

Type

Declaration

Collection

Citation

James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766., “His Majesty’s most gracious declaration. James R. James the eight, by the grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland, desender of the faith &c. To all our loving subjects of what degree or quality soever: greeting, having always born the most constant affection to our ancient kingdom of Scotland, from whence we derive our royal origin, and where our progenitors have swayed the sceptre with glory through a longer succession of Kings, ...,” Scottish Research Collections, accessed September 19, 2024, https://scottishresearchcollections.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/136.
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