Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 - Early works to 1800
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The fatal effects of the present rebellion exemplify'd in a true but melancholy account of the life and death of Mr. Sydenham , (son of the late Mr. Sydenham, Merchant in Bristol) whose untimely End was occasioned by the Arbitrary and cruel Treatment which he received from the Rebels, in their March from Manchester to Derby: Together with Some other authentic Instances of what the Country has suffered by the tyrannical Behaviour of the Pretender's Followers. In Two letters, From a Gentleman at Manchester, to his Friend in London.
L-r-nce, J-n.Date: [1745]- E-books
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Britannia's alarm a poem, occasioned by the present rebellion. To which is added, A fable of the vine and bramble. By Thomas Gibbons.
Gibbons, Thomas, 1720-1785.Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- E-books
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A report of some proceedings on the commission for the trial of the rebels in the year 1746 . in the county of Surry; and of other crown cases: to which are added discourses upon a few branches of the crown law. By Sir Michael Foster, Knt. Sometime One of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, and Recorder of the City of Bristol. The second edition, corrected. With additional notes and References by his Nephew, Michael Dodson, Esq; of the Middle Temple.
Foster, Michael, Sir, 1689-1763.Date: 1791- E-books
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A letter to the people of Great Britain and Ireland, of every denomination on matters of the utmost importance to them all, in this critical and dangerous crisis. Impartially Address'd to all Parties and Classes.
Noble, Daniel, 1729-1783.Date: [1745]- E-books
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The peace-Offering: an essay , Shewing the Cession of Hanover To be the only Probable Means for extinguishing the present Rebellion, without farther Blood-Shed, and for securing these Nations, for ever, from Rebellions and Invasions in favour of the Pretender or his Descendants. And likeways for Lessening our Taxes and Expence, paying off our Debts, improving Trade, getting rid of a Standing Army, securing our Religion and Liberties, rooting up publick Corruption, and for confining all future Ministers to the Pursuit of an English Interest only. A late Speech spoken before the most Venerable Society in the Nation, by Methuselah Whitelock, Esq;.
Whitelock, MethuselahDate: MDCCXLVI. [1746]