‘Short account of the battles of Preston pans, Falkirk, and Culloden; by a gentleman who was in these actions’, written by Andrew Lumisden, private secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart when in Scotland., 1745.
Item
Identifier: MS.279
Scope and Contents
Also included are a letter of Macvey Napier to his nephew James Gibson Craig, 1846 (folio iii), and of James Dennistoun to James Gibson Craig, 1853 (folio i), which contain details of the history of the manuscript.
Dates
- Creation: 1745.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
31 Leaves ; Inlaid on quarto pages.
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Arrangement
iii folios + 62 pages.
Bibliography
Printed in “Origins of the ’Forty-five” edited by Walter Biggar Blaikie, 'Publications of the Scottish History Society', 2nd series, volume ii (Edinburgh, 1916), page 405, which gives the history of the manuscript etc., page lxxxiv.
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Repository Details
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National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk