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Autographs
The Jacobite rising of 1745
1745-1753, a book containing a collection of contemporary copies of letters and poems, many with a Scottish and Jacobite theme. Among which noteable items include a copy of a letter from Thomas Theodorus Deacon, son of physician and Bishop, Dr Thomas Deacon, addressed to "My Dear Fellow Countrymen". Theodorus Deacon was found guilty and beheaded for appearing in arms against the King as Captain of a rebellious Manchester Regiment and wrote here that: "I dye a Member, not of the Church of Rome, nor yet that of England, but of a pure Episcopal Church, which has reformed all the Errors, Corruption and defects that have been introduced into the modern Churches of Christendom, a Church that is in perfect Communication with the ancient and universal Church of Christ."

Accompanied by copies of similar dying speeches and letters dated 1746 by Jacobites such as Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerino, James Dawson, and George Fletcher. All of whom were members of the rebellious Manchester Regiment held prisoners during the 1745 Siege of Carlisle where they had rallied to support Charles Edward Stuart. They were later beheaded and subsequently immortalised by their inscribed initials on a Jacobite mourning ring held at The British Museum.

There is also a translation of a correspondence between a Scottish Jacobite, Brigadier of the King's Army, Lord John Drummond, and the Commander of the Dutch Troops dated 6 December 1745, along with a translation of a letter from the Spanish Ambassador to His Royal Highness dated 1745. Also in this book are pieces of Jacobite satire such as "a recipe from a famous physician to make a true Scots Whig": ... "Take a pound of the bitterest envy, 3 pounds of hypocrisy, as much pride as you please, with 3 pounds 12 ounces of un-charitableness, half a pound strong rebellion, a good handful of truckling abjuration, beat together in a mortar of violences, boil them over the fire of vainglory, boil them for two hours amongst a quantity of animosity, in a kettle of all sorts of wickedness. Then give the patient a dose of it every hour of the day for the space of a week, and it will make as sound a Whig as ever beheaded a King, murdered a Bishop, or abjured a lawful Princes such as &c.".

A fascinating and delightful compendium of this colourful period of British history

The Jacobite rising of 1745 refers to the attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for the House of Stuart. It was the last of a series of rebellions that began in 1689 with further revolts in 1708, 1715 and 1719.


The Rising forms part of the War of the Austrian Succession and took place with the bulk of the British Army in Europe. Charles launched the Rebellion on 19 August 1745 at Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands, capturing Edinburgh and winning the Battle of Prestonpans in September. The Jacobite army invaded England, reaching Derby on 4 December but were forced to retreat due to lack of support from English sympathisers and in danger of being cut off by vastly superior government forces. Despite a second victory at Falkirk Muir in January 1746, they were defeated at the Battle of Culloden in April, Charles escaped to France in September and the Stuart cause ended.


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Autographs
The Jacobite rising of 1745
1745-1753, a book containing a collection of contemporary copies of letters and poems, many with a Scottish and Jacobite theme. Among which noteable items include a copy of a letter from Thomas Theodorus Deacon, son of physician and Bishop, Dr Thomas Deacon, addressed to "My Dear Fellow Countrymen". Theodorus Deacon was found guilty and beheaded for appearing in arms against the King as Captain of a rebellious Manchester Regiment and wrote here that: "I dye a Member, not of the Church of Rome, nor yet that of England, but of a pure Episcopal Church, which has reformed all the Errors, Corruption and defects that have been introduced into the modern Churches of Christendom, a Church that is in perfect Communication with the ancient and universal Church of Christ."

Accompanied by copies of similar dying speeches and letters dated 1746 by Jacobites such as Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerino, James Dawson, and George Fletcher. All of whom were members of the rebellious Manchester Regiment held prisoners during the 1745 Siege of Carlisle where they had rallied to support Charles Edward Stuart. They were later beheaded and subsequently immortalised by their inscribed initials on a Jacobite mourning ring held at The British Museum.

There is also a translation of a correspondence between a Scottish Jacobite, Brigadier of the King's Army, Lord John Drummond, and the Commander of the Dutch Troops dated 6 December 1745, along with a translation of a letter from the Spanish Ambassador to His Royal Highness dated 1745. Also in this book are pieces of Jacobite satire such as "a recipe from a famous physician to make a true Scots Whig": ... "Take a pound of the bitterest envy, 3 pounds of hypocrisy, as much pride as you please, with 3 pounds 12 ounces of un-charitableness, half a pound strong rebellion, a good handful of truckling abjuration, beat together in a mortar of violences, boil them over the fire of vainglory, boil them for two hours amongst a quantity of animosity, in a kettle of all sorts of wickedness. Then give the patient a dose of it every hour of the day for the space of a week, and it will make as sound a Whig as ever beheaded a King, murdered a Bishop, or abjured a lawful Princes such as &c.".

A fascinating and delightful compendium of this colourful period of British history

The Jacobite rising of 1745 refers to the attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for the House of Stuart. It was the last of a series of rebellions that began in 1689 with further revolts in 1708, 1715 and 1719.


The Rising forms part of the War of the Austrian Succession and took place with the bulk of the British Army in Europe. Charles launched the Rebellion on 19 August 1745 at Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands, capturing Edinburgh and winning the Battle of Prestonpans in September. The Jacobite army invaded England, reaching Derby on 4 December but were forced to retreat due to lack of support from English sympathisers and in danger of being cut off by vastly superior government forces. Despite a second victory at Falkirk Muir in January 1746, they were defeated at the Battle of Culloden in April, Charles escaped to France in September and the Stuart cause ended.


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