Genuine and impartial memoirs of the life and character of Charles Ratcliffe : Esq; who was beheaded on Tower-Hill, Monday, December 8, 1746. With an Account of his Family, and how far he was concerned in the Rebellion in 1715; the Inducements that occasioned his coming over to England, in 1725; and also the last Time with the Officers of Dillon's Regiment in the French Service. To which is Added, a true Account of his Dying Behaviour and Last Words; Also the Speech of the Earl of Derwentwater his Brother on the Scaffold. To the Whole is prefixed, a full Answer to the Letter inserted in the Daily Advertiser on Saturday, December 6, 1746, relating to these Memoirs. By a gentleman of the family, to prevent the Publick being imposed on by any erroneous or partial Accounts to the Prejudice of this unfortunate Gentleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penrice, Gerard.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radcliffe, Charles, 1693-1746.

Radcliffe, Charles.

Jacobite Rebellion, 1715--Sources.

Jacobite Rebellion, 1715.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

32 pages ; 12⁰

Edition:

The second edition, with additions.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the proprietors; and sold by B. Cole, Engraver and Copper-Plate-Printer, the Corner of King's-Head-Court, Holborn, 1746.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Gentleman of the family = Gerard Penrice.

Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T63237.

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