The history of the present rebellion in Scotland [electronic resource] : From the departure of the Pretender's son from Rome, down to the present time. In which is a full account of the conduct of this young invader, from his first arrival in Scotland; with the several progresses he made there and likewise a very particular relation of the Battle of Preston, with an exact list of the slain, wounded, and prisoners, on both sides. Taken from the relation of Mr. James Macpherson, who was an eye-witness of the whole, and who took the first opportunity of leaving the rebels, into whose service he was forced, and in which he had a captain's commission. [Two lines in Latin from Ovid].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Henchman, Daniel, 1689-1761, bookseller.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746.

Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788.

Charles Edward.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (31,[1]p. )

Other Title:

History of the present rebellion in Scotland

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : London: printed, &c. Boston: re-printed for D. Henchman, in Cornhil, 1746.

Notes:

Sometimes attributed to Henry Fielding. James Macpherson is probably an invented source.

Two states noted. In the first (Evans 5623; dated [1745] by Evans), the imprint date is mistakenly given as 1744. In the second (Bristol B1319), it is corrected to 1746.

With a half-title.

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Cited in:

Evans, 5623

Bristol, B1319

Shipton & Mooney, 40400

English Short Title Catalog, W12745.

OCLC:

510982569