Lot 151
Contemporary account of the defence of Edinburgh, 1745, Manuscript letter
Jacobite, Stuart, and Scottish Applied Arts
Auction: 13 May 2015 at 12:00 BST
Description
from Alexander Tait, stating "the alarm of the Highlanders still continues.. we are beginning to put ourselves in a posture of defence", noting an unaccountable slowness to do this, "resolved to put the walls in repair and plant canon at the Gates", noting that "The Highlanders are said to be about 5000 strong but very poorly armed, and many of them very despicable, they have however behaved very civilly to the inhabitants of Perth", noting that Lord Ogilvie and the Duke of Perth have joined them, and reporting the murder of Stewart of Glenbuckie, 1 page, Edinburgh, 7 Sept, 1745; and a typed list of Relics purchased by the clan Macpherson on 3rd May 1943, 4pp. (2)