Lot 89
Culloden - Bonnie Prince Charlie
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
£563
Description
Autograph letter signed by Thomas Drummond, a Scot living in Paris, to James Smythe, an attorney living in Edinburgh, dated March 1751, written legibly with red wax seal and black bishop mark, slight dust soiling around edges and folds
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire
Note:The letter refers to an intriguing incident at a masked ball which was said to be an appearance of the exiled Charles Edward Stuart.