[16] See Stuart Papers, in Dr. Brown"s History of the Highlands.
[17] Life of J. Murray, Esq., p. 11.
[18] This disposition, observes a modern Historian, was inherited both by Charles Edward and his brother from their mother, the Princess Clementina, who devoted herself, during the years of their infancy, to their welfare with unceasing care.--Histoire de Charles Edouard, par Amedee Pichot; tome premiere, p. 265.
[19] Life of Sir Robert Walpole, vol. ii. p. 490.
[20] Ibid. p. 492.
[21] Life of Sir Robert Walpole, vol. ii. p. 550.
[22] The Prince took off at the same time the interdict which had pa.s.sed against any of Lord Orford"s family appearing at his Court.
[23] Maxwell"s Narrative, p. 13.
[24] See State Trials by Howell, vol. xviii. p. 661.
[25] Maxwell, p. 14.
[26] Memoirs of the Chevalier Johnstone, p. 19.
[27] Chevalier Johnstone"s Memoirs. Translated from the French, p. 121.
[28] See Introduction to the Chevalier Johnstone"s Memoirs.
[29] The Highlands of Scotland Described, MS. British Museum, 1748.
[30] See Forbes"s Jacobite Memoirs, p. 30.
[31] One thousand is mentioned by the Chevalier Johnstone; two thousand, in other authorities. The Prince himself wrote to his father (Sept.
10th, from Perth), "I have got together 1300 men." Forbes, note, p. 32.
[32] Johnstone"s Memoirs, note, p. 11.
[33] Tales of a Grandfather, 3rd Series, vol. ii, p. 284.
[34] Forbes, p. 31.
[35] Lord Mahon.
[36] Maxwell, pp. 56, 57; also Tales of a Grandfather, 3rd Series, vol.
ii. p. 285.
[37] I adopt this expression of Sir Walter Scott in the Tales of a Grandfather (vol. ii. 3rd Series, p. 205), which seems to imply some doubt on the subject.
[38] History of the Rebellion. Taken from the Scots Magazine, p. 36.
[39] Life of Murray of Broughton, p. 31.
[40] Maxwell"s Narrative, p. 56.
[41] Forbes. Note, p. 32.
[42] Lord George Murray"s Narrative. Forbes, p. 39.
[43] British Chronologist, vol. ii. p. 397.
[44] Forbes, p. 41.
[45] Forbes, p. 42.
[46] Henderson"s History of the Rebellion, p. 88.
[47] Ibid.
[48] Henderson. Maxwell of Kirkconnel.
[49] Forbes, p. 43.
[50] Forbes, p. 46.
[51] Border Antiquities, by Sir Walter Scott. No. iv. vol. i.
[52] History of the Rebellion, from the Scots Magazine, p. 35.
[53] True Patriot, a weekly periodical, December 17, 1745.
[54] General Advertiser, 1745.
[55] Forbes, p. 47.
[56] Maxwell, p. 53.
[57] The True Patriot, December 10, 1745.
[58] Jacobite Correspondence, p. 3.
[59] Ibid. p. 41.
[60] Ibid. p. 30.
[61] Jacobite Correspondence, p. 48.
[62] Jacobite Correspondence, p. 67. Duke of Atholl to Lord George Murray.
[63] Jacobite Correspondence, p. 114.
[64] See Correspondence.