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Jacobite and other documents
1642-c.1776
The following Jacobite and other documents of the 17th and 18th centuries were most generously deposited in the Brotherton Library by the Earl Bathurst in September 1984. They were previously on tempo...
Letter, 12 July 1713, from James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick
Berwick, James Fitz-James (1670-1734)
1713
The letter is to an unnamed recipient, referring to a letter from the king of England (in fact James Francis Edward Stuart, the 'Old Pretender'), and commenting on the intrigues of Mme de Hatcher.
Commonplace book of eighteenth century prose and verse, chiefly with Jacobite sympathies.
c.1745-1780
Contains a miscellany of prose and 34 pieces of English poetry, many with evident Jacobite sympathies and dated in the mid and later years of the eighteenth century, including speeches of Jacobites pr...
A modest enquiry into the causes of the present disasters in England. And who they are that brought the French Fleet into the English Channel, described
1690
Caption title: A modest enquiry into the present miscarriages in England, &c. Anon.
A Second Modest enquiry into the causes of the present disasters in England. And who they are that brought the French fleet into the English Channel, described. Being a farther discovery of the Jacobite plot. Together with a list of those noble-men, gentlemen and others now in custody
1690
Advertisements (with prices): p. 31. Anon.
Collection of English poems, predominantly Jacobite, in several hands
c.1720-1730
Collection of poems, songs and ballads, composed ca.1706-1723, expressing loyalty to the Stuarts and assailing the House of Hanover
The Jacobitism, perjury, and Popery of High-Church Priests
Toland, John (1670-1722); Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731); Tindal, Matthew (1653?-1733)
1710
Paragraph notes. N.U.C. gives author as J. Toland; has also been attributed to Matthew Tindal and to Daniel Defoe. "Price one penny."
Jacobite manuscript
c.1714-1715
Satirical Jacobite verse attack on George I, titled "Nero the 2nd", ca.1715, in a bifolium also containing two Jacobite prose manifestos of "James III", the first dated 29 August 1714, the second date...
Commonplace book of Jacobite and other verse
c.1736-1747
Poetical commonplace book, including much anti-Hanoverian and Roman Catholic writing. Six additional loose fragments: following f.11v: notes and calculations, "London Parishes", etc.; facing f.19v: "M...
Some account of the Roman history of Fabius Pictor; from a manuscript lately discover'd in Herculaneum; the underground city near Naples: in a letter from an English gentleman residing at Naples; to his friend at London
Fabius Pictor, Quintus
1749
The ostensible author of the MS., the historian Q. Fabius Pictor, is cited on p.6 as Caius Fabius Pictor. An anti-Jacobite prose satire. The alleged MS. refers to the conspiracy to restore the exile...