A List of Persons Concerned in the Rebellion

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Excerpt from A List of Persons Concerned in the Rebellion: Transmitted to the Commissioners of Excise by the Several Supervisors in Scotland in Obedience to a General Letter of the 7th May, 1746, and a Supplementary List With Evidences to Prove the SameWhile in Edinburgh there was apathy, in the Covenanting West there was open hostility. Glasgow raised a regiment against him. Another county once more vindicated its claim to a supremacy of whiggery, for whereas Ayr alone of Scottish burghs petitioned in favour of the Union, Ayrshire is said to have been the only Scottish county that sent not a man to join the Pretender. Throughout the Lowlands, indeed, there was no encouraging sign. And when Charles marched into England, not to bring but to find encouragement, he found none except at Manchester, so soon to be known by so different a political doctrine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.