Remarks on the Speech of James Late Earl of Derwentwater, beheaded on Tower-Hill for High-Treason, February 24 1715/16 [Bound with six others, see below],

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Compendium of seven tracts spanning both Jacobite uprisings. The words and actions of Jacobite nobles in their final days form the bulk of this volume, particularly those of Arthur Elphinstone and William Boyd, who were confirmed as martyrs to the conflict when they were executed at the Tower for High Treason in the wake of the '45. The volume purportedly from the library of the Stuarts of Traquair (the Stuarts and their close relations, the Nithsdales, were staunch Jacobite supporters), but no marks of ownership to that effect within the book. Nevertheless, the volume has been bound smartly, and at some expense, by John Mackenzie, who was active from at least 1811 to the late 1840s and who - in a circular issued in 1840 - described himself as 'Bookbinder to their late Majesties King George IV & King William IV'. Further contents:2) The Remarkable Affecting Case and Dying Words of Archibald Oswald, an Ensign in the Young Pretender's Service; who received three musquet-shot in his Left Thigh, in the engagement of Preston-Pans, and expired six days after of his Wounds. Published at his dying request, by the Rev. Mr. John Drummond, of Bellzie-Hills, who attended the Unfortunate Gentleman in his Last Hours. London: Printed for J. Robinson [...] 1745, pp. 32; ESTC T72875.3) True Copies of the Papers wrote by Arthur Lord Balmerino [and 10 others] and delivered by them to the Sheriffs at the Places of their Execution. London. Printed in the Year 1746, pp. iv,47,[1], 43-46; 48. 4) An Account of the Behaviour of the Late Earl of Kilmarnock, after his Sentence, and on the day of his Execution. By James Foster. With Appendix, containing several Authentick Papers. Dublin: Printed for George Faulkner [...] Oliver Nelson [...] W. Bryen; and Richard James [...] Booksellers, 1746, pp. 43, [1]; ESTC T145062.5) A Letter sent to the Late Lord Balmerino during the Time he lay under Sentence of Death in the Tower. By the Reverend Mr. Humphreys, one of the Clergymen appointed to attend Him. London, Printed for, and Sold by E. Gardner [...] and at the Pamphlet Shops [...] 1746 pp. 8; ESTC N233.6) Authentic Copies of the Letters and other Papers delivered, at their Execution by the nine Rebels who suffer'd Death on Wednesday, July 30, 1746, on Kensington Common. London: Sold by the Publishers and Pamphlet-sellers in London and Westminster [n.d.] pp. 24; ESTC T117515.7) An Authentick Narrative of the whole Proceedings of the Court of St. Margaret's Hill, Southwark, in the Months of June, July and August, 1746 [...] The third Edition. London: Printed for the Proprietor, who took the whole down in Court in Short-hand; and may be had of B. Cole, Engraver [...] [n.d. n.p.] pp. 82; ESTC N43195.