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Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.

Chapter 19: Transcriber's Note.
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The work collects biographical sketches of men and families involved in the Jacobite uprisings, combining contemporary letters, private papers, and familial recollections to reconstruct motives, actions, and consequences. It balances admiration with critical scrutiny, presenting both devoted loyalty and opportunism among supporters, while documenting military movements, trials, exiles, burned houses, and the loss of archives that complicates reconstruction. Genealogical notices and correspondence supply local and personal color, and the author cites sources and acknowledgments for unpublished material that illuminate leaders, clans, and the social networks behind the rebellions.

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Transcriber's Note.

The following errors in the original have been corrected.

Page 24 - missing quote mark added: in Scots' affairs."[B]

Page 36 - missing quote mark added: Scottish nobility."

Page 47 - from Paris to Boisleduc changed to from Paris to Barleduc

Page 54 - missing quote mark added: faithfully serving King George."

Page 66 - few duties changed to feu duties

Page 88 - disastrous contest changed to diastrous contest

Page 94 - missing footnote marker added: Earl conceived.[101]

Page 101 - extra comma removed from after harbour, which succeeded

Page 111 - extra quote mark removed from before MAR.

Page 126 - Footnote marker with no associated footnote after pardoned in 1726.

Page 158 - at Fetterosso changed to at Fetteresso

Page 163 - missing quotation mark added after Ave Marias:

Page 183 - Porbably (in footnote) changed to Probably

Page 258 - missing quotation mark added before we saw a drum

Page 266 - against him." missing closing quote after him added

Page 300 - missing quotation mark added after black as a craw, man.

Page 309 - extra quotation mark removed from after their uncles.

Page 310 - missing quotation mark added after his possession,

Page 369 - missing quotation mark added after the smallest assistance!"

Page 383 - In this rereat changed to In this retreat

Page 387 - from the imputation. extra quotation mark removed from after imputation