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Preface,xi

Letter from the Rev. Mr. Robert Lyon to his mother and sisters,3

The last and dying speech of Robert Lyon, A.M., presbyter at Perth,12

A Conversation between Mr. Lyon and Mr. Buchanan, of Arnprior, about the murder of Mr. Stewart of Glenbuckie,21

A short account of Mr. Lyon,21

Speech of Mr. Thomas Theodore Deacon,22

Speech of Mr. Thomas Syddal,26

Speech of Arthur, Lord Balmerino,32

The manner of his death,33

Speech of Donald MacDonell of Tiendrish, of the family of Keppoch,34

Short account of Major MacDonell while in Carlisle Castle, and at his trial,36

Letter from Major MacDonell to Mr. Robert Forbes, at my Lady Bruce's lodgings at Leith,37

Answer to the above,38

Letters to Mr. John Moir, merchant in Edinburgh, and Mr. Robert Forbes, in Leith,39

Letter to Mr. Robert Forbes,40

Letter to Mr. John Moir, merchant in Edinburgh,41

Anecdote of Mr. Burnett of Monboddo,42

Speech of David Morgan, Esquire,43

Speech of Mr. James Bradeshaw,48

The case of Mr. Francis Buchanan of Arnprior,51

Speech of Arthur, Lord Balmerino, from his Lordship's own handwrit,54

A list of evidences against Lord Balmerino,56

Verses on Arthur, Lord Balmerino,56

Letter to a gentleman in Holland, vindicating the character of Arthur, Lord Balmerino, in a certain important point,58

Speech of the Rev. Mr. Thomas Coppoch of Brazenose College, Oxford, commonly called Bishop of Carlisle,60

Speech of Andrew Wood, who join'd the Prince in England,64

A genuine and full account of the battle of Culloden, etc., taken from the mouths of the old laird of MacKinnon, Mr. Malcolm MacLeod, etc., and of Lady Clanronald and Miss Flora MacDonald, by John Walkingshaw of London, or Dr. John Burton,66

Conversation with MacDonald of Kingsburgh upon the above account,74

Liberation of Mr. MacDonald of Kingsburgh,82

Journal by Mr. John Cameron, Presbyterian preacher and chaplain at Fort-William,83

Captain O'Neil's Journal of the Prince's retreat and escape after April 16th, 1746,102

Remarks and particular sayings of some who were concerned in the Prince's preservation,108

Narrative by Mr. Cameron of Glenevis, given to several persons in Edinburgh, after his liberation out of the Castle of Edinburgh, about the beginning of July 1747,124

Some circumstances of MacDonald of Kingsburgh's history,126

Journal of Captain Malcolm MacLeod, second cousin to Malcolm MacLeod, Laird of Raaza, as to the Prince's escape, his own sufferings, and some other incidents of the Rebellion,130

Journal of Donald MacLeod of Gualtergill, of the Prince's escape, and his own after fortunes,154

Letter to Mr. Alexander MacDonald of Kingsburgh in Skye,186

Letter to Captain Malcolm MacLeod of Castle in Raaza,187

A short but genuine account of Prince Charlie's wanderings from Culloden to his meeting with Miss MacDonald, by Edward Burke,189

Supplementary details by Edward Burke, with account of his own fortunes,197

Journal of the Prince's embarkation and arrival, etc., chiefly taken from Duncan Cameron at several conversations,201

Story of Duncan Cameron's escape,210

Letter from the Prince to his father after the battle of Gladsmuir, 21st September 1745,211

Account of cruelties by Mrs. Cameron, Dr. Archibald Cameron's lady,216

Another account of cruelties by Mrs. Robertson, Lady Inches,216

Letter from Mr. Deacon to his father,220

Some paragraphs of a letter to Mr. Deacon's father, said to be written by the nonjurant clergyman that used to visit Mr. Deacon, etc.,221

Letter from Sir Archibald Primrose of Dunipace, to his sister,222

Letter to the same lady, which served as a cover to the above, from Mr. James Wright, Writer in Edinburgh,223

Song, to the tune of 'A cobbler there was,' etc.,223

Poem on a late defeat, 1746, said to have been composed by a Scots gentleman, an officer in the Dutch service,226

A Paraphrase upon Psalm CXXXVII., by Willie Hamilton,228

Ode on the 20th of December 1746,229

Ode on the 10th of June 1747,233

Soliloquy, September, 29th 1746,235

Lines upon the different accounts of the behaviour of the two executed lords, Kilmarnock and Balmerino, taken out of an English newspaper,237

These lines turned into the form of an inscription,238

Lines on Lord Balmerino,238

Lines on the death of Sir Alexander MacDonald,239

Lines spoken extempore on Lovat's execution, by a lover of all those who will and dare be honest in the worst of times,239

Lines on a young lady, who died on seeing her lover, Mr. Dawson, executed on 30th July 1746,241

The contrast set in its proper light; said to be done by a lady,241

A Catch, 1746,244

Lines by the Rev. Mr. Thomas Drummond, Edinburgh, on Mr. Secretary Murray's turning evidence,245

Satan transformed into an angel of light, or copy of a letter from Mr. Evidence Murray, to his nephew, Sir David Murray, of seventeen or eighteen years of age, in jail in the city of York, 1747,247

Copy of the Prince's summons to the city of Edinburgh to surrender,249

Narrative by Mr. Alexander Murray, printer in Edinburgh,250

Letter from Charles Gordon of Terperse to his own lady,252

Letter, which served as a cover to the above, from Mr. Patrick Gordon, minister at Rhynie,253

Letter, said to be written by Lord George Murray or one of his friends, as to the battle of Culloden,254

Conversation with Captain John Hay,267

Some omissions in Donald MacLeod's Journal,268

Letter to Mr. Robert Forbes, containing a true and genuine account of the case of poor William Baird,270

Reply to the above letter, wherein a character of honest Donald MacLeod,271

Letter from Malcolm MacLeod to Mr. Robert Forbes, and the reply,273

Lines by a lady, extempore, upon the ribband which the Prince wore about his head when obliged to disguise himself in a female dress under the name of Betty Burke,276

Narrative of a conversation between Captain John Hay and Mr. Robert Forbes,276

Journal of the Prince's embarkation and arrival, etc., taken from the mouth of Æneas MacDonald, a banker in Paris, and brother of Kinlochmoidart, when he was in a messenger's custody in London, by Dr. Burton of York,281

Note of the Prince's escape from Scotland to France,295

Journal taken from the mouth of Flora MacDonald by Dr. Burton of York, when in Edinburgh,296

Lines, Townly's Ghost, etc.,306

Copy of several remarkable narratives taken from the mouth of Dr. Archibald Cameron's lady, by Dr. John Burton, when in Edinburgh,307

Letter (of a very singular nature) to Arthur, Lord Balmerino, and its history,313

Orders given by Colonel John Campbell to Captain Campbell of Knockbowie of the Argyleshire Militia,316

Omission in the Journal of Mr. John Cameron,317

Petition of George, Lord Rutherford, for a peerage,319

Joint Journal by Captain Alexander MacDonald, Young Clanranald, and MacDonald of Glenaladale, of the Prince's adventures after Culloden,320

Colonel Ker of Gradyne's Account,355

Observations by Captain Alexander MacDonald on the Journals of Mr. Æneas MacDonald and Captain O'Neil,357

Captain O'Neille's Journal, from a copy attested by himself,365

Notes on this Attested Journal,375

Appendix.—A copy of a letter from a soldier in Cobham's dragoons, 11 May 1746,380