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Folio 79. Letter from Dun [Duncan] Forbes, Lord President [of the Court of Sessions],...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/89/1/79

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This record is about the Folio 79. Letter from Dun [Duncan] Forbes, Lord President [of the Court of Sessions],... dating from 1746 Nov 10 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/89/1/79
Date
1746 Nov 10
Description

Folio 79. Letter from Dun [Duncan] Forbes, Lord President [of the Court of Sessions], to Hamilton Gordon, in support of Andrew Sprules [Spreull], currently indicted for high treason [as a Jacobite]. Forbes confirms that Sprules surrendered himself to his steward, Thomas Stewart, prior to the Battle of Culloden, and then to the custody of government troops. Dated at Leicester Fields, London [Middlesex].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folio 94
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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