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Folio 87. Petition to the Duke of Newcastle from Kenneth McFarquhar, a farmer from...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/104/1/87

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This record is about the Folio 87. Petition to the Duke of Newcastle from Kenneth McFarquhar, a farmer from... dating from 1747 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/104/1/87
Date
1747
Description

Folio 87. Petition to the Duke of Newcastle from Kenneth McFarquhar, a farmer from Killearnan [Killiernan, Ross-shire], now prisoner at Tilbury [Essex] on suspicion of High Treason. Petitioner describes his arrest by the Earl of Sutherland's militia after the Battle of Culloden, detention aboard a transporter, and states that the Earl's steward is now 'sensible of the mistake' in arresting him.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folio 119-120
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15670407/

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