Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Part 1, Folio 154. From [?John Cowden]. To [?Charles Backhouse]. A letter [claimed...

Catalogue reference: SP 35/68/100

What’s it about?

This record is about the Part 1, Folio 154. From [?John Cowden]. To [?Charles Backhouse]. A letter [claimed... dating from [c 1745 - c 1746] in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

No, this record is not available online. However, you can order a copy. Other ways to view it.

Can I see it in person?

Yes, this record is held at The National Archives and is available to see in person. How to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
SP 35/68/100
Date
[c 1745 - c 1746]
Description

Part 1, Folio 154. From [?John Cowden]. To [?Charles Backhouse].

A letter [claimed by Charles Backhouse to be written by John Cowden but denounced by Cowden as a forgery intended to implicate him in Jacobite rebellion. It was apparently enclosed in Backhouse's letter, SP 36/80/2/79, which mentions houses near the Tower of London and at Putney, Surrey; and Cowden's brother-in-law Marshal and the 'Suttling House', public house, in the Savoy, London]. The letter [or forged document], partly written in cant code, purports to arrange a secret rendezvous, mentions Preston [Lancashire], and contains the words: 'Use this as thou would the Usurpers and all Heretics'. [Date, context and connection with letter obtained from Cowden's examination, at SP 36/77/2/132].

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17335900/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions
View this record page

Series information

SP 35

Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

209,296 records

Within the department: SP

Records assembled by the State Paper Office, including papers of the Secretaries...

9,038 records

Within the series: SP 35

Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I

209 records

Within the piece: SP 35/68

Letters and papers. (Described at item level)

You are currently looking at the item: SP 35/68/100

Part 1, Folio 154. From [?John Cowden]. To [?Charles Backhouse]. A letter [claimed...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.