Folio 136. George Shelvocke, at the General Post Office, to Andrew Stone, esq., enclosing:...

Folio 136. George Shelvocke, at the General Post Office, to Andrew Stone, esq., enclosing: 1) a letter found near Poole from J.W. to Squire Welde (a member of a notorious papist family) in Purbeck, dated 22 Sept. 2) a letter from John McMillan, postmaster of Lancaster, to the Postmaster General, dated ?31 Sept., with his latest account of the Pretender's activities in Scotland. 3) a letter from John Nocks, postmaster of Preston, to the Postmaster General, dated 2 Oct., relating to the examination of 2 Scotsmen, John Hamilton of Haddingtonshire and one Brown of Ayrshire, who had declared that they were present on the battlefield at Prestonpans. 4) a letter from Robert Foxcroft, at Carlisle, to John McMillan, postmaster at Lancaster, dated 28 Sept., with extracts of 3 letters from Annan and Dumfries relating to the latest activities of the Highlanders in the aftermath of the battle at Prestonpans. 5) a letter from Bruce Blair, provost of Annan, to the Postmaster General, dated 2 Oct., forwarding the above extracts and also letters [missing] on behalf of the magistrates and inhabitants of Edinburgh to the duke of Argyll, the marquis of Tweeddale and the earl of Stair.