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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.446.07 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection pertaining to Jacobite resistance in France |
| Title | Edward Bourke to William Cadogan about the Jacobite plot |
| Date | 15 November 1716 |
| Author | Bourke, Edward (fl. 1700-1730) |
| Recipient | Cadogan, William, Earl |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written to John Williams, a pseudonym Cadogan used in his correspondence with Bourke. Bourke mentions previous correspondence to and from Cadogan, which discussed Bourke's discovery of a Jacobite plot. Bourke relates that his brother Ulick Bourke was instructed to deliver a letter from Lord Abingdon (Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon) to Monsieur Sheldon (possibly Dominick Sheldon). In the letter, Abingdon begs Sheldon "to send him with the rest of the pretenders friends some arms and officers into England and that they will engage to detrone the usurper as they call him and that he himself engages to be in a very little time to be intirely master of oxford shire and that the rest of the pretenders friends will rise in Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland, Cornwall, and Lancashire, the rest he will nott name untill his next letter to him wich will pass by my hands... " Bourke demands a pension in return for the information he provides, and promises to alert Cadogan of further intelligence related to the Jacobite plot. |
| Subjects | Spying Rebellion Global History and Civics France Pension |
| People | Bourke, Edward (fl. 1700-1730) Cadogan, William, Earl (cb. 1672-1726) James, Prince of Wales (1688-1766) Abingdon, Montagu Venables-Bertie, Earl of (d. 1743) Clanricarde, John Bourke, Earl of (1642-1722) Bourke, Ulick (fl. 1700) |
| Place written | Cambray, France |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | General Dominique Sheldon served as commander of Roi d’Angleterre, a regiment raised by Stuart in 1791; he fought in the Jacobite and French armies from 1689-1721. Edward and Ulick Bourke were sons of John Bourke, Earl of Clanricarde. Cadogan was known for his suppression of Jacobite uprising. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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