Letter from John and Francis Simpson, Newcastle
- Reference No:
- U DDSY3/1/56
- Dates:
- 5 Jan 1746
- Description:
- Army under Hawley gone to Scotland, except the Dutch who will not fight the French and are expected to be sent home soon. Great rejoicings in Edinburgh on arrival of first division of troops under Huske. 'All the Windows of the Jacobites that were not illuminated were Broke by the Mob'. Rebels have published at Glasgow a journal of their expedition to England, claiming they returned from Derby because of despatches received by the Pretender; that they won the skirmish at Clifton, killing 100 dragoons there, and were pursued no further; and that they lost no more than 40 men in the whole march - 'all Gasconade'. List of warships in the Firth - - :
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere
