Conversation with Goodwillie and Stewart (January 28. 1749) about the Prince's having a Horse shot under him in the the Battle of Culloden.

Saturday’s Afternoon, JanryJanuary 28th, 1749,
[✝]John Goodwillie &and XAlexrAlexander Stewart were
with me in the Citadel of Leith, the
former of whom had served in Secre-
tary Murray’s Office as one of the
Clerks, &and the latter had served
in the Prince’s HousholdHousehold as one of
his Footmen. I told them, that, in
[c]onversing with ☂James Gib, I had ask-
ed him about the Truth of the Princ-
e's having a Horse shot under him
[o]n the Field of Culloden, &and that Gib
had assured me, he himself was near
[t]he Prince all the Time of the
Action, viz, in the Prince’s Rear, &and
[t]hat it was not true, that yethe Prince
[h]ad a Horse shot under him. Mean
[t]imeMeantime I remarked, that I had not
[co]mmitted to Writing Gib’s Assertion,
[s]uspecting that he might be mis-
[t]aken, especially as Mr John Ca-
[m]eron &and CapnCaptain Oneille
had affirmed
[in] their Journals, that the Prince had
[a] Horse shot under him. I then asked
[] Goodwillie &and Stewart, how they were
stationed on the Field of Culloden,
if they could affirm any Thinganything about
[thi]s point? Mr Goodwillie answered, that, he 1162 (1162)
he himself had his Station on the
Prince’s Right-hand not above five
or six paces from the Prince’s Person,
&and Stewart answered, that he himself
was on the Prince’s Left-hand, not a-
bove five or six paces from the Prin-
ce’s Person, &and both of them agreed
in affirming, that the Prince had
not a Horse shot under him upon
the Field of Culloden, &and that he
was mounted that Day on a grey
Gelding, which he had received
in a Present from Dunbar of
Thunderton. Moreover, Stewart ad-
ded, that he himself accompanied
the Prince from off the Field of
Battle, &and parted with the Prince
at the Side of the Water of Nairn,
about two Miles from the Field,
&and that he left the Prince still rid-
ing on the foresaid grey Gelding.
Both of them likewise affirmed, that
the Bullets continued flying very
thick about their Ears upon the Spot
where the Prince was, &and that they saw
Thomas Ca’s Head blown off
with a CanonCannon-bullet very near the
Prince’s Person.