Account of a meeting with Captain Ranald MacDonald of Bellfinlay in Leith, February 1. 1749.
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Account of a meeting wt Capn Ranald MacDo-
nald of Bellfinlay in Leith, Febry 1. 1749.
Forbes
Account of a meeting with Captain Ranald
MacDonald of Bellfinlay in Leith February 1. 1749
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Conversations with Captain MacDonald of Belfinlay
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Vol. 6, 1171Paton
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| Date | 01 Feb 1749 |
| Time | |
| Occasion | |
| Person (main) | Captain MacDonald of Bellfinlay |
| Person (participant) | James MacDonald |
| Person (participant) | Robert Forbes |
| Place | the house of James MacDonald |
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Wednesday's Evening, FebryFebruary 1st,
1749, I had the good Luck to be in
Company with CapnCaptain MacDonald
of✝ Bellfinaly, in the House of JasJames
MacDonald Joiner in Leith. CapnCaptain
MacDonald owned, that he had
sent me, by the Hands of CapnCaptain
Donald Roy MacDonald, a short
Narrative in his own Hand-writ-
ing.
1749, I had the good Luck to be in
Company with CapnCaptain MacDonald
of✝ Bellfinaly, in the House of JasJames
MacDonald Joiner in Leith. CapnCaptain
MacDonald owned, that he had
sent me, by the Hands of CapnCaptain
Donald Roy MacDonald, a short
Narrative in his own Hand-writ-
ing.
See Vol: 4 pag: 707.
Belfinlay likewise declared, that
he lay naked on the Field of Bat-
tle about twenty or one &and twenty
Hours without any Manner of
Sustenance, &and that several of
the Sogers, in marching off from
the Field of Battle, gave him
Knocks upon the Head Shoul-
ders with the Club-ends of their
Muskets. He was only eighteen
Years of Age, when lying in the
utmost Misery upon Drummossie-
Muir. He promised to be with
me on Saturday, FebryFebruary 4th, in the
Citadel of Leith.
he lay naked on the Field of Bat-
tle about twenty or one &and twenty
Hours without any Manner of
Sustenance, &and that several of
the Sogers, in marching off from
the Field of Battle, gave him
Knocks upon the Head Shoul-
ders with the Club-ends of their
Muskets. He was only eighteen
Years of Age, when lying in the
utmost Misery upon Drummossie-
Muir. He promised to be with
me on Saturday, FebryFebruary 4th, in the
Citadel of Leith.
Robert Forbes, A: M:
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “Account of a meeting with Captain Ranald
MacDonald of Bellfinlay in Leith February 1. 1749.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 6,
Adv.MS.32.6.21, fol. 33r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/