Ane account of the MisfortinsMisfortunes that
hapnedhappened to me after the murder of
Culloden the 16th of AprileApril 1746—

After His Royal Highnes Came over
the water of Nairn after the BattelBattle
Escorted by a partieparty of the Fitze JamessJames’s
Horse His HighnesHighness went to the Right of
the High wayHighway that Leads to Ruthven of
Badenoch. I, having the CantainsCanteens Be-
hindeBehind me, I went a little ofoff the High-
way after His Highness, and asked His
Highness If he would be pleased to
take a Refreshment of any thinganything as
he hadehad not EateEat nor drunk any thinganything that 1177 (1177)
that day, His HighnessHighness’ Reply to me
was Stewart no meat no drink, but
desired me to go on the Highway to
Ruthven of Badenoch and the Fitze
JamessJames’s HorssHorse would EscorteEscort us wichwhich
I went but with a Soriefull1 Heart
to partepart with my Royal Prince and
Master, and arivedarrived at Ruthven about
on2 oo' ClokClock the next morning and
stayed theirthere[] till about two ao' ClokClock
in the Afternoon that His Grace the
Duke of Perth and Lord John Drum-
mond came upe to us So they Con-
sulted that EverieEvery man Should doedo
for himself and God for us all which
Accordingly we all disperseeddispersed and
Everie onEveryone tooketook his own way and
I went Southward till I Came to
Mr: ✝Rattrays of Craighall on Satur-
day the ninteenthnineteenth about Six oo' Clock
at night where I Stayed for five
or six days till on3 Reid a Justice
of the peace Came theirthere to dine and
begedbegged of Mr Rattray that he would not give 1178 (1178)
give quarters or Entertainment to any
of those men Called RebellsRebels for which
Mr: Rattray Came and told me after
dinner that he was not safe to keep
me any longer about his House So
I went directly away to mr. Rat-
traysRattray's of Rannegoolen which is a-
bout a mile ofoff from Craighall
where I found Sir James Kinloch
with his two Brothers at Mr Rat-
traysRattray's and theirethere I Stayed for on5 night
till a Countre woman Came the
next day and invited me to Come
and Stay at hereher house where
She Said I Should be verievery Safe.
which Accordingly I went that night
and Stayed theirthere for two nights but
unhapelyunhappily her husband HapnedHappened to
fever to my great misfortune for
the CountrieCountry people CommingComing
in to See the Seek6 man I Could
no Longer be ConceledConcealed So that I
was forSedforced to Remove from that
on the Evening of the TwentieTwenty
ninth and Came back to mr: Rat-
traysRattray's of Rannegoolen in perth Shire
and about two oo' ClokeClock in the morning Sir 1179 (1179)
Sir James Kinloch and his two
Brothers7 and mr: Rattray &and his Bro-
ther in Law8 and three Servants
of us was all taken by a pairtie
of the QueeneQueen of HungariesHungary’s Hus-
saresHussars commanded by a CornellColonela
PollanderPolander he wasbut I never
could Know his name of which
they RobedRobbed the two LadysLadies and
Gentlemen of all their money
and watches and from that we
was taken away to Couper of
Angus where we dinneddined in on9
ClerksClerk's a vintner theirthere, where I
Served the Table the time of
dinner and the CornellColonel when he
asked a drink or bread in french
I went and gave it to him direct-
ly for So doing he tooketook me to
be a frenchman BeCause I Served
him so ReadlyReadily for which he asketasked
Sir: James what I was or If I
was a frenchman And Sir James
told without aSking me that I
was a Servant to Mrs: Murray the
SecretaresSecretare’s Lady and he told Sir
James to tell me in English to
Call for any Sort of Liquor and doedo 1180 (1180)
doedo not want as long as we werwere
in his CustodeCustody for which I made
his Bill amount to on10 pound five
Shillings Sterling money, and af-
ter dinner theirthere was Horses pre-
pared for the Gentlemen and a
Cart for us three Servants and
from that we was CairriedCarried away
to perth and taken to the Prince
of HessHess’ Quarters and was Exame-
nedExamined by him and the Duke of Athol
and the EarleEarle of Crafoord and Se-
veral other Gentlemen that I did
not know but on11 of them that
they called CornellColonel Stewart who
Came upe to me and asketasked what
was my name I told []my name
was Stewart So Says he my lad
you dontdon’t think proper to deny
your name for all thatsthat’s done
I have done nothing as yet Sir
Says I, dishonourable but Served
my master for which I have no
Reason to deny my name and he
went away SneiringSneering and LughingLaughing
to the dordoor and the Prince of Hess
say to him poor Gentlemen I ameam
SorieSorry for their misfortunes At the
Same time I asketasked a pass fromefrom the 1181 (1181)
the EarleEarl of Crafoord to CairrieCarry
me to Ednr:Edinburgh and his L:p:Lordship was
pleased to SwerSwear be12 his Soul I
was not bleatblate13 to askeask a pass
from him for I would make a Good
Evidence, So I told his L:p:Lordship that
the day that I turned Evidence I
Should make a verievery good one,
then Sir Says he you shall be hang-
ed, then I told his L:pLordship that I should
hang no bodynobody but my Selfmyself, then
we were all CairriedCarried from that
to Mr: HicksonsHickson's14 untilluntil George
Miller that common hangman
the Sheriff Clerk of perth Should
be found Because he was out of
the way at the present, And theirthere
we Sayed about a quarter of ane
hour, and then miller Came
and we were all taken away to
the CouncellCouncil Chamber and the
Said miller ExamenedExamined us all
and then we were all put upe
into prison by his orders and Re-
mained theirthere in perth GoalGaol un-
tilluntil the ninth of Agust following
and from that we were taken to
falkland on the ninth of Agust and
from that to the Cannongate in
Edin.rEdinburgh on the tenth and Rested theirthere till 1182 (1182)
till the twelfth. But I have omit-
ted our ExamenationsExaminations while at
perth which is this after our be-
ing Confin’dConfined we was taken on
by one15 and Examen’dExamined to See If
any of the nintieninety that was in
the prison Knew the EarleEarl of Cro-
merty of which theirthere was nonnone found
but one David Toshach a Butcher
in perth who was made Turnkey
over the Hazarde SloopsSloop’s men who
was taken by the princeprince’s men and
Miller put the fellow in prison
for that and he hapnedhappened to Say
beforbefore Miller that he Saw Lord Cro-
merty in the Street Called the Wa-
tergate mustringmustering his Clan in order
to go to Fife to gather upe the
SessCess and LeveLevy money for which
miller told him ^that he behoove to go
to London to be ane Evidence a-
ginstagainst the EarleEarl of Cromerty for
which the fellow Seemed very
fond of for Some time Because
they promised to give him a birthberth
in a Stage Coach to London, but
the fellow being poor and Loved a
dram verievery weel16 in the morning,
there was three or four of us keept a 1183 (1183)
a Dram for taking in the morning and
before this hapnedhappened we newer17 used
to take on18 to our Selvesourselves but we
gave this fellow Toshach a Dram
but after we found out that he was
to go for London, ane Evidence we
droptdropped our CorespondencCorrespondence with him
which the fellow took notisnotice of and
asked what was the Reason of it,
for which we told him that we was
verievery SorieSorry to see on of his birth
degraddegrade his fathersfather’s family So much
as to go and SatisfieSatisfy miller To go
to London, but for all this CoxingCoaxing
I RealyReally was informed that he and
his faimily was Come of yethe Greatest
black gairdblackgaird in all perth, and we
told him that instead of a Coach he
would be ShureSure of a Coal Cart at
which the fellow Repented of what
he hade done So we told him If
he hade Repented we would use
him as formerly and so told If
he would deny all that he hade
Said to miller beforbefore the Justice
Clerk that he would give him a
pass and Send him homhome again, So
the day of DavidsDavid’s DeparterDeparture from
perth to EdnrEdinburgh, was fixtfixed and as we Said 1184 (1184)
Said it hapnedhappened that a Coal Cart and
two horses in it Came to atendattend mr:
Toshach instead of a Coach for which
Reason the fellow fell a weeping
and told us he Should deny to the
Justice ClerkeClerk What he Said to mil-
ler when he went to EdinrEdinburgh, which
he did and got his pass from the
Justice ClerkeClerk and Came dierectlydirectly
homhome again and miller told him he
Should mind him for what he hade
done in denying beforbefore the Justice
Clerk what he Said to him But
all this Time theirthere had been Seve-
ral LadysLadies of Quality and ✝ others
Soliciting the Prince of Hess Briga-
deerBrigadier Mordant and the foreSaid
Miller to Send me in tointo Ednr:Edinburgh that
I might be ExamenedExamined by the Jus-
tice Clerk and he was to drop me
in order that I might get ofoff but
after this we werwere frequently taken
out to the Council Chamber and
Examen’dExamined again but theirthere was on
XJohn Neish who was on of the Prin-
cesPrince’s GroomesGrooms who was much oftener taken 1185 (1185)
taken out and ExamenedExamined thenthan any
of all the Rest, and on19 day after
he Came in to the prison again I
hapnedhappened to askeask Neish what was ask-
etasked at him by mordant and miller.
and his Reply to me was that they
asked him nothing but Granting
him LibertieLiberty to go out to a RoomeRoom
in the toun because of his health,
but after all he told them I asked
him what mordant and miller
Said to him for which mordant and
miller Said I [Stewart] Should
not be Sent to Ednr:Edinburgh to the Justice
ClerkeClerk petition for me who will
But I Should go to Carlisle and
hang SuposeSuppose all the Rest Should go
free So Last of all ^mr: David Bruce
CommenlyCommonly Called Judge Advocat
Came to perth and we was all
Called on by on20 and ExamenedExamined by
him, when I hapnedhappened to be Called
out theirethere was about TwentieTwenty or
thirtiethirty Called beforbefore me Bruce
asked me If I knew him no I
told him I did not Know him ~
Says he I ameam verievery much Surpriz-
edSurprised at that for he hade verievery often
benbeen about ProvestProvost CollhounsCollhoun’s where
I hade benbeen Serving at the same
time, Bruce and miller told me Cer-
tenlyCertainly I behoove to be on of the most Stupeed 1186 (1186)
Stupeed Servants that Ever they
Knew to follow a Gentleman or
Lady I told them I Could not
help those things, then asked me
If I Knew any of those men that
was Standing theirthere I told them I
hade the misfortune to Know them
too weel Since they and me hade
been in prison together but never
beforbefore weel Says Bruce You will
not Know on another heirhere but I
Shall Cause CairrieCarry You to Carlisle
and Cause the on of you hang the
other, I told him I would defyedefy
him or any oneanyone to doedo so, for
If I was to be hanged I Should
hang no man but my Selfmyself How-
ever he Said he would try for it -
which Accordingly he dide21 to the
fatal Experience of many a
Brave fellow After all thissthis there
was a Great many petitions put in
both to Bruce and miller in my
behalf, for which they both gave
their words of Honour that I Should
not go past Ednr:Edinburgh and when weewe
Came theirthere I found neither ho-
nour nor honesty — So we all
marched from perth on the ninth
of Agust following tyedtied with RopsRopes
two and two and Came to falkland
that night and Stayed all night on the 1187 (1187)
the tenth we went to the Cannon-
gat GoalGaol, and Stayed theirthere till the
Twelfth, and during our Stay in
the Cannongate I hapnedhappened to fall
bad with Several others of us
for which Mr: John Douglas and
old Cunningham both Surgeons
werwere apointedappointed by the Justice Clerk
to See who was fit for travel
or not and them that was not
fit to be Keept behind for
which Mr: Douglas told them ^that I
was not fit for travel for I was
feverish and Cunningham said
I was not feverish and might
go verievery weel So mr: Douglas
was Rejected and Cunningham Sus-
tained So a Cart was got for
two of us and to Carlisle we
must go So the Twelth we marched
to Lintoun that night and on the
thirteenth to the Kirk of the BeildBield
and on the fourteenth to Moffat
and on the fifteenth to Lockerbe
and on the Sixteenth to Gratne
Green, and on the Seventeenth
being Sunday about ten ao' Clock
to Carlisle and about Twelve ao'
Clock all the priSoners from Stirling
Came upe and about two ao' Clock in 1188 (1188)
in the afternoon, a RascallRascal of the
Name of ✝Gray SoliceterSolicitor HumesHume’s man
from EdnrEdinburgh, with his hatfull of
tickets and Miller and SoliceterSolicitor
web from London with this fellow
Gray presented the hat to me being
the first man on the Right of all
the TwentieTwenty that was to draw to-
gether I asked Gray what I was
going to doedo with that and he
told me it was to draw for our
lives which Accordingly I did
and got number fourteen So he
desired me to Look and be ShureSure
I told him it was no great matermatter
whether I was ShureSure or not
So among the TwentieTwenty that Stood
upe from Stirling theirthere was on Huchi-
son on of the PrincessPrince’s GroomesGrooms
who had drawendrawn and was safe for
transportation, but a little boy be-
longing to the Toun of Carlisle Came
in by and touched web on the ArmeArm
And told him that Huchison was one
of the PrincessPrince’s GroomesGrooms for he Knew
him verievery weel for he used to get
a Ride from him when he was wat-
ringwatering his HorssHorse for which upon that
Same words web went with his
own hand and pul’dpulled back Huchison
from out among the Rest after they werwere 1189 (1189)
werwere all dispersed thorouthrough the Castle
Yard and Said to him that he
hade got Account that he was one
of the pretenderspretender’s GroomesGrooms as
he was pleased to call him for
which he behoved to go to the Cas-
tle and be put in irons and get
a TryallTrial beforbefore the Judges which
Accordingly was done So therthere was
no less thenthan two SentancessSentences pastpassed on
that on lad, and betwixt five and
Six ao' Clock at night web miller
and Gray and on henderson Came
all out to the yardeyard where we was
Sitting on the grass with a verievery
large paper like a Charter and
Read So much of it to us as They
thout proper and told us that it
was to petition their King for mer-
cy to us and that it was to go of22
that night for London and as Soon
as it Came back we probably might
get homhome or ElsElse transportation which
would be the worst of it And that
we behove to put doun our names
at the foot of it and them that
Could not and Some that would
not miller did it for them and told
me that I might Be verievery Glade to
doedo it for Such mercy that was but to
hang only one of TwentieTwenty and let NinteenNineteen 1190 (1190)
NinteenNineteen go for Transportation point-
ing to me in particular with his
fingarfinger And told me If that Po-
pish Spark hade CairriedCarried the day
he would a have hanged ninteennineteen
of them and only let the Twenti-
eth go free and about Eight ao'
Clock at night we was all CairriedCarried
to the CountieCounty GoalGaol that was for
Transportation and during the time
of the Judges Sitting it was the Bu-
siness of Miller Gray and Hender-
son two or three times EverieEvery week
to Come in to the GoalGaol yard to Se
If they Could make any more Evi-
dences out among the Transport-
ers and one day in particular
miller and on Campbell who was
interpreter from the Justice ClerkeClerk
at EdnrEdinburgh, to the Judges for the High-
landmen and they brought a list
of the prisonersprisoners’ names that was in
the Castle and Read them over to
us on by on23 to Se If we Knew any
of them and it would be a great
Service done the Government be-
sidsbesides the ReleasmentReleasement of our Selvesourselves
but they found non and then they
asked me If I Knew my Lord Tra-
quere or Sir John Douglass of
Killhead thissthis Campbell asked me how 1191 (1191)
how doedo Ye doedo Sanders I begged
him pardon he hade the advantage
of me; O Says he dontdon’t you mind
Since you hade me prisoner at Ban-
nockburn I told him I could not
Say that Ever I had the honour to
take a prisoner in my life I ameam
not Saying You, Says he but Your
men, I told him I never hade the
honour to have any men, not your
men Say he but your PrincePrince’s men
and dontdon’t you mind that you brought
me Some verievery good beef StaksSteaks
half a thripennethree-penny Loaf and a Quart
of good Beer ytthat may be Sir Says
I but I doedo not mindemind of it If
it was So for You mind Says he
You hade on Scarlet ClothsClothes that
day and was verievery Kind to me,
And this was the Reward that I
got of the Gentleman for my En-
tertiningEntertaining him for which miller
Said to me that it would be a
mean to afrontaffront him miller for
giving upe my name as Mrs: Mur-
ray of Broughton’s Servant for If
he hade Known the truth of it beforbefore,
I hade gongone to the Castle And gotten
my fate of the Gallows with the Rest
thissthis was the friendshipefriendship that miller
was to doedo me after all his fine promises 1192 (1192)
promises If he hade Known a lit-
tle Before hand by the advice of
his AsistantAssistant Mr: Campbell who
made it his Business to Come Back
fromefrom Scotland after all the Judg-
es were all gone from Carlisle to
See a friend as he Said and Came
to See me pretending that he hade
a hand in transporting of the pri-
soners and that he would Ende-
varEndeavour to have me freed If possa-
blepossible he Could and any favour that
he Could doedo me it Should not
be wanting as far as in his power
lay, but he gave me two drams
So he asked me If I Knew Sir
John Douglas of Killhead or If I
Saw him Either with the prince or
in his armeyarmy or Speaking to any of
them he would be ShureSure to take
me of24 Even SuposeSuppose I was on Shipe
Board So I told him I did not
value him for he hade done me
EvileEvil for good already and for the
feuterfuture I Expected non from him So
that I would take my fate with the
Rest of my BretherinBrethren and then he
paidepaid his two Drams and went his
way So we Continued in Carlisle
from the Seventeenth of August till
the 24th of AprillApril 1747 that we went to 1193 (1193)
to pennerith and on the 25th to
Kendall and Lay theirthere till the
27th that we went to Lancaster
and the 28th to preston and on
29th to Orrom Kirk and the 30th
and Last day of AprileApril 1747 to
Liverpool about ten of the Clock
that day and went directly a
Boardaboard All of us Carlisle prisoners
the names of the two Ships was
the Gillder and Johnstoun both
belonging to Gillder member of
parlimentparliament for Liverpool and
theirthere was EighteEighty Eight of us in
the Shipe Called the Gillder Rich-
ard Holms Captain and Robert
Horner SupercargorSupercargo a YorkShire
bytbut when we went aboard we
werwere all StriptStripped and Searched that
we hade no armesarms about us or
any Instrument for taking of
our irons and thene we put on
our ClothsClothes again and then we
was desired to go aft to the Steir-
regSteerage until we got on the Hanove-
rian pleat25 on our Leags and
went to S the apartment Where
we was to lylie, and the Shipe lay till
the 14th of may beforbefore we Sailed from
the Bay of Liverpool and in going
past the IleIsle of Man theirthere was Eight Sail 1194 (1194)
Sail of Ships alltogetheraltogether bound for
Sea and theirthere Came of from the
IllandIsland a poillotpilot Boat with Seve-
ral Casks of Brandy to See If we
would need any beforbefore we went to
Sea So they Came aboard of us
and we bought two of them and the
Captain asked at the Master of the
boat If theirthere was any privatiersprivateers ly-
ing out and he Said theirthere was
two lying in the mouth of the Chan-
nel So our Captain Spoke all the
Rest of the Ships with yethe trumpet
and they Consulted what to doedo
but all Returned in again Save
two that went on and we Lay in
the bay of liverpool till the Fif-
teenth of May and from that they
went till they Came to bellfast
loch in the north of Irland and
theirthere we Cast ancoranchor on the Same
EvningEvening of the Fifteenth being fry-
dayfriday and on SaterdaySaturday afternoon theirthere
Came in a VerieVery large Dutch man26
in to the loch and ancoredanchored verievery
nigh to us and our Captain Spoke
him with the trumpet and asked
him If he had Seen any privatiersprivateers
in his way and he Said he had meet27
with two in LatutidLatitude 58 and had waited 1195 (1195)
waited so long for us prisoners, that
they hade Spent all their provisonprovision
and they hade taken all the Dutchman’s
provisions from him which Brought
him to ane ancoranchor and one28 the Sun-
day afternoon theirthere Came in ane
other Dutchman and our Captain
Asked him If they werwere gongone and he
Said they were So, on munday
about Twelve o clock we weiedweighed
our ancorsanchors and Sait Sail and
away for Sea and all the four
Ships for four days Kept together
till a most violent Storm SeparatSeparate
us and we never meet again the
whole Voyage and so we proceeded
on our way till we Came in Sight
of Cape Charles and Cape Henre
which are the two Remarkable
placessplaces on Right and Left as we
EntredEntered in the River Between Virgi-
nia and maryland Cape Charles
is on the Right and Cape Henre
on the Left and we was not one
LeagLeague within the Capes when Donpe-
dro apearedappeared in purShoutpursuit of us but
Could not Come within the Capes
after us So this was our misfortune for 1196 (1196)
for If we hade but the hours mormore
play at Sea we had been all his
own, So being got within the River
our SuppercargorSupercargo and the Doctor
went to take theirethere Rest and our
Captain Came and Sat down on
the trap that Came down between
dakesdecks and discours’ddiscoursed us and ask-
ed us what we was to doedo now
when we was near our journey’s
End So we told him we was to
depend on godsgod’s providence and
him for which he Said he would
make all the intrestinterest for us that
in his power lay which Certainly
he was as good as his word, So
when we Came upe forgainst
St maries marie’s the✝ Captain went a-
shore it being the pleace where
the Custom hous was that he might
Enter us all theirthere and in two or
three hours ^time he Came aboard again
and Caused the Carpenter go and
take of29 all our irons, which accor-
dingly was done, I was the first that got
them on and my Comerad30 (JamesX Strachan) and 1197(1197)
and me the Last that got them of
and that night being Sunday the 19th
of JullyJuly 1747 we Came to ane an-
coranchor at the port Called weComica
wherwhere we was to be put aShore at
and as Soon as the Shipe Came to
ane ancoranchor we was all ordredordered be-
low dakedeck for Robert Horner the
SupercargorSupercargo wanted to Speak a
queetquiet word to us which accordingly
went all down between daksdecks and
Horner Came doun and Made a
verievery fine Speach Concerning the
goodness of the CountrieCountry, that we
was going to and If we would at-
estattest for Seven Years the men that
would bybuy us If we pleased them weel,
would probably give us doun two
Years of our time, and a Gun a pick
and a mattock and a SootSuit of ClothsClothes,
and then we was fre to go thorouthrough
any place of the IllandIsland we pleas-
ed, So I told him that it was quet
uslessuseless; to direct all his discourse
to me for I was to answer for non
but my Selfmyself, for what he Should doedo
was to go and bring doun the List of
all our names that he hade and ReadeReadthem 1198 (1198)
them over and them that was willing;
to answer Yes and them that was not
willing answer no, which accordinlyaccordingly
he did and ^they all all asked me what
I would doedo I told them they might
doedo as they pleased but for me I would
Sign non for no man that Ever was
born though they Should hang me
over the Yard armearm then Says they
we will Sign non neither So I
told them Gentlemen Stand by that
then, So they Said they would which
Accordingly they all did, by this time
Horner was Come back with the list
of all our names, and began to
Read them and they unanimoslyunanimously
Called out no - no; I thank you
Stewart Say Horner If you would
not doedo your selfyourself you nedded not
hindredhindered others to have done; there
he ShoedShowed us two Letters he Said
the one was from their King to
the Duke of newcastle and the o-
ther fromefrom the Duke of Newcastle to
mr: Gillder the Merchant who hade
the transportation of us. And If we
would not assign thosthose letters Impow-
eredEmpowered him to go to the Governor of
Maryland and Virgine31 (the Gover-
noursGovernor’s answer to Horner was the law
hade passed on us beforbefore we Came from 1199 (1199)
from England and he Could not
pass any mormore upon us till we
made a new transgrationtransgression) and
get a Sufficient guard to keep
us all in prison untilluntil we all
Should Sign I told he might doedo
So but we did not value his guards
for we hade the misfortune to be
under Better guards the time past
thenthan that CountrieCountry was CapbleCapable
to put upon us So he might doedo
his pleasure and so away aShore
with the Captain he went that
night for our Captain’s wiffe
Lived about a millmile and ane half
from the Shipe and from that Hor-
ner hade about ninteeninety millesmiles to go
where the Governor lived to Annapo-
lis and the time he was theirthere our
Captain Sent Letters to all the
Roman✝ CatholickCatholic Gentlemen and
others who was our friends So that
we might not fall in the ComonCommon
BuckSkinsBuckSkins’ hand for So the People that 1200 (1200)
that are born theirthere are Called So
and upon wednesday the TwentieTwenty
Second of JullyJuly Horner Returned
back and all the BuckSkins in
the CountrieCountry with him and CornelColonel
Lee a monStrous big fellow in or-
der to bullebully us to assign, and
this Lee Said to us he would make
us Sign And we told him God Al-
mighty hade made us once and he
neither Could nor Should make us
again, for which he Said no mormore,
So as I told you before that Captain
Holms aquantedacquainted all the Gentlemen
of three or four or four Counties of
the Province of maryland to atendattend
on Board the day of the Sale which
hapnedhappened oneon yethe 22d of JullyJuly 1747
After the Shipe Came to ane AncorAnchor
at weComica in St. MarysMary’s CountieCounty
maryland which all the following
Gentlemen did atendattend viz jestini-
an Wharton Mr: Edward Digs Mr
John and Joseph Lancasters and
on Mr: Thomson all St marysmary’s
CountieCounty and Mr William Digs
Commissioned by a great many more
Gentlemen out of Prince George Coun-
tieCounty Maryland who Bought all the
EightieEighty Eight that was a Boardaboard of
our Shipe Except threthree or four that
went with two of the Common Buck-
Skins them that are born in the CountrieCountry 1201 (1201)
CountrieCountry for So they are Called and
would not take advice to go allongalong
with the @above Gentlemen, Doctor Stew-
art and his Brother William Both
Living in Annopolis and both
Brothers to David Stewart of
Ballachalan in montieth Scot-
land who werwere all my Royal Mas-
tersMaster’s fast friends, and paid the
nine pound Six Shillings Ster-
ling money, that was my price
whenewhen Sold to Mr: Benedict Call-
vert in Annopolis who is a verievery
pretiepretty32 fellow and on who hade
my being Set at LibertieLiberty at heart
as much as any man in the province
and now being at my owenown Liber-
tieLiberty✝ I Came down the CountrieCountry from
Annapolis and got the Len33 of a Horse
from Mr: Callvert, 26 miles down
to Mr: IgnaSious Digs in prince
George CountieCounty and 2 HorssHorses and
a Servant from Mr: Digs 17 miles
down to mr: Henre Neils, and
from mr: Neils two HorssHorses and
Servant 10 miles down to porto-
baco to on mr: Collen Mitchel who 1202 (1202)
who Keeps a great insinn theirthere who
used me verievery SivaleCivilly and never
would take any thinganything from me nei-
ther in passing nor Repassing,
and theirthere I meet with my good
friend mr: John MuShet and his
Brother Doctor mushet, where I
Stayed when I had the Ague and
wanted for nothing that hous and
Shope Could affoordafford me; those two
Mushets arare Sister Sons of Old
Lendricks in Stirling Shire Scot-
land and from that I went 20
miles down to on ViddowWiddow Neils
who was as Kind a motherly wo-
man as Ever I meet with in all
my Travels and her SoneSon in Law
mr: Edward Digs who was on of the
Gentlemen that Assisted in purches-
ingpurchasing my fredomfreedom and I Stayed theirthere
untill mr: John Mushet found out
ane honest man a Captain of a
Shipe (Called the Peggie of Dum-
fries) bound for Dumfreece one
David Blair who was lying at mat-
ticks in virgine opositeopposite to mrs: Neils
where I was Staying34 only Seven miles
of potomock River to Cross, and the
11th of Janry:January 1748 I took my liveelive35 of
all my friends and went aboard✝ on the 13th 1203 (1203)
13th of the Said month but our Cargo
not being all got Ready So Soon as
was Expected it was the 28 beforbefore
we Set SaillSail to fall down the River
toward the Capes and being withine
3 LeagsLeagues of the Capes we was obliged
by ane Easterly wind to put in to ham-
mpton Road and theirthere we droptdropped our
ancorsanchors and Lay for 12 days and on
the 13th of Febr:February 1748 about two in
the morning we got CleareClear of the
Capes and put to Sea and beforbefore
day light we got out of the Sight
of Land, and in 27 days we saw
the Irish Land and yet Because
of Contrary winds we SailledSailed Back
and for, in St: Georg Channel till
the 24th of March that we was o-
blidgedobliged to put in to Campbelltoun✝
in Argyle Shire being fridaysfriday’s after-
noon I Sheaved36 the Captain and
two or three more Merchants that
was CommingComing for Scotland, And
Because it was a verievery long way
to travel by land to EdnrEdinburgh, I begged
the favour of the Captain If he
Could hear of any fishing Boats
going to Air or Irven, or Saltcots which 1204 (1204) which accordingly he found on Mr:
Knight going for Saltcots on the Mon-
day morning by four of the morning
but he had all his lines to fish
beforbefore we went in and we Catched
80 fine Cod in our way, but to
Return to my CaptainsCaptain’s Kindness
He Could have used me no better
If I hade been the best in Scot-
land for I Eated, and Drunk as
Good RumeRum punch allongalong at his
own table and we Eated not a
mouthful of Salt provisions all
the voyage, and then I asked himehim
what my passage was to be So he
told he would make a present of
that till he would see me in france
and then we Shall Speake about it,
but youryou’re verievery welcomwelcome Says he till
then and he Spoke to mr: Knight
not only to CairrieCarry me over to Sallt-
Cots but he Begged the favour of
him that as he the Said Blair hade
made me a present of my passage
from MaryLand he hoped ^that he would
doedo the Same from Campbelltoun to
SaltCots and he would doedo him the
Like favour If he asked it, to which
Knight agreadagreed to for Say Blair Mr:
Knight I Give my word for it Su-
poseSuppose he has been transported it was
for no bad Action but for LoyaltieLoyalty to 1205 (1205)
to his King and his CountrieCountry So
Says Knight was it for that, then
Captain Says he If it was for that
affair I would Give himehim or any of
his mastersmaster’s men their passage ten
times farther thenthan that SuposeSuppose it
hade not been by your desire, So
on monday 28th of march, 1748 by
four in the morningemorning we Set out to
Sea and after we fished our lines
SailledSailed for SaltCots and arivedarrived
theirthere about Sun SeetSunset and the verievery
first thing that presented me on
the peerpier was Six or Seven of Ha-
miltonsHamilton's DragownsDragoons that we hade
prisoners at Gladsmoor how Evarhowever
Mr: Knight and I went away
in tointo the town and went to our
quarters, and the morning of the
29th he not only Complemented
me with my passage but he Clear-
ed my quarters in the morning
and went a MilleMile on the way
with me but Lamented verievery much
that he hade not Sold his Cod
fish otherways he would a given
me money, And having no more upon
him but Seven pence he would
have me [] take it, So we parted
and I Came on my way but does not 1206 (1206)
not mind the names of the placessplaces
that I quartredquartered in betwenbetween Saltcots
^and Glasgow So on Thursday being the
Last of March I Came to Live-
stoun and Stayed theirthere all night,
and friday being the first day of
AprileApril I Came to the ColtBridge
about 12 o Clock of the day but
thought it over Soon to Come
in tointo toun but I tooke a bottle
of Ale to my Selfmyself to pass of37 the
day, I would a have drunk more
but I hade no mormore Small money
about me So I was oblidgedobliged to
make a turn towards breads hills
till night and about nine ao' Clock
at night the first of AprileApril I Came
Safe in tointo Edinr:Edinburgh from my Long
and TeadeousTedious Journay and this is
fact as nearenear as I Can Remind
while I was among Strangers and
being Come to Ednr:Edinburgh I hade the
Honour and good fortune once more
to Se my Royal PrincesPrince’s Good and
faithfullfaithful friends and mine where
I was verievery GrashiouslyGraciously Received by
my good friends as ane Emblem of
the Restoration on the first day of
AprileApril 1748. vivat Rex