AgustAugust ththe second 1745 I left strathbogie
and Came to this place with ane in-
tention to make no Longer stay thenthan
to fittfit out my son I had in this place
for going with me to abberdeenshire but being 1285 (1285)
detained two or three weeks in that
time Came that Hero GenralGeneral Coup
with the army under his Command
the beginingbeginning of so much ConfusitionConfusion
in the Country that it was imprac-
ticable for me to travaltravel so that
I resolved to settle for some time
I then took rooms in a ConvenentConvenient
place of the town put my boy to
school and so Composed my selfmyself
but that ComposerComposure I did not Long
InjoyEnjoy: for my nearest relations
who are some of the most Con-
spikousConspicuous persons in town and wer
then my freends soon became my
greatest Enemies they hapenhappen all
of them to be of ane opisitopposite way
of thinking and at that time it
was no easy matter for one to Con-
sealConceal thertheir real sentementssentiments nor in-
deed had I Policy enough to do so
for then my hopshopes werwere very great —
SomSome weeks theraffterthereafter2 was Lord Lovat
brought in prisoner and it so hape-
nedhappened that his LordshipsLordship's LodgeingsLodgings and
mine3 was under the same rooffroof my
apartment had so near a Comune-
cationCommunication with his LordshipsLordship's bed Chamber
that I could hear Every word psoke
therthere and indeed at that time knew
his greatest Secrets. I had the Honour to 1286 (1286)
to be his LordspsLordship's Relation my Grand-
mother being a Daughter of that faim-
alyfaimily my sentementssentiments also RuningRunning in
a ChanelChannel with his LspsLordship's no wonder
I should be Ready to serve himehim —
itsit’s no secret that he then made
his Escape from Lord Louden whose
prisoner he was in this I was only
thus far asistingassisting therthere is a Door o-
pens fromefrom my apartment to the
room he sleeptslept in wichwhich for the Con-
venenceyConveniency of diffrentdifferent faimalysfaimilies had been
shut up a very Long time: but upon
this urgent occationoccasion was madmade open
wichwhich Could not be dondone without my know-
ledge so that Justly suposeingsupposing me
a frendfriend it was found ConvenentConvenient to
trust me with the secret wichwhich with the
wise Conduct of others and my smalsmall
ConCuranceConcurrence was pretypretty weel perform-
ed therthere was only one pair stairs
fromefrom me in to a gardingarden of wichwhich
I had the keyekey wichwhich gardingarden has a
pass Door to the BakBack part of the
toun wherwhere therthere was a CaireageCarriage pre-
pairdprepared with frendsfriends to atendattend — he
had been all the whilwhile in areastarrest in
a privitprivate house upon parole of Honour

inIn the affternoonafternoon of that day they sus-
pected his LspLordship and placed Double senti-nals1287(1287)
nals upon the houshouse wichwhich EntredEntered
by a stair from the street but
LuckelyLuckily my part of the house
was within a ClossClose4 gate wichwhich
was not suspected until about six
hours affterafter he was gone wherinwherein
the proverbeproverb was veryfyedverified that
shutingshutting the stable when the steeds
stolen —

he went ofoff at 5 a Cloko' Clock in the
Evening and was not mistmissed until
ten a Clokeo' Clock nixt day but they
did me the Honour to plant a
gaurdguard upon my Ladyship at ten
at night wichwhich indeed deverteddiverted me
a LitleLittle and at ten a Clokeo' Clock nixt
day was the discovrydiscovery when Lord Lou-
den Coming to pay his euswalusual5 Com-
plentsCompliments to his prisoner found him
not

then a GenrelGeneral search over all
the toun but to no efecteffect only Mrs
Leith suposedsupposed guilty wheruponwhereupon the
Landlady of the house wherwhere the
prisonrprisoner was — was CarryedCarried by
a guard of Sixty men to the Castle
and therthere ExaimendExamined and Let out
upon Bail but I was allowed to
keep my own house with a guard u-pon1288(1288)
upon me twenty four hours then slight-
ly ExaimendExamined and Came off with flying
CoulerssColours wichwhich was owing to my being
nearly intrestedinterested in some of the Leading
men in toun strickly atachedattached to the go-
verment mean timemeantime I got the spite of
a great many who stilstill keep up a grudge
against me —

Some months theraffterthereafter when the most
ameiaableamiable of men Came to this place
I hadehad the good fortunnfortune to see a great
numbrnumber of freindsfriends Relations and the best
aquaintancesacquaintances I had in the sevrelseveral places
of my Residence wichwhich together with
the hopshopes I had at that time put me
in topetop spirits: but ah houhow soon the
Scene was Changed I had bitter
for Sweet but I had indeed mormore thenthan
feamalfemale Courage at that time for on
the Morning of the fatalefatal day about
three of the Clock I put my selfemyself
in disguise and went only accom-
panyedaccompanied by your old handmaid Eppy
to the place wherwhere our freends Lay
wherwhere alassalas many of them werwere in a
starving Condition I CarryedCarried with me
such succors for some of my freindsfriends
as strenthnedstrengthened and suportedsupported them a LitleLittle
in thertheir Extremity I hadehad the pleasorpleasure
to hear some time after these my
freends say that undrunder God this seaso-nable1289(1289)
nable Refreshment ContributdContributed much
to thertheir Coming saffesafe out of the
FeildField but LitleLittle did I thinkethink of the
unhappy Event being so near at
hand when I set out on this ad-
venteradventure —

Nothing then but Scenes of hororhorror
every moment Every day and
hour fresh alarms of some FreindsFriends
being taken tiltill at Last therthere werwere
so many that I knew not whom
to have most at heart — all
the prisons werwere fulfull but of all the
prisoners those in the french serviseservice
had the greatest Liberty granted
them I mean such in the french
serviseservice as werwere Natives of our
ouneown Country amongst wichwhich therthere
was several pretty Gentlemen of
my aquaintanceacquaintance and some my re-
lations in particular a brother of
Castlehils CollenelColonel Cuthbert he
was then Captain in Lord John
DrumondsDrummond's RegementRegiment he is now
LeuttenantLieutenant CollenelColonel of the same
and Lord LewesLewis's CollenlColonel in CheifeChief
therthere was allsoalso one Captain Gray a
gentleman of a smalsmall Estate in
sutherLand who has been a few
yearssyears only serving in france this gentleman 1290 (1290)
gentleman Confided much in my
freendship as being ane oldeold CourteirCourter
of mine and indeed at this time
wodwould wilinglywillingly Renewed his ClaimeClaim
therthere was also a gentleman in the
SpainishSpanish service one CollenelColonel ken-
dela one of the best men I Ever
was acquaintacquaint with it was he that
Cam to the IsllandIsland of Bara in the
north hylands and Landed the arms
that werwere found therthere —

these Gentlemen had all a very great
Right to any favorfavour I Could doedo themethem
in thertheir destressdistress Nevertheless thertheir felowfellow
prisoners depended as much upon my
poor offices of freindshipfriendship as they did
in short from the 17 of apprilApril until
the 29 of July theraffterthereafter I never
was two hours at a time in my ounown
house but while I sleeptslept— StilStill
going from prison to prison and from
one great person to ane other soli-
citing favorsfavours for the destrestdistressed and
indeed I was for some time very suc-
cessful therintherein this ColenelColonel Cuthbert
my relation whom I mention beforbefore
was very intimatintimate with Lord Lewis
Drumond and the french ambasa-
derambassador whom we durst not at that time
stilestyle so but when we spokspoke of him
Call him the marquekesmarquis thosthose two great 1291 (1291)
great men werwere only prisoners at
Large but our Countrymen werwere
ConfindConfined in the keeping of the great-
est tyrenttyrant in the wholwhole army one
CaptCaptain Aires so that when at any
time this CrueelCruel man put them
under any hardship wichwhich he of-
ten did then I hadehad ReCourssRecourse in
thertheir Name to Lord Lewis and the
ambasadrambassador who did not fail in apply-
ing to Lord Albemarle Lord CarCart
&and others Bearing Command demand-
ing the EusageUsage Due to prisoners of
War. this procured the prisoners
better treatment but madmade this
wicked man my great Enemy so
that he and others in power at
that time took all occationsoccasions of
acusingaccusing me — itsit's true at
that time nonnone EllsElse wodwould have ven-
tured as I did therthere was Neither
man or woman in this place woldwould
have ventured to visit thertheir near-
est relation in prison people werwere
so ChikenhartedChickenhearted and so much a-
fraid of thertheir intrestinterest that they
woldwould not visit Even a Brother and
indeed no wonder as therthere was nothing
but persecuting of Every BodyEverybody supo-
sedsupposed to have a good Wish to that, Cause 1292 (1292)
Cause —

and so it hapenedhappened to me: as I was
one day passing in the street in my
way to visit my destrestdistressed freindsfriends I was
seasedseized and CaryedCarried Prisoner by this
CaptCaptain Airs atendedattended with some screw-
ed BynotsBayonets wichwhich he told was by Ge-
nerlGeneral HusksHusk's orders then I was na-
rowlynarrowly searchtsearched for Letters or other pa-
pers but LucklyLuckily nonnone about me —
I had no accsesaccess to my relations hav-
ing forfieteforfeit thertheir favorfavour by my sente-
mentssentiments nor did I give them any trou-
ble on this ocationoccasion but I found means
to Convoy6 a Letter to a true freend
of our ouneown side and not suspected
this freindfriend waited upon GenlGeneral Huske
and represented the unjustice of CaptCaptain
airsEyres' proceederprocedure and told I was only
a privatprivate widow Gentlewoman who
had neither husband nor son Capable
of Rebellion and that I only visit
some of my Relations who werwere Priso-
ners of warewar Huske gave orders I
should be released and protested he
knew nothing of it so that at that
time I was soon liberatliberate but affterafter
this I was three diffrentdifferent times taken
up again but not Confined above four
hours at a time Lord Lewis Drumond
took it very ill that I was so eusedused on 1293 (1293)
on account of doing good to his dis-
strestdistressed officers by this time I had the
Honour of being pretty well aquaint-
edacquainted with his Lordship he was then
very bad of his wounds but his good
natturnature stilstill allowed of being spokspoke
with on all occationsoccasions: he had very
LitleLittle EinglishEnglish and I no French
but thrthere was was allwaysalways Some
gentlemen about him wichwhich inter-
pret betwixt us and he was so
tuchedtouched with what I suffered that he
made intrestinterest with Lord albermarle
and got my antagonestantagonist Captain
aris suspended from his officseoffice
he hadehad the Care of all the pri-
sons in toun and surveyed them
at all hours but from this time
had no mormore Charge of them until
the 29 of JunJune that they werwere all
shiptshipped for London to take thertheir try-
altrial and then he was sent along
with them to thertheir great greeffgrief —
but the prison houses were no sooner
EmtyedEmptied but they were all fulfull again
numbers taken Every day amongestamongst all
wichwhich was glenbueckit younger I mean
the blinde man this gentleman was
my husbands Relation and I had a
very great ConsernConcern about him his Case 1294 (1294)
Case Called for pittypity when he was
taken he had neither monymoney nor ser-
vants to take Care of him nor CoudCould
he take Care of himselfehimself being blindeblind

my situation at this time was som-
thingsomething better than it had been for
some time beforbefore — JunJune forty five
when my unkleuncle9 sent for Sandye he
was so good as send me fortyeforty pounds
strsterling to fittfit him out and to put me
in some Little way of taking Care of 1296 (1296)
of the other this LitleLittle monymoney I was
indevouringendeavouring to turn to the best ad-
vantage by trading a LitleLittle in a pri-
vatprivate way but in a very short I Re-
duced my selfemyself to my formrformer straits
by suportingsupporting those I have allreadyalready
mentioned

July the 29d all the prisoners then in
toun werwere shipedshipped ofoff again for London
so that the house was Cleansed a
Second time and was EmtyEmpty for a
night or theraboutsthereabouts but as therthere was
ClossClose search every whereverywhere therthere was no
day pasedpassed but therthere was some taken
and I stilstill had the misfortunmisfortune to have
some aquaintanceacquaintance amongestamongst them and
by being aquaintedacquainted with one or two of
a Number I always became a slave
to the whole — but now that the
Hurry was a LitleLittle over maliciousemalicious peo-
ple had the mormore time to inspect the
Conduct of Such as werwere not of their
ouneown oppinionopinion — therthere was some
in this place who madmade it thertheir Chief
business to inform againestagainst Every BodeyEverybody
they suposedsupposed to have the Least good
wish to any that suffered in that Cause
so that therthere was a plot Laid againestagainst
me that was somwhat devertingdiverting —
therthere was one Captain✝ dunlope a scotishscottish
man who to his shame be it spoken was 1297 (1297)
was a very great persecuterpersecutor he
belonged to BlaknysBlakeney’s RegmentRegiment and
the genrelsgeneral's great Companion therthere
is also one Mr Cahoun who is
fort maJor in this place a very
great vilanvillain this Cahoun told Dun-
lope that notwithstanding my Rebe-
liouseRebellious principles that I was a sea
officersofficer's widow and that I had a
yearly PenssionPension of the government
it seems they had been told I was
NeceNiece to ComisinaryCommissioner Geddess they
went to severals in toun to Learn
from those if my husband Died in
the Navy servissservice but they hapenedhappened
to go to such as Could not Rightly
informeinform themethem wichwhich oblidgedobliged them
to ComCome to my selfemyself to askeask the ques-
tion whereupon I took occationoccasion to
askeask for what Reason they disyreddesired
to know in what serviseservice my hus-
band Died —

Dunlope told me he was sent by
genrelgeneral Blakeney who hadehad ane
order fromefrom the Crown to know if
I was alive and in this place
in order that he might draw my
PentionPension as my name was found in
the List of the PentionerPensioner widows

I imediatlyimmediately knew it was strategemstratagem
and truly I had the Ill natturnature to keep 1298 (1298)
keep themethem in the DarkeDark by making
them a Return in the following words
— I am indeed the person you
inqueirenquire about I return you thanks for
the trouble you havhave taken and shalshall
be much obliedgedobliged to general Blak-
ny when he maks good my pention pension
as I need it very much

being then secure as they thought of
working out thertheir desinedesign they straightwaystraightaway
drew up ane information againestagainst me
wichwhich they put in the hands of general
Blakeny the Contents of it was
that from the day of Culloden I had
gongone on in CourssCourse of treasonable prac-
tisespractices — that I was aiding and asistingassisting
to the Rebels who werwere sculkingskulking about
and also Conversing withewith such of
them as werwere prisoners — that I had
a pentionpension fromefrom the Government and
I pasedpassed for a widow but was Cer-
tanlyCertainly MarryedMarriedto a French officer
and that I RecivedReceived Letters from the
prisoners at London Carlisle and other
places with privitprivate inteligenceintelligence for o-
thers— — this information was sent
to Lord Albermarle who then Comman-
ded at Edenbrough his Lordship sentesent
it to London in short therthere was orders
sent to the NaveyeNavy offices to Look the
books for such a personsperson’s name in order
as they suposedsupposed to have me CuttCut out of 1299 (1299)
of my pentionpension but therthere Could be
no such Name found therthere: so that
finding out thertheir mistake my adver-
sarysadversaries was the mormore incensed and
stilstill sought occationoccasion againestagainst me —
genralgeneral Blakeny sent to the post
office stoptstopped all Letters DerectedDirected
to me Read them some of them
they keept others they sent me when
they had pereusedperused them — wichwhich
I send you for ane amusement
those youlyou’ll see subscribed John
Gray from SouthwarkeSouthwark GoailGaol is
the Gentleman I mention’dmentioned beforbefore
who wilinglywillingly wodwould have made me
his CompainonCompanion for Life: those youlyou’ll
see subscribed Ultan Kindelan is
the spainishspanish CollinelColonel I LikwaysLikewise men-
tioned one of the most ReligousReligious men
I Ever was aquaintedacquainted with ane Eng-
lishman Born —

but at last therthere was an order to search
my keepings that is trunks or such
Like for Letters but nonnone found that
I valowedvalued much only a letter fromefrom
a particwalerparticular freend wrottwrote in Lord
SeaforthsSeaforth's house but no Name sub-
joynedsubjoined a CoppyCopy of wichwhich I have
sent you DattedDated December 11d 1746
from the Land of forgetfulness as youl 1300 (1300)
youlyou’ll see — therthere was then an order
given out that no man woman nor
Child should be admitted to visit any
prisoner nor was any sargentsergeant nor
CorperalCorporal allowed to keep the keys
of the prison as formerly no nothing
Less thanethan ane officer and if those
werwere to disobey orders it was to be at
the perrelperil of thertheir Commission

this order was striklystrickly obeyed for some
time wichwhich added much to the mieserymisery
of the poor sufferers but as it hap-
pened therthere was a gentlmangentleman ane of-
ficer of one of those RegmentsRegiments I
mentioned beforbefore10 was my particular
freindfriend &and welwell wisher this freindfriend wodwould
go any Lenth to serve me and in-
deed he suffredsuffered much upon my ac-
count this gentleman is NatturlyNaturally
good HumoredHumoured a maneman of great parts
allwaysalways disposed to doedo good offices
and in fine a Common welwisherwell-wisher
to mankind —

his ounown good disposition with his wil-
ingnesswillingness to serve me occationedoccasioned him to
ComCome to much trouble: he did all he
Could to acomedataccommodate the poor gentlemen
prisoners when it was his turn to Com-
mand the gaurdguard and to obleidgeoblige themethem he 1301 (1301)
he often mounted gaurdguard when it
was not his turn on purpose to make
themethem EaseyEasy: also provided them in
pen inkeink and paper wichwhich was
Expressly forbid them — by this
means they ComunicatCommunicate thertheir minds
to me for I was stilstill thertheir solicitersolicitor
genrelgeneral and when any of the
weldisposedwell-disposed people of the town or
Country had a mind to administer
to the RelieffRelief offof the poorer sort
who werwere often in great want
then it was sent privatlyprivately to my
hand to be delivered to themethem.
and when any of the poor Gentle-
men wanted to see me if it was
once or twice a week then this
freend of mine stilestill venteredventured to
bring me therthere till at Last it was
discovered — Captain Dunlope
whom I have mentiondmentioned in the forgo-
ingforegoing Leaves bore him a very great
spite for no other ResonReason thenthan that he
CorespondedCorresponded with me so that he wachedwatched
my frendsfriend’s steps Each day he had the
gaurdguard so ClossClose that one night when
we werwere Coming doun the prison
stairs my frendfriend who was then officer
of the gaurdguard was imediatlyimmediately put under areast 1302 (1302)
areastarrest by the genrelsGeneral’s order and then
was tryedtried by a general Court MarshalMartial
he was suspended three months and
was prisoner two and had he not had
good freends he had CertanlyCertainly Lost his
Commission his tryaltrial was sent to the
king and he stilstill prisoner until
the return therofthereof - - - - all the time
of his ConfinmentConfinement I my selfemyself was
very bad you may belevebelieve it gave
me unexpressableunexpressible ConsernConcern that any
gentleman should suffer so much on
my account: alltho’although indeed he sub-
mitedsubmitted to his tryaltrial with so much Easey-
nessEasiness and greatness of Soul that it was
stilstill the mormore shocking to me: for the
ExtremExtreme greeffegrief I was under gave
him mormore pain thenthan any Rusk11 he
run in Loss of his ComissionCommission and
all the while durst not be known
to CorespondCorrespond with me that was trea-
son: Nevertheless we Exchanged
Letters Every day but without any Date
or name — but hou12 soon he was at
Liberty and had his sword restored
him he then visit me avowedly as
formerly: and we stilstill CorespondCorrespond
by Letters some of those short notsnotes
he wrotwrote me in his ConfinmentConfinement I send
to you by way of voucher: therthere was also 1303 (1303)
also ane other officer of Blaknys
RegementRegiment one Mr Fraser was
brought to tryeltrial on the same acountaccount
but upon Examination was found
inocentinnocent I never had the Least
aquaintanceacquaintance of him nor did he
Ever admit me to visit the suffer-
ers — therfortherefore his prosecution was
EaseyEasy and he was LiberatLiberate in a
fortnight. Now about two months
after this was over: Came the order
for Liberating all the prisoners
in general wichwhich gave me great
pleasorpleasure thothough too Late; I was now
out of danger but had my Ene-
meysEnemies got thertheir desyrdesire I had Certaing-
lyCertainly got the Honour ConferedConferred upon
me of being CarryedCarried to London
state Prisoner —

you may beleevebelieve my unkleuncle who is
onone of the present ComissionarysCommissioners of
the Navy Could not miss to be sur-
prised at my name being searchtsearched
for ^in the NavyeNavy books as he welwell knew
I had no Right to that as my hus-
band never served in the Navy:
wheruponwhereupon I thought it advisable to
writwrite himehim Least13 he should inter-
tainentertain any mistake to my disadvantage — told 1304 (1304)
— told himehim that I was Called upon
by general BlakenysBlakeney's order the ques-
tion was put to me if I was his NeeceNiece
and such a mansman’s Relict that they
told me they had ane order fromefrom
the Crown to askeask about me wichwhich
madmade me suspect they had some
badebad disinedesign againestagainst me it being
a time that no person of the Least
CheritableCharitable disposition Could Escape
being taken notice of that I knew
my selfemyself guilty of nothing but what
was incumbent upon me Either by
Relation frendshipfriendship or gratutudegratitude —
that visiting the poor prisoners was
all they had to accuse me of
with wichwhich was a duty upon Every
CristianeChristian and that by reason of my
NarowNarrow CircomstanceCircumstance I Could not doedo
themethem any material serviseservice yet
the meanest person of any had it
in thertheir power to doedo some offices
of kindness to those in destressdistress:
wichewhich is all my^ ^that my perssecuterspersecutors
Can Justly Lay to my Charge: and
that if it was a Crime it was such a
one as he I hopthoped woldwould EaseylyEasily for-
give however from that day until
this I never recivedreceived one Letter fromefrom
himehim althoalthough I have wrotwrote himehim many wich 1305 (1305)
wichwhich to be s^huresure is a very great
Loss to me for at the time he sent
for Sandy he wrotwrote to my Lady
Braco that he intended to setlesettle
somthingsomething upon me yearly for he
put to her Ladyship witherwhether she
thought it fittfit that he should
give me a Certain Sum of monymoney
to put me in the way of busie-
nessbusiness or give me so much yearly
this Letter my Lady Braco sent
to me to Consider of allsoalso he
proposed taking all my sons hou14
soon they werwere fittfit to be put to
business as youlyou’ll see by my La-
dysLady's Letter to me when at Strath-
bogie wichwhich I have sent you not
that I doubt your beleeffebelief of what
I say but that youlyou’ll be the mormore
CertanCertain of the RealtyReality of what
I have here wrotwrote — therthere
is allsoalso a Letter of glenbucketsGlenbucket’s
since he Cam home to his ounown
place wichwhich youlyou'll see is wrotwrote in
a very gratfulgrateful strain but this Gen-
tleman acts a quitquite Contrary part:
not that I disyreddesired any of his fa-
vorsfavours but have not yet got one shiling 1306 (1306)
shilingshilling of what I advanced for him
nor doedo I beleevebelieve I Ever wilwill it is
uncrediableuncredible what unJustice I have
met with by many of themethem I did
most for at that time but I hophope
god will Reward me — therthere
is nothing mormore CertanCertain thenthan that
the maledymalady I now Labour under
was brought upon me CheeflyChiefly by
the Fatigue I took upon me at
that time wichwhich I am afraid I
never will get the better of
godsgod's will be dondone —

the few verses youlyou’ll see marked
for and against was done by
the same person who was auotherauthor
of the Letter fromefrom the Land of
forgetfulness