Name of the Man whipped cruelly by Captain Ferguson
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Name of the Man whipt cruelly by Cap: Ferguson
Forbes
Name of the man whipt cruelly by Captain
Ferguson
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Note of a visit to the old Laird of MacKinnon
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Forbes
Vol. 7, 1519Paton
Vol. 3, 22Credits
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| Date | 25 Apr 1750 |
| Time | |
| Occasion | |
| Person (main) | the old Laird of MacKinnon |
| Person (main) | his Lady |
| Person (participant) | Robert Forbes |
| Place | Carrubers Close |
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N: B: WedyWednesday Forenoon, April 25th, 1750.
I waited upon the old ✝LairdLord of Mac-
Kinnon &and his Lady at their Lodg-
ings in Carrubber’s Close, EdrEdinburgh, when
I asked them particularly about the
Name of that Man of MacKin-
non’s Following, whom Captain John
Ferguson ^of the Furnace caused whip so unmerci-
fully, that the Blood gushed out
at his Sides, &andc.
I waited upon the old ✝LairdLord of Mac-
Kinnon &and his Lady at their Lodg-
ings in Carrubber’s Close, EdrEdinburgh, when
I asked them particularly about the
Name of that Man of MacKin-
non’s Following, whom Captain John
Ferguson ^of the Furnace caused whip so unmerci-
fully, that the Blood gushed out
at his Sides, &andc.
They told me, that the Name of
that Man was John MacGinnis,
that, after the above whipingwhipping
Bout, he was carried a Prisoner
to London, &and that he returned
home again to the Isle of Sky,
&and was still alive. See Alexis,
part 1st ^printed Pag: 22d22nd, and Appendix to the
Scots Magazine for 1749. pag: 637.
Col: 1st. — Vol: hugus 2. Pag: 201. Vol.
6. Pag. 1224.
that Man was John MacGinnis,
that, after the above whipingwhipping
Bout, he was carried a Prisoner
to London, &and that he returned
home again to the Isle of Sky,
&and was still alive. See Alexis,
part 1st ^printed Pag: 22d22nd, and Appendix to the
Scots Magazine for 1749. pag: 637.
Col: 1st. — Vol: hugus 2. Pag: 201. Vol.
6. Pag. 1224.
Robert Forbes, A: M:
✝
Who (as he himself told me) had been Prisoner
three Years, six Months &and ten Days, &and was at
last liberate by an Order from One of the
Offices.
three Years, six Months &and ten Days, &and was at
last liberate by an Order from One of the
Offices.
Robert Forbes, A: M:
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “Name of the man whipt cruelly by Captain
Ferguson.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 7,
Adv.MS.32.6.22, fol. 84r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/