Account of Laird of MacKinnon's Death and some Anecdotes of him

N. B. May 7th, 1756. died at his House
of Kilmane in the Isle of Sky John Mac-
Kinnon of that ilk, i.e. yethe old Laird of Mac-
Kinnon, in yethe 75th Year of his Age, leav-
ing Issue two Sons &and a Daughter, Charles,
Lachlan &and Margaret, all born after the
71st Year of his Age. — He used to say,
he hoped, God would not take him off yethe
Earth, but on the Field of Battle when fight-
ing for his King &and Country. He frequently
retired to the Cave, in which the prince, &and
he himself &and his Lady dined just before
the prince’s leaving Sky in his sculking,
&and there he would have entertained him-
self wtwith laying down a plan for the Re-
storation, &and with the Execution thereof in
Theory, &and then came home extremely
well pleased. See Vol.