In the month of February 1745/6 George
Middleton of Seton EsqEsquire came to me at my
house in Aberdeen, &and ^3 asked me what spare
rooms I had in the house, for yethe english Ar-
my was come, &and some of them must be quar-
tered in it. I told him, I had but one room
to spare, &and that I would lie in that myself,
&and give up my own Chamber, if he pleas-
ed. He then said he would ^bring Coll. George Wat-
son to be in my house, that the ColColonel was
an old friend of his Father’s &and his, &and would
protect me from any Insult. At Night Mr
Duff came to me, &and brought ColColonel Watson
with him, who supp’dsuppered with me, &and lay in the house 1813 (1813)
house that night. Next morning the ColColonel
went out early, &and returned in the forenoon
with Provost Robinson, &and my next door
neighbour Mr Thompson; they then told
me, the ColColonel had been to see the Apart-
ment that was designed for yethe Duke
of Cumberland in the College, but did
not think it would do, &and had therefore
fix’dfixed on my house for him. Upon my
telling him it would be very inconveni-
ent to me to go out of the house, be-
cause, as the Army would fill the town,
I could not tell where to get a Lodging,
he said that if I could any way find a
lodging he would take care that no
body should be quarter’dquartered in the house
I went to. I told him that I was not
able to find Linen &and other necessaries
for so many people as were to come
with the D.Duke of Cumberland; he said
that they would bring every thing
I had; that my kitchen furniture must
be put by; for they would bring their own;
that I might put it into some of the Cel-
lars, not any of which need to be left
open, except one for them to put Coals
into; that I might lock up my Linen
&andc^a in a Closet; &and that I must leave
two Maids, to do the work of the house.
He added that they would not come till
the next night; that they would not stay above 1814 (1814)
above two days or three at the most, &and
that I might make my selfmyself very easy,
for every thing would be more safe than
if I was to stay in the house my self,
&and if any thing damage was done to any
thing, it should be made good to me.
After this, Provost Robinson &and many o-
ther of my friends did, during that day,
congratulate me on this affair, as they
thought the DDuke of Cumberland’s being in
my house would be a protection to me.
The next morning, which was Thursday,
the DDuke of Cumberland came to my house,
attended by GenlGeneral Hawley, &and several o-
thers: the General lay in my bed, &and
very early on fridayFriday morning sent a
Messenger to the house where I was,
demanding all my keys; my answer
was that my Maid was gone to Mark-
et, &and that as soon as she returned, she
should carry them to him; but before
she did return, I received a second Mes-
sage, that he would have them that mi-
nute, or he would break open all the
locks; I then sent him the keys by his
Messenger. That evening one Major Wolfe
came to me, &and after asking me, if I was
Mrs Gordon, &and desiring a Gentleman, who
was with me, to go out of the room, he
said that he was come to tell me, that
by the DDuke of CumberldCumberland &and GenlGeneral Hawley’s
order, I was deprived of every thing I
had, except the cloathsclothes upon my back.
After delivering this message, he said that GenlGeneral 1815 (1815)
GenlGeneral Hawley having enquired into my
character of several persons, who had
all spoke very well of me, &and had told
him I had had no hand in the rebellion,
&and that I was a Stranger there without
any Relations in that country, he, the
GenlGeneral, therefore would make interest
with the DDuke of CumbdCumberland that I might
have any particular thing that I had
a mind to, &and could say was my own.
I then desired to have my tea, but the
Major told me it was very good, &and
that Tea was scarce in the Army, so
he did not believe I could have it.
The same answer was made me,
when I asked for my Chocolate. I
mentioned several other things, parti-
cularly my China; that, he told me,
was, a great deal of it, very pretty, &and
that they were very fond of China
themselves, but as they had no Ladies
travelled with them, I might perhaps
have some of it. I then desired to
have my pictures, he said he supposed
I would not wish to have them all; I re-
plyed that I did not pretend to name
any except my Son’s; he asked me if
I had a Son, where he was; I said I had
sent him into the country to make room
for them; to what place said he; I an-
swered to SrSir Arthur Forbes’s; he asked
how old my Son was, I said about fourteen, fourteen 1816 (1816)
fourteen said he, then he is not a child,
&and you will be made to produce him,
&and thus we parted. This Major Wolfe
was Aid de Camp to GenlGeneral Hawley.

They next day a petition was drawn
up, &and was read to yethe DDuke of CumbdCumberland at
his Levee by CaptCaptain Forbes, who was al-
so [] Aid de Camp to GenlGeneral Hawley,
&and I was told yethe Duke said, he would take
care I should not be robb’drobbed. That day Ma-
jor Wolfe came to me again, &and told me
that the DDuke of CumbdCumberland had sent him to
let me know, that my petition had been
read to him, &and that he would take care
that every thingeverything should be restored to
me. Notwithstanding this, when I sent
to the house to ask ^for any thinganything, as in
particular I did for a pair of breeches
for my Son, for a little tea for my
self, for a bottle of ale, for some
flour to make bread, because there
was none to be bought in the town,
all was refused me.

Afterwards, hearing that many of my
things were pack’dpacked up, &and I wrote a let-
ter to GenlGeneral Hawley, &and inclosedenclosed it in
one to SrSir Everard Fawkner, to which
SrSir Everd sent me this answer, that
he could not deliver my Letter to GenlGeneral
Hawley, but that he had read it to yethe
Duke, who said he would take care I
should have every thingeverything again. The 1817 (1817)
The DDuke of CdCumberland, GenlGeneral Hawley, &andc^a stay’dstayed
in my house about six weeks, &and the day
before GenlGeneral Hawley went away, a person
came to me, who told me he was the
General’s own SerjeantSergeant, &and was come by
his order to say to me, that as my
case was very hard, he would take
care that every thingeverything that belonged to
me should be put into the hands of
Mr Bruce the Judge Advocate, &and that
I should find every thingeverything as I had left
it. But notwithstanding all these ^repeated Mes-
sages, the best of my things were pack’dpacked
up, &and actually shipp’dshipped off, a fortnight
before they left my house, &and the very
morning that GenlGeneral Hawley went a-
way, he had the blankets on which he
lay, &and several other things, pack’dpacked up,
&and took them with him. That day I
recdreceived a Letter in the following words
vizt “Madam I shall begin my Letter
“by returning you thanks for the conveni-
“ency your house has been to me of, &and in
“particular for the use of your young
“Gentleman’s Room. But I must make
“you an apology at the same time for
“what necessity obliges me to do. It has
“not been in my power to find such ac-
“comodations for a field bed as my present
“circumstances require. I am thereby forced
“to occasion you perhaps some little inconveni-
“ency, by taking with me part of the bedding of 1818 (1818)
“of your Son, vizt, the quilt, two blankets,
“&and the pillow, all which I have had valu-
“ed, by Ramsay, who has fix’dfixed the price
“at ₤1.14,, wherefore, I herein incloseenclose two
“portugal eighteen shillings pieces, chus-
“ingchoosing rather to exceed than fall short of
“what may be your due. I wish some op-
“portunity may offer, wherein I may be of
“use to you, as I am with truth, Madam
“Your most humble &and most obedient Ser-
“vant Edward Mason.” Who this Mr Ma-
son is, or what Post he had, I don’t know.

I should have mention’dmentioned above, that
Major Wolfe did one day bring me my
Son’s picture, but without the frame; &and
he then told me, that GenlGeneral Hawley did
with his own hands take it out of the
frame, which was a gilt one, &and very
handsome. This frame the GenlGeneral left
behind him, &and I afterwards found it in
the house.

I have hereto annexed a list of many
of the things that were taken from me.

AlexrAlexander Scott the Carpenter, who pack’dpacked
up my things for GenlGeneral Hawley, told me,
that he desired the GenlGeneral not to spoil the
mahogany bureau by making use of it
to pack china in, &and offerdoffered to make him
a box for that purpose; but the GenlGeneral re-
fused it.

The beds &and tables &andc^a that were left be-
hind them, I found very much brokebroken &and da-
maged; &and upon the whole, six hundred pounds would 1819 (1819)
would not repair my loss.

The above mentioned AlexrAlexander Scott,
the Carpenter, told me, that the best
tea equipage was pack’dpacked up in part of
the mahogany bureau, &and was directed
to yethe Duke of Cumberland at St.
James’s, &and that the set of coloured
table china was directed in the same
manner. The rest of the things were
directed to GenlGeneral Hawley, by whose direc-
tions the other two boxes were directed
to the DDuke of CumbdCumberland.

I should have added above, that when
they refused to give me some flour, to
make some bread, my Maid insisted on
my having it or some bread, &and said she
would stay in the room till the DDuke of
CumbdCumberland sat down to dinner, &and would then
speak to him for some bread for me,
as there was none to be bought. They
at last threw her a piece of the bot-
tom of the loaf, &and when she asked if
that was all they would give me, they
answered it was as much as I could
eat, for they believed I had not then
a very good stomach.