Declaration of One's Religion, August 12. 1762. as to the Church of England
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Declaration of One's Religion, Augt
12. 1762. as to the Ch. of England
Forbes
A True and Exact Copy, etc.
Steuart
Declaration of One's religion, August 12. 1762, as to the Church of England
Paton
Copy of holograph message from the Prince
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Forbes
Vol. 9, 1877—1878Paton
Vol. 3, 205—206Credits
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sent
| Person | Charles Edward Stuart |
| Date | 12 Aug 1762 |
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acknowledgements
compliments to
enclosed in
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Charles requests that the receiver assure “my friends in Britain that I am in perfect good health”, and “they may be assured I shall live and die in the religion of the Church of England”.
remediation
the letter is a copy of the original that Lawrence Oliphant of Gask wrote “at the desire and from the mouth of C.P.R. When written, he desired the said friend to read it audibly to him, and then said, It is very well”.
in Forbes
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Transcription
A true &and exact Copy, & c.etc
August 12th, 1762.
1
Assure my Friends in Britain,
that I am in perfect good health;
that I hope it will come like a
Thunderbolt; &and that I shall not ne-
glect to recompense every worthy
Subject as soon as it shall be in
my power. They may be assured,
I shall live &and die in the Religion
of the Church of England, which
I have embraced; &and that no kind
thing can be said but what I
wish to all my dear Friends; for
whose Good I wish more to be a-
mongst them, than for any advan-
tage1878(1878)
tage it would be to my selfmyself, as
I have no great Ambition ex-
cept for their Welfare.
that I am in perfect good health;
that I hope it will come like a
Thunderbolt; &and that I shall not ne-
glect to recompense every worthy
Subject as soon as it shall be in
my power. They may be assured,
I shall live &and die in the Religion
of the Church of England, which
I have embraced; &and that no kind
thing can be said but what I
wish to all my dear Friends; for
whose Good I wish more to be a-
mongst them, than for any advan-
tage1878(1878)
tage it would be to my selfmyself, as
I have no great Ambition ex-
cept for their Welfare.
N.B. The above transcribed from
a true X Copy taken, upon Honour,
from the Original Holograph
of that faithful Friend, who
wrote every Word of it at yethe
Desire, &and from the Mouth, of
C.Charles P.Prince R.Regent. When written, he de-
sired the said Friend to read
it ^audibly to him, &and then said, It is
very well. After which he
desired to have it in his own
Hands, in order to peruse it
with his own Eyes, &and then he
said, — It is perfectly right.
Let it be sent as it is.
a true X Copy taken, upon Honour,
from the Original Holograph
of that faithful Friend, who
wrote every Word of it at yethe
Desire, &and from the Mouth, of
C.Charles P.Prince R.Regent. When written, he de-
sired the said Friend to read
it ^audibly to him, &and then said, It is
very well. After which he
desired to have it in his own
Hands, in order to peruse it
with his own Eyes, &and then he
said, — It is perfectly right.
Let it be sent as it is.
X
Deposited herein.
Copy
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “A True and Exact Copy, etc.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 9,
Adv.MS.32.6.24, fol. 21r–21v. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/
Appendix
For a facsimile of an original in Laurence Oliphant of Gask's hand, see Kington-Oliphant, Jacobite Lairds of Gask, p. 323.