The Plundering of Cullen House by the Rebels: an Incident in the Rebellion of 1745-46. Narrated by Eye-witnesses of the PlunderingJohnstone, 1887 - 25 pages |
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... Bridge , in commemoration of its erection in 1744 , were inflicted by the rebels , who first attempted to remove the slab , which had been placed there a short time before , and , failing in this , they injured it with a hammer ...
... Bridge , in commemoration of its erection in 1744 , were inflicted by the rebels , who first attempted to remove the slab , which had been placed there a short time before , and , failing in this , they injured it with a hammer ...
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... Bridge , near Cullen House , where he saw a kind of fair holding , and the men selling to one another , or dividing the remains of the plunder of various kinds , which they had gathered at this second coming , which consisted much of ...
... Bridge , near Cullen House , where he saw a kind of fair holding , and the men selling to one another , or dividing the remains of the plunder of various kinds , which they had gathered at this second coming , which consisted much of ...
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Wm Cramond. the house . That when he passed the Big Bridge near the house , where the sentinels had been posted , these sentinels desired the deponent , and those with him , to march into the house . That at the gate he found a servant ...
Wm Cramond. the house . That when he passed the Big Bridge near the house , where the sentinels had been posted , these sentinels desired the deponent , and those with him , to march into the house . That at the gate he found a servant ...
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... Bridge , and a good deal of plunder was lying about the walls , before the gate , before they came in ; for he saw people carrying out things before those who were with him came in : That when he went upstairs he saw the most horrible ...
... Bridge , and a good deal of plunder was lying about the walls , before the gate , before they came in ; for he saw people carrying out things before those who were with him came in : That when he went upstairs he saw the most horrible ...
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... Bridge , which occasioned most of the party to be in the house before him . He saw the Highlanders carry- ing off turses of papers and parchments , and tearing others of them , also carrying off robes and vestments of velvets , and saw ...
... Bridge , which occasioned most of the party to be in the house before him . He saw the Highlanders carry- ing off turses of papers and parchments , and tearing others of them , also carrying off robes and vestments of velvets , and saw ...
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