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The Last Jacobite Executed for High Treason [Cameron, Archibald (1707-1753)]. Copy of What Dr. Archibald Cameron Intended to Have Delivered to the Sheriff of Middlesex at the Place of Execution, But Which He Left in the Hands of His Wife for that End. With a Letter from Dr. Cameron, When Under Sentence of Death, To His Son in France. To Which is Added an Authentick Account of His Behaviour at the Place of Execution. London: [s.n.], Printed in the Year 1753. 16 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning and soiling, neatly split into two parts between pp. 8 and 9. $250. * Second, expanded edition. Cameron was a doctor who came from a prominent Jacobite family. He became a fugitive after the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Eventually betrayed and brought to trial in 1753, he was the last Jacobite to receive the death penalty for high treason. He avowed his loyalty to the Jacobite cause until his death, as our account documents. A shorter edition appeared earlier in 1753. OCLC locates 8 copies of this edition, 2 in North America (New York Public Library, University of Missouri-Columbia). English Short-Title Catalogue T34168. Seller Inventory # 73172
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Title: Copy of What Dr Archibald Cameron Intended ...
Publication Date: 1753
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