By [the Ki]ng. [A] declaration. : Whereas it was absolutely necessary for our service and the publick safety, that the villages of Auchterarder and Blackford should be burnt and destroyed, ... .
James,Prince of Wales,1688-1766.
Erskine, John,1675-1732.
Pert[h] : Printed by Mr. R[obe]rt [Fr]eebairn, printer to the King's Mon. Excellent Majesty,
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Promising relief and reparation for the towns' destruction.
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At head of text: James R.
At foot of text: Given at our court at Scoon, this 26th day of January, 1716. and in the fifteenth year of our reign. By His Majesty's command, Mar.
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Auchterarder (Scotland)
Blackford (Perth and Kinross, Scotland)
Jacobite Rebellion, 1715