A congratulatory letter to John Murray, Esq; late secretary to the young Pretender..
Atticus.
London: : Printed for W. Webb, near St. Paul's.,
MDCCXLVII. [1747]
Signed at end: Atticus.
Price from imprint: (Price Six-Pence.)
An extended edition (a 16 page printing was issued the same year) of an anonymous satirical address congratulating Jacobite agent Sir John Murray on his "promotion to the Tower". Murray, an integral, and indeed loyal, member of the 1745 rising was cast as a traitor to the cause following the defeat at Culloden. The allegation that, as Royal Secretary, he provided false encouragement to "the Young Pretender" to attempt a revolution via a landing in Scotland, regardless of French backing, appears exaggerated. All assertions made against him would suggest Murray was merely a convenient scapegoat to explain the failure of the "Forty-Five". He was released from the Tower in April 1747, though not pardoned until June 1748.
ESTC
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746
England London.