The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-13
rHE TEORA MACDONALD sILVER
Pseees % the Pretsnder's Gift Nave neeu
Twice Sod On NoT0h lnrOilna.

TWIee Sod IN NoFth Caroilaa.
To THE EDIroE ~ TINS suS sT; ! am
SIRE that some u your readers will 10 IN
tsrvstsd In the folloSinE letter. which ~as
| SFttten la reply 20 An inquiry of maine
about some silver that vas given by thaTis-
Edward stuart. the Young PresendeT.
To Flora Macdonald aud which Was sid
In North CarOlna.
Perhaps some one seeing this letter and
fortunate enough 10 own pieces ot the
silver 80 full OF romantic associations riay
bs kind enough 10 send few lines about
u To Ina SrN. Evsn . description 81 ~
" ould bs deeply Interesting 4 Z.
DEIFTuS, Pa September 10
IxadIy write Oh, foe you me story of the STUART
silver ~hich uas sold 10 Wilmington. q
Any OF the hI-ioriss that deal with the early
history Of NORTH CarOlina Will Furnish the story
VI the scotch Highlander VINO. having been barn
aud we'd a. loyal adhsTeuts ~ the HOUSE 90 stuart
after various disasters emiGTated a. this country
aud established themselves along the upper 'Ape
Fear River North CAToHnA There me old grave
yards are stlIl nIled. ar were when Rad them.
with their nance
quote from the last account Of them To- Whlch I
have access. from a History ~ New Hanover
County and the lower APE Fear Kssion. From
i7.s So I=a. Is Alfred M=sasH
The Imuiata tlOa Oi the scotch hiShlAhders
witch had begun a. early a. l7s under the
Increased uhuI . very large prOpoTiiOa ~
the population above Wilmington consisted
Of these smsTants Among the Ia-' arrivals
Ia the winter OF iT7t i555. were the hacdon
aids. with their ElorlOlS heroine Flora wife
% Allan Nse,ioHAd. whose fame FOR her nosle
cOaduct 10 saving Prince Charles Edward. The
prttender. was World vide pom he arrival OF
the heroine Ia Whining ton she and her daughter
Annie we're treated With great di-uheuon
when Flora arrived 81 Fayetteville where we're
kUaas II 49, nNFaf hn AZ
her and made that region their home foT years.
she greeted By . great thr"ng vita mani
fesiAIioEs Of Joy aud was welcomed Niih tue Wild
notes u the bsspipes. She lived short umr IN
Fayetteville and then at Cameron Hth, and
nnaIIy her HUSBAND bought farm % the borders
Of RiehmOad and Montgomery counties. witch
he named knlssp where t~o Of iheir children
died aud Sers burisd
Then came the batte Of Noorss Greek. Feb
ruATy "a iT7S where AleHandsr Mcleod. VIM hsi
married FIoras daughter Annie and VINO left
her for the army I'm mediA tsiy after the wedding.
led the ToTy Attack and Sas killed. receiving
twenty bullets IN his body Afier the battle
Flora husband. Allan Macdonald. who had been
captured. VAS eoGhned In hAhfaH jail In too
months he vas sent In beading pa fOS connne
ment 10 lTfp FIOtA sailed from ChArleston.
y 4 To scotia nd whsre her husband joint I'd her
upon his release later Then thsy hved In skye
She died March Il lTpo
Sir waiter Srott SAid that he possessed Fiora's
marriage certificate NOw this PlorA Macdonald
have always be<n told uAs the original % Srou's
FIoTa NrIvOr In -Nsverley think she married
her cousin AnAn after the battle Of 'ulioden
The clan had thrown themselves Win reckless
abanaoa into the cause % Charles Edward. and
when all hops vas lost she effected his escape
At the i'm mIneni risk % her own ME ln the notes
Va the second volume ~ "WAverl-y SIR Waiter
scott sAys
The author % wAVerley has bern charged
with painting the young siventurer 10 ooiorS
more smiabge han has character deserved 10
may be admitted that the PTincs. IKE others Of
his family. has been supposed in have held every
s1eTtion and SArrtnee made In his eause a. too
much % the duty ~ the person making ~ N merit
eHuaVAGsnt gratitude on his part hut On the
Nhole q Prinre Charles hal concluded hts ME
ss-on after his miraculous eScApe his character
In history must have stood very nigh
lie SCOTT also says II has been sAf that the
Prince sometimes enacted more state ana rere
moniAl than seemed 10 suit his coalition
suppose that he had his silver ~i'h him Tor This
reason. and gave II To FiOTa Macdonald ssA token
~ gratitude she kept u until she Vas obliged
Ia sell n 20 return ~ shetland. ~ Was bought
By some gentlemen Of Wilminston. among others
BY Mr. Parker Ounce. . wealthy merchant Of
whom the MH'sH6ADssf's GTf~ns ~ september 2
l7Tt. said Mr. Parser VulnCc generously made
an Offer ~ his NrsseI 10 carry load ~ provisions
70 Bnston freight free Thc port % Boston
had been closed By SCI ~ Parliament uhich
caused great suffering among inc poOr. COZ
irritation Was tsken up IN Wilmington. y G. for
them and u delivered IN Boston on Ar
ounce vessel
CAUTIOUSLY enOUgh after our civil var portion
81 this silver ~as again sold for similar reasons
some cousins Of ours descendants Of H. ounce
Wishing to follow other members Of their family
20 California. decided 10 sell silver ana other
yaIaables. A. countless Others In the south were
doing and they chose pie~e> Of mis- silver which
had fallen 10 them because they tnought that he
history Of the SILVER and the stuart arms engraved
upon Il would insure higher Prioe, I" believe
was the ease n sold IN AsheNile ~ North-
ern people. thlnk Ny mother and we're "a .
visit ,o North CAtollna and were present ~ the
disc'Issions
There were = god many ~ her my mother
generation present and nobody doubted the al
then iicity % the silver for ihey ~ anew about
n and had always done ~ T. u
~ rAso Tea August u