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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC01450.446.11
From Archive Folder	Collection pertaining to Jacobite resistance in France
Title	Edward Bourke to William Cadogan asking for money for information
Date	29 November 1716
Author	Bourke, Edward (fl. 1700-1730)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Discusses previous correspondence between Bourke and Cadogan regarding Bourke's discovery of a Jacobite plot in Cambray, France (refer to previous letters in the GLC01450.446 collection). Discusses a letter (not included) from Mr. Sheldon (possibly Dominick Sheldon), that Bourke may be transmitting to Cadogan, British ambassador at the Hague. Requests a sum of money from Cadogan, in exchange for information he has provided regarding Jacobites in Cambray. Instructs Cadogan to burn their previous correspondence. Addressed to John Williams, a pseudonym Cadogan used in correspondence with Bourke. Docket states 29 November; possibly written 21 November.
Subjects	Spying Pension Finance Global History and Civics Rebellion France
People	Bourke, Edward (fl. 1700-1730) Cadogan, William, Earl (cb. 1672-1726) James, Prince of Wales (1688-1766) Clanricarde, John Bourke, Earl of (1642-1722)
Place written	Cambray, France
Theme	Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	General Dominique Sheldon served as commander of Roi d’Angleterre, a regiment raised by Stuart in 1791; he fought in the Jacobite and French armies from 1689-1721. Edward was the son of John Bourke, Earl of Clanricarde. Cadogan was known for his suppression of Jacobite uprising.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide S.r Cambray 9.ber the 29th 1716 It was not without reason I think [struck: without reason] I [struck: hr] allarmed you with some projects wich are of great importance to you as you may easily see by this letter from mister Sheldon to mee soe that if you send mee the summe I demanded of you I will writ to him that I am going into England and will pray him to lett mee know what he would have mee tell my bro: and as soone as I gett his answer I will communicate it to you the last letter I write you was because I faired you would bring my name in question but I hope you will follow my advice in burning all my letters and upon the aforesaid conditions but notwithstanding I cannot assure you that what was in my second letter to you was true [2] I must beg the favour of you to answer my letter as soone as possible you can and once there intreat you to send mee the fifteen hundred livres french or else I cannot stir and pray be assured that noe body is more then I am s.r your most humbel and obed.t servant Ed: Burke it is equal to wich of the addresses you address to [address] To Mister John Williams [docket] Lettre venue de Cambray le 29 noer 1716 S.

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