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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.446.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection pertaining to Jacobite resistance in France |
| Title | Earl of Cadogan to Edward Bourke guaranteeing a reward for intelligence on the Jacobit plot |
| Date | 12 November 1716 |
| Author | Cadogan, William, Earl (cb. 1672-1726) |
| Recipient | Bourke, Edward |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Replies to GLC1450.446.04, in which Bourke informed Cadogan of a Jacobite plot. Guarantees "a reward equal to the Discovery you shall make" (regarding the discovery of Jacobitism in Cambray). States "I sign this letter by another name than my own, as you [design?], and I send you an address by which you may write Safely..." In a post script, provides instructions to [deliver?] to Mr. John Williams under cover to Mr. Benjamin Furly (possibly a code or pseudonym, since Furly, a Quaker and noted Rotterdam intellectual, had died in 1714). Signed fictitiously by John Williams, a pseudonym Cadogan was using in his correspondence with Bourke. |
| Subjects | Quaker Rebellion Spying Global History and Civics Codes and Signals France |
| People | Bourke, Edward (fl. 1700-1730) Cadogan, William, Earl (cb. 1672-1726) James, Prince of Wales (1688-1766) Furly, Benjamin (1636-1714) |
| Place written | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Cadogan was known for his suppression of Jacobite uprisings. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Edward Bourke to William Cadogan discussing the Jacobite rebellion |
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