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Name/TitleEdinburgh Evening Courant, Details on the beheading of a Englishman in the Jacobite Rebellion, December 15, 1746
About this objectEDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, Dec.
15, 1746 The front page has a brief item:
"Yesterday Charles Ratcliff, Esq., condemned
for High Treason, was beheaded on Tower-Hill."
And a bit further on is more detail concerning
his execution, noting in part: "...about eleven
o'clock, Mr. Ratcliffe was brought from his
lodging in the Tower...to the wharf...carry him
to the Iron Gate at which place a mourning
coach waited for him & carried him to the
place of execution...he went on the
scaffold...gave the executioner 10 guineas &
told him not to wait for any signal, but to
strike as soon as his head was on the block,
which was accordingly done, and his head
severed from his body at one blow..." with a
bit more.
This was Charles Radclyffe, one of the few
English participants in the Jacobite Rebellion.
Inside pages have a few references to the
Jacobite Rebellion.
Four pages, 8 by 10 inches, very nice
condition.
Details on the beheading of a Englishman in the
Jacobite Rebellion...
Item # 698863
DECEMBER 15, 1746
Item from Catalog 344
MakerEdinburgh Evening Courant
Maker RolePublisher
Date Made12/15/1746
PeriodColonial
Place MadeEdinburgh, Scotland
Measurements8 x 10 inches
Named CollectionEphemera
Object TypeNewspaper
Object number2024.2
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