Content Description Collection of loose-leaf manuscript verses by Jacobite poet and army officer William Hamilton of Bangour (1704-1754), together with related material. The collection appears to have emanated from a member of the Pringle family, who were related to Hamilton by marriage.The majority of the poems in this collection can be found either in the contemporary editions of Hamilton's poems, or in the later 1850 edition (see Bibliography). However, most of the present manuscript poems differ...

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2 notebooks containing draft translations of Jacobite poetry, handwritten in pencil by Mrs W.J. Watson. Contents include, 'Lament for William Chishol of Innsnanceann', 'Culloden Day', 'Falkirk' and 'Song to Prince Charlie'. The inside cover of one of the notebook reads, Jacobite Poetry, E.C. Carmichael, 32 Polwarth Gardens, Edinburgh.

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Jacobite poem. 12 stanzas. Begins ' A Thearlaich oig a Mhic Righ Seamus/ Chunna mi toir mhor an deigh ort. . .'. It is written on a bilingual electoral address by James Galloway Weir to the electors of Ross and Cromarty, dated 30 June 1892.

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Manuscript collection containing poems of poet and soldier William Hamilton of Bangour (1704-1754). The most comprehensive edition of Hamilton's poems (1850) is based on this manuscript.

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Verse which reads 'Prion[n]sa Tear[lach] dh-f[h]albh thar sail Gur miosa dh' f[h]ag na fhuair e sin.'