Bourke, Edward, fl. 1700-1730 to William Cadogan

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GLC#
GLC01450.446.08-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
November 18, 1716
Author/Creator
Bourke, Edward, fl. 1700-1730
Title
to William Cadogan
Place Written
Cambray, France
Pagination
2 p. : address ; Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 17.5 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
The Thirteen Colonies

Bourke writes to "John Williams," a pseudonym Cadogan used in his correspondence with Bourke. Refers to previous correspondence discussing the discovery of a Jacobite plot (refer to GLC01450.446.04, .06, and .07), in which Bourke requested a pension in exchange for information he provided. Writes "I am very sorry that the news I did myself the honnour to write to you last, proves false by reason it was a trick of mister Sheldons" (possibly referring to Dominick Sheldon). Relates that Sheldon and others sent false information through Bourke to see if he could keep a secret. Writes that he hopes to go to England to procure information regarding Jacobite plots through his friends, a great number of whom are Tories.

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