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History of the secret expedition
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/86225489
Description	First line reads: No more shall Scotland now in sadness mourn. On the death of a redcoat named Campbell after an encounter with a sheep. In favour of the mob hanging John Porteous, 7 Sept. 1736. In one column.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.2862
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1736 [Date printed] Porteous Riots, 1736 [Date/event in text]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Executions (events) Riots Lynchings Guards Smuggling Criminals Crowds Spectators (event observers)
Person / organisation:	Porteous, John, -1736 [Subject of text]
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English ballads
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Description	Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
Attribution and copyright:	Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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