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subsequently addressed her step-father and informed him
that she had a strong desire to go to Skye and visit her
mother at Armadale, to avoid all these unpleasant en-
counters with the soldiers, who then ransacked every
dwelling, and creek, and corner of the Long Island. To
this natural request the Captain readily assented, and
promised to transmit to her by a trusty messenger that
evening the necessary passports for herself, her man-servant
(Niel MacEachainn), an Irish spinning-maid, named Betty
Burke, and for six of a crew. It is needless to say that
Betty Burke the smart Irish girl, was none else than Prince
Charles Stuart. Late at night the passports were handed to
Flora at Ormiclade by a sergeant of Captain Macdonald's
company. In addition to the passports the good Captain
addressed a letter to his wife (Flora's mother), written on
an unsealed sheet of paper and framed in the following
terms : —
" My Dear Marion, — I have sent your daughter from this country,
lest she should be any way frightened with the troops lying here. She
has got one Betty Burke, an Irish girl, who, as she tells me, is a good
spinster. If her spinning please you, you can keep her till she spin all
your lint ; or, if you have any wool to spin, you may employ her. I
have sent Niel MacEachainn along with your daughter and Betty Burke,
to take care of them. — I am, your dutiful husband,
"June, 22d 1746."* Hugh Macdonald.
Finding that the gallant heroine was now fortifiQd with
passports and plans, a number of friends met privately at
Ormiclade, who with the Laird and his Lady were to lose
no time in making every necessary and suitable arrange-
* About forty-five years ago this letter was seen by the writer in the
careful possession of Miss Mary Macleod, of Stein, in Skye. Miss Macleod
was a grand-daughter of Flora Macdonald. She had a variety of relics that
belonged to the Prince, such as rings, lockets, an ivory miniature likeness of
himself, and other ornaments in gold and silver.
subsequently addressed her step-father and informed him
that she had a strong desire to go to Skye and visit her
mother at Armadale, to avoid all these unpleasant en-
counters with the soldiers, who then ransacked every
dwelling, and creek, and corner of the Long Island. To
this natural request the Captain readily assented, and
promised to transmit to her by a trusty messenger that
evening the necessary passports for herself, her man-servant
(Niel MacEachainn), an Irish spinning-maid, named Betty
Burke, and for six of a crew. It is needless to say that
Betty Burke the smart Irish girl, was none else than Prince
Charles Stuart. Late at night the passports were handed to
Flora at Ormiclade by a sergeant of Captain Macdonald's
company. In addition to the passports the good Captain
addressed a letter to his wife (Flora's mother), written on
an unsealed sheet of paper and framed in the following
terms : —
" My Dear Marion, — I have sent your daughter from this country,
lest she should be any way frightened with the troops lying here. She
has got one Betty Burke, an Irish girl, who, as she tells me, is a good
spinster. If her spinning please you, you can keep her till she spin all
your lint ; or, if you have any wool to spin, you may employ her. I
have sent Niel MacEachainn along with your daughter and Betty Burke,
to take care of them. — I am, your dutiful husband,
"June, 22d 1746."* Hugh Macdonald.
Finding that the gallant heroine was now fortifiQd with
passports and plans, a number of friends met privately at
Ormiclade, who with the Laird and his Lady were to lose
no time in making every necessary and suitable arrange-
* About forty-five years ago this letter was seen by the writer in the
careful possession of Miss Mary Macleod, of Stein, in Skye. Miss Macleod
was a grand-daughter of Flora Macdonald. She had a variety of relics that
belonged to the Prince, such as rings, lockets, an ivory miniature likeness of
himself, and other ornaments in gold and silver.
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| Histories of Scottish families > Life of Flora Macdonald and her adventures with Prince Charles > (101) Page 77 |
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| Description | By the Rev. Alexander MacGregor. With a life of the author, and an appendix giving the descendents of the famous heroine by Alexander Mackenzie, F.S.A. Inverness: A. & W. Mackenzie, 1882. |
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| Shelfmark | A.110.e |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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