Memoirs of the secret services of John Macky, esq., during the reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George I.
Details:
Including, also, The true secret history of the rise, promotions, etc. of the English and Scots nobility; officers, civil, military, naval, and other persons of distinction, from the Revolution. In their respective characters at large; drawn up by Mr Macky, pursuant to the direction of Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia.
Editor:
Published from his original manuscript as attested by his son Spring Macky, esq.
Contents:
This work is included with no. 126 above in a single vol., but has its own title page and pagination. From London 1733 edition. The Memoirs deal largely with the 1690s, and were compiled in 1723. Also the will of Gilbert Burnet, 1711-14; Burnet's epitaph; Burnet's 'Resolution of two important cases of conscience'; and letters from Princess Sophia to John Macky, 1703-6 (French, with English translations).