Public opinion, popular politics and the union of 1707

Scottish Historical Review

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 226-260

  Bowie, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67650631649     PISSN: 00369241     EISSN: 17500222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/shr.2003.82.2.226     Document Type: Review

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2. See also W. Ferguson, Scotland's Relations with England: A Survey to 1707 (Edinburgh, 1977)
3. P. W. J. Riley, The Union of England and Scotland: A Study in Anglo-Scottish Politics of the Eighteenth Century (Manchester, 1978)
4. P. W.J. Riley, King William and the Scottish Politicians (Edinburgh, 1979)
5. P. H. Scott, '"Bought and sold for English gold"', Chapman, lxix-lxx (1992), 161-66
6. P. H. Scott, Andrew Fletcher and the Treaty of Union (Edinburgh, 1994)
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12. Smout, 'The road to Union', 191
13. Ferguson, Scotland's Relations with England, 267
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15. Scott, Andrew Fletcher, 181
16. Similar sentiments are found in Ferguson, Scotland's Relations with England, 255
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30. [Ridpath], Scotland's grievances, 8
31. The Council-General of the Indian and African Company's Petition to His Majesty ([1699])
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35. NAS PC 1/52, 25 Jan. 1700
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39. [J. Bannatyne], A Letter from a Presbyterian Minister in the Countrey to a Member of Parliament and also the Commission of the Church Concerning Toleration and Patronages (1703), 16
40. [J. Spottiswoode], A Speech of One of the Barons of the Shire ofB - at a Meeting of the Barons and Freeholders of that Shire, for Choosing Commissioners to Represent Them in the Ensuing Parliament ([1702]), 3
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43. [J. Hamilton, Lord Belhaven] A Speech in Parliament, by the Lord Belhaven; upon the Act for Security of the Kingdom, in case of the Queen's Death (Edinburgh, 1703)
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46. [A. Brown], Some Very Weighty and Seasonable Considerations (1703), 6
47. A Letter from One of the Country Party to his Friend of the Court Party (1704)
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49. Some Thoughts on the Present State of Affairs (1703), 4,10
50. [Ridpath], Discourse upon the Union, 153
51. For example, A Letter to a Member of Parliament, Occasioned, by the Growing Poverty of the Nation, from the Want and Decay of trade, and Wrong Management Thereof (Edinburgh, 1700)
52. A Premonitor Warning (1702)
53. An Essay for Promoting of Trade, and Increasing the (continued) Coin of the Nation, in a Letter from a Gentleman in the Country to his Friend at Edinburgh, a Member of Parliament ([Edinburgh, 1705])
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56. A Dialogue between a Country-man and a Landwart Schoolmaster (Edinburgh, 1705), 8
57. The Horrid Murther Committed by Captain Green and his Crue( [1705])
58. see also The Merits of Piracie, or A New Song on Captain Green and his Bloody Crue ([1705])
59. Edinburgh Gazette, nos. 624-632 (12 Mar.-13 Apr. 1705)
60. [W. Forbes] A Pill for Pork-eaters, or, a Scots Lancet for an English Swelling (1705)
61. [J. Hodges], War Betwixt the Two British Kingdoms Considere'd (London, 1705)
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63. Some Weighty Considerations, Why Scotland Should Stipulate Terms of an Union with England ([1705])
64. Her Majesties Most Gracious Letter to the Privy Council of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1703)
65. Tothe Queen's Most Excellent Majestie, the Humble Address and Supplication of the Suffering Epis copal Clergy in the Kingdom of Scotland ([1703])
66. [R. Wyllie], A Speech Without Doors Concerning Toleration (1703), 5, 7
67. A Letter from a Gentleman to a Member of Parliament Concerning Toleration (Edinburgh, 1703), 7
68. [J. Bannatyne], A Letter from a Presbyterian Minister in the Countrey, to a Member of Parliament; and also of the Commission of the Church Concerning Toleration and Patronages (1703)
69. [J. Hadow], A Survey of the Case, &c. (Edinburgh, 1703), 4
70. [J. Webster], An Essay upon Toleration by a Sincere Lover of the Church and State (1703), 22, 24
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77. Analecta Scotica, II, 73
78. Kidd, 'Religious realignment', 151-3
79. Kidd, 'Religious realignment', 151
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81. [F. Grant], The Patriot Resolved, in a Letter to an Addresser (1707)
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84. Riley, Union of England and Scotland, 220-45
85. Robertson, 'An elusive sovereignty", 220-25
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87. [J. Hodges], Essay Upon the Union (London, 1706)
88. State of the Controversy Betwixt United and Separate Parliaments. (1706)
89. [J. Webster] Lawful Prejudices against an Incorporating Union with England (Edinburgh, 1707)
90. [R. Wyllie] A Letter Concerning the Union (1706)
91. [J. Bannatyne], Some Queries Proposed to Consideration, Relative to the Union Now Intended. ([1706].)
92. [P. Abercromhy] The Advantages of the Act of Security, Compar'd with These of the Intended Union: Founded on the Revolution-principles Publish'd by Mr. Daniel De Foe (1706)
93. The SmoakingFlax Unquenchable (1706)
94. A Speech in Season against the Union ([1706])
95. To the Loyal and Religious Hearts in Parliament, Some Few Effects of the Union, Proposed between Scotland and England ([1706])
96. [W. Wright] The Comical History of the Marriage Betwixt Fergusia and Heptarchus (1706)
97. [J. Clark] Scotland's Speech to her Sons ([1706])
98. Letter in 1320 to Pope John Declaring for Robert the Bruce ([1706])
99. T. C. Smout 'The Burgh of Montrose and the Union of 1707: a Document,' ante, lxvi (1987), 183-4
100. 'Scotland's Ruine', 149
101. The Letters of Daniel Defoe, ed. G. H. Healey (Oxford, 1955), 183
102. The Athol group is NAS PA 7/28/16-18 Perthshire; PA 7/28/32 Dysart; PA 7/28/33 Falkland. The Errol group is PA 7/28/69 Errol, Kilspindie, Kinnaird, Inchture, Longforgan, St. Madoes & Kinfauns; PA 7/28/58 Caputh, Lethandy, Alyth & Kinloch. A note on the back of Falkland's address states that the paper was presented to Parliament by the Duke of Atholl
103. Letters of Defoe, 153
104. Whatley, Bought and Sold for English Gold.?, Appendix 5
105. 'Scotland's Ruine', 151
106. NLS Wodrow Quarto XL, fo.44
107. Report on the Manuscripts of the Earl of Mar and Kellie (Loudon, 1904), 269
108. D. Defoe, The History of the Union of Great Britain (Edinburgh, 1709), 60-63
109. Defoe, History of the Union of Great Britain, 26
110. Manuscripts of the Earl of Mar and Kellie, 293
111. Stephen, 'The Kirk and the Union', 95
112. 'Scotland's Ruine', 155
113. Fasti, IV, 343
114. For royalist cross-petitions in 1643, see E.J. Cowan, 'The Solemn League and Covenant,' in Scotland and England 1286-1815, ed. Mason, 196
115. 'Scotland's Ruine', 148
116. [Ridpath], Discourse, 164
117. [Wyllie], A Letter Concerning the Union, 7
118. Dumbarton Burgh Records, 1627-1746 (Dumbarton, 1860), 102
119. Flying Post, no. 1796 (Tues. 5 Nov. -Thurs. 7 Nov. 1706)
120. Koziol, Begging Pardon and Favor, ch. 1
121. Zaret, Origins of Democratic Culture, 81-99
122. Manuscripts of the Earl of Mar and Kellte, 323
123. [Ridpath], Discourse upon the Union, 46
124. Several Reasons why the Succession Ought Not to be Declar'd by this Parliament (1704), 3
125. [Wyllie], A Letter Concerning the Union, 4
126. APS, vol xi, 307
127. 'Scotland's Ruine', 158
128. APS, vol. xi, 398-9
129. Rothes, A Relation of Proceedings, 23
130. [Ridpath], Discourse on the Union, 172-3
131. 'Scotland's Ruine', 184, 187
132. Edinburgh Gazette, no. 28 (Mon. 29 Jul.-Thurs. 1 Aug. 1706)
133. Daily Courant, no. 1451 (Sat. 7 Dec. 1706.)
134. Post Man, no. 1707 (Tues. 3 Dec.-Thurs. 5 Dec. 1706.)
135. D. Defoe, Review, no. 141 (Tues. 26 Nov. 1706); no. 144 (Tues. 3 Dec. 1706); no. 147 (Tues. 10 Dec. 1706); no. 160 (Thurs. 9 Jan. 1706.)
136. 'Scotland's Ruine', 150-1
137. 'Scotland's Ruine', 150
138. APS, vol. xi. 307
139. History of the Union, ed. Duncan, 107
140. See P. R. Backscheider, Daniel Defoe: His Life (Baltimore, 1989), 208-9, 218-23, on Defoe's work for the Court party in Edinburgh as well as Harley in London
141. Defoe, Review, no. 141 (Tues. 26 Nov. 1706)
142. Defoe, Review, no. 147 (Tues. Dec. 10, 1706.)
143. D. Defoe, Two Great Questions Considered (1707)
144. Jerviswood Correspondence, 167
145. Letters of Defoe, 182, 189-90
146. Whatley, 'Economic causes and consequences', 161-2
147. P. N. Furbank and W. R. Owens, 'Defoe and the "Tippony Ale",' ante, lxxii (1993), 86-89.)