I desire to express my thanks to the Government of the French Republic
for permission to make transcripts and to print selections from State
Papers preserved in the National Archives in Paris; to the Earl of
Ancaster for permission to print the Drummond Castle Manuscript of
Captain Daniel’s Progress; to the Earl of Galloway for Cardinal York’s
Memorial to the Pope; to His Grace the Archbishop of St. Andrews for
the use of papers elucidating the action of the Roman Catholic clergy
in 1745; to Miss Grosett-Collins, who kindly lent me Grossett family
papers; to Mrs. G. E. Forbes and Mr. Archibald Trotter of Colinton for
private papers of the Lumisden family; to M. le Commandant Jean Colin
of the French Army (author of _Louis XV. et les Jacobites_) for several
valuable communications, and to Martin Haile for similar help.
To my cousin, Miss H. Tayler, joint author of _The Book of the Duffs_,
I am indebted for transcripts of papers in the French Archives in Paris
as well as for information from Duff family papers; to Miss Maria
Lansdale for the transcript of the report of the Marquis d’Eguilles
to Louis XV.; to Dr. W. A. Macnaughton, Stonehaven, for copies of the
depositions referring to the evasion of Sir James Steuart; and to Miss
Nairne, Salisbury, for the translation of Cardinal York’s Memorial.
I have also to acknowledge general help from the Hon. Evan Charteris;
Mr. William Mackay, Inverness; Mr. J. K. Stewart, secretary of the
Stewart Society; Mr. J. R. N. Macphail, K.C.; Mr. J. M. Bulloch, author
of _The House of Gordon_; Dr. Watson, Professor of Celtic History,
Edinburgh; Mr. P. J. Anderson, Aberdeen University Library; Colonel
Lachlan Forbes; the Rev. Archibald Macdonald of Kiltarlity; and the
Rev. W. C. Flint of Fort Augustus.
I should be ungrateful if I did not make acknowledgment of the
information I have received and made use of from five modern
books--_James Francis Edward_, by Martin Haile; _The King Over the
Water_, by A. Shield and Andrew Lang; _The Jacobite Peerage_, by the
Marquis de Ruvigny; _The History of Clan Gregor_, by Miss Murray
Macgregor; and _The Clan Donald_, by A. and A. Macdonald.
Lastly, I have to thank Mr. W. Forbes Gray for kindly reading and
revising proofs and for other assistance; and Mr. Alex. Mill, who has
most carefully prepared the Index and given me constant help in many
ways.