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Highland Forraigne Plots Stirred as Royalist Forces Gather
Reports from Killin and Glengarvy describe Glencairie and Seaford plotting to raise forces with a commission from Charles Stuart. Highlanders hide in woods and prepare near Loquaber while raindogs hinder land passage. A schooner fleet laden with wheat sails for Ireland and Newfoundland bound vessels arm for sea. News from Twrmenth and Peale notes coal ships, convoys, and a French privateer threat.
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Glengary
Buthes
Loquaber
Forraigne
Charles Stuart
King of Scots
Glencarrie Glengary
Seaford
Southampton
Ireland
Newfoundland
Warre
Twrmenth
Jamborough
Peale
Dewzes
Flanders
Darkirk
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