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Title: The Life of Col. James Gardiner
Who Was Slain at the Battle of Prestonpans, September 21, 1745

Author: P. Doddridge

Release Date: February 24, 2004 [EBook #11253]

Language: English

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THE LIFE OF COL. JAMES GARDINER,

WHO WAS SLAIN AT THE BATTLE OF PRESTONPANS,

SEPTEMBER 21, 1745.

BY P. DODDRIDGE, D.D.

'Justior alter Nec pietate fuit, nec bello major et armis.'--VIRGIL

CHAPTER

I PARENTAGE AND EARLY DAYS.

II BATTLE OF RAMILLIES.

III MILITARY PREFERMENTS.

IV CHECKS OF CONSCIENCE.

V HIS CONVERSION.

VI LETTERS.

VII DOMESTIC RELATIONS.

VIII CONDUCT AS AN OFFICER.

IX INTIMACY WITH THE AUTHOR.

X DEVOTION AND CHARITY.

XI EMBARKS FOR FLANDERS.

XII RETURN TO ENGLAND.

XIII REVIVAL OF RELIGION.

XIV APPREHENSIONS OF DEATH.

XV BATTLE OF PRESTONPANS.

THE COLONEL'S PERSONAL APPEARANCE.

APPENDIX I

APPENDIX II

[*Transcriber's Note: At the time of this book, England still followed
the Julian calendar (after Julius Caesar, 44 B.C.), and celebrated New
Year's Day on March 25th (Annunciation Day). Most Catholic countries
accepted the Gregorian calendar (after Pope Gregory XIII) from some time
after 1582 (the Catholic countries of France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy
in 1582, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland within a year or two,
Hungary in 1587, and Scotland in 1600), and celebrated New Year's Day on
January 1st. England finally changed to the Gregorian calendar in 1752.
This is the reason for the double dates in the early months of the years
in this narrative. January 1687 in England would have been January 1688
in Scotland. Only after March 25th was the year the same in the two
countries. The Julian calendar was known as 'Old Style', and the
Gregorian calendar as 'New Style' (N.S.).

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