Salfordian
Bonnie Prince in Manchester
The extent of Jacobite sympathies remained the great unknown. Charles's assurances that he had letters of support from sympathisers in England are themselves evidence of anxiety. When the rebels arrived in Manchester, a centre of Jacobitism, on 28 November there were public celebrations among avowed Jacobites and a small Manchester regiment was raised. Yet there was continual evidence of reticence among even supposed supporters. As you follow closely the different detachments marching south, through every listed town and village, you begin (rather like some of the less venturesome Jacobite leaders) to notice that there is an absence of any details about displays of support.
Bonnie Prince in Manchester
The extent of Jacobite sympathies remained the great unknown. Charles's assurances that he had letters of support from sympathisers in England are themselves evidence of anxiety. When the rebels arrived in Manchester, a centre of Jacobitism, on 28 November there were public celebrations among avowed Jacobites and a small Manchester regiment was raised. Yet there was continual evidence of reticence among even supposed supporters. As you follow closely the different detachments marching south, through every listed town and village, you begin (rather like some of the less venturesome Jacobite leaders) to notice that there is an absence of any details about displays of support.