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CHAPTER XVII This is Chapter XVII of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 4th June 1889. The Dying Speeches of the Political Martyrs – Hardie’s ‘Noble Spirit’ – The Effect of an “Amen!” – Decapitation of the Bodies – A Bungling Executioner – The Mystery of […]
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This is a guest blog by Murray Armstrong, one of three authors who marked the bicentenary of the 1820 Radical Rising with a historical monograph on the events of that year. These events concerned Baird and Hardie, the two protagonists of our serialisation, first published in the Stirling Sentinel in 1889. Included here is a […]
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CHAPTER XVI This is Chapter XVI of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 28th May 1889. Meeting Between Baird and Hardie and the other Bonnymuir Prisoners – Address by Baird – The Last Farewell – Leaving the Castle for the Scaffold – The Masked Headsman – […]
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CHAPTER XV This is Chapter XV of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 21st May 1889. Interview between Baird and his relatives – His parting gift to his aging father – Hardie’s last letters – Preparations for the execution – How the night was passed in […]
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CHAPTER XIV This is Chapter XIV of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 14th May 1889. The efforts made for a reprieve – The Rev. Dr Chalmers a noble exception to his brethren – Hardie’s artless words touch the heart of a cabinet minister – no […]
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This is the second section of Chapter XIII of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 7th May 1889. Stirling Castle, 10th August, 1820 My Dear Grandfather, – I received a letter from you of date 10th June, which I should have answered before this time. In […]
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CHAPTER XIII This is the first section of Chapter XIII of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 7th May 1889. Letters of John Baird – Sentence of Death on the Radicals – No Hope for Baird and Hardie – Affecting Letters written by Hardie in the […]
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This is the second section of Chapter XII of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 30th April 1889. The Lord Advocate had stated in his opening address in the case of Hardie that Baird offered a bill in payment of the account, but Buchanan denied that […]
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This is the first section of Chapter XII of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 30th April 1889. Trial of John Baird – The Names of the Jurymen – Skirmishing between the Counsel – The Six Months Bill – Verdict of the Jury The Court met […]
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This is the second section of Chapter XI of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 23rd April 1889. Gentlemen, I have said a great deal more than, I am afraid, you have had the patience to listen to, and than with more preparation, or a juster […]
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