MC
's letters are continuous with the project of her book: designed to build Jacobite morale and devotion. She corresponded both with Tories (whom she assumed to be Jacobites all) and Whigs, though the latter...
politics
Mary Caesar
The government discovered a plot by Count Gyllenborg
(Swedish ambassador to Britain) and others for Charles XII
of Sweden to invade to restore James Edward Stuart
to the throne.
Sedgwick, Romney, editor. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1715-1754. http://www.histparl.ac.uk/about/publications/1715-1754.