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1752LetterfromCambray,France

1752;May29.

Cambray,France

Sir;

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FollowinghisdisappointedattempttoretakeEnglandonbehalfofthePretenderCharlesStuart,"BonniePrinceCharlie"inhisinvasionofEnglandviaScotland.thePrince'sclosestadvisor,JohnWilliamSullivan,followedhispatronbackintoexileinParis,becomingakindofnursemaidanddrinkingcompanionfortheincreasinglydissipatedalcoholic  CharlesuntilthelatterreturnedtoRome.

Theyear1752foundO'Sullivan,pinchedforfunds.HavingwrittenhisaccountoftheJacobiterebellion(inmuchthesamewaythathisdistantrelation,Phillip @-(, O'Sullivan,hadwrittenhishistoryoftheElizabethanwars)Sullivan,now52 ,  yearsold, wasreducedtotrackingdownoneofCharles'mistresses,ClementinaWalkinshaw.AcodedletterfromO'Sullivan,respondingtoapleafromCharlestofindthewaywardPolishCountess.

Now,sevenyearsafterthefailedJacobiteinvasionofEngland,O'Sullivanremainsoneofthelastsupportersoftheirresponsible andbynowincreasinglyalcoholic Charles,offeringherehisservicesincoastalreconnaisanceforyetanotherinva d sionattempt,andalsoinlocatingClemintinaWalkinshaw,whomCharlesdesirestomakehismistress.

O'Sullivanismeagerlyrewardedforhispitiableserviceswithabaronet,andhissaidtohaveeventuallytakenordersandreturnedtohisoriginalroleastutortothescionsofwealthyFrenchfamilies.