Leigh: Like everyone else I'm excited about your discovery. You describe the boxes in great detail. How did you find out about them? By great good luck I found a book-seller here in Ottawa who has a copy of ³Preston Fight or the Insurrection of 1715² and I have ordered it from him. Were you aware that it¹s fiction -- a novel? Where did you learn about the reviews that you mention? The dealer describes the book in this way: Loosely based on the Chetham Society¹s historical collection, this is a valorous tale of the great Jacobite movement of 1715 which sympathizes with the gallant gentlemen who,from mistaken feelings of loyalty, threw away their lives and fortune defending the town of Preston.² The author is William Harrison Ainsworth and the book dealer gives the publication date as 1875 (rather than 1895.) Roger: Are you familiar with ³the Chetham Society¹s historical collection²? That seems to be where the author found his source material. Best regards, Bob Marjoribanks