Mrs. Frances Shaftoe's narrative. Containing an account of her being in Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe's family; where hearing many Treasonable Things, and among others, that the pretended Prince of Wales was Sir Theophilus's son, she was trick'd into France by Sir Theophilus's Daughter, and barbarously us'd to make her turn Papist and Nun, in order to prevent a Discovery; but at last made her Escape to Suisserland, and from thence arriv'd in England, in December, 1706.

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Title Mrs. Frances Shaftoe's narrative. Containing an account of her being in Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe's family; where hearing many Treasonable Things, and among others, that the pretended Prince of Wales was Sir Theophilus's son, she was trick'd into France by Sir Theophilus's Daughter, and barbarously us'd to make her turn Papist and Nun, in order to prevent a Discovery; but at last made her Escape to Suisserland, and from thence arriv'd in England, in December, 1706.
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Shaftoe, Frances. Mrs. Frances Shaftoe's narrative. Containing an account of her being in Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe's family; where hearing many Treasonable Things, and among others, that the pretended Prince of Wales was Sir Theophilus's son, she was trick'd into France by Sir Theophilus's Daughter, and barbarously us'd to make her turn Papist and Nun, in order to prevent a Discovery; but at last made her Escape to Suisserland, and from thence arriv'd in England, in December, 1706.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 22949, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/22949. Accessed 2025-09-13. 

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