Botanical gardens : the following letter has been addressed to such Members of Parliament as are understood to be taking an interest in this question.
Stewart, Alexander,of the Working-Men's Committee.
Working-Men's Committee.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1863]
Signed: Alex. Stewart, Secy.
Caption title.
Dated at head of text: 1 Surgeon's Square, Edinburgh, 6th May 1863.
Subtitle printed in square brackets.
Page 2 captioned: List of names of some of the principal inhabitants of Edinburgh and neighbourhood, who have signed the petition of thirty-six thousand one hundred and three (males) to the House of Commons, praying that the Botanical Gardens may be thrown open on Sundays, after the hours of divine service.
Slip pasted to head of page 2: Number of signatures according to report of Select Committee of the House of Commons, 35,897 (all males).
Many of the names in the list have a pencil tick next to them in the margin.
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
Sunday.
Sabbath.
Scotland Edinburgh.