Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of John Giles, late pot painter in London, now prisoner in the Tolbooth of Glasgow ....
Giles, John,pot-painter.
Hamilton, Archibald,1694-1774.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1748].
A petition on behalf of John Giles, "a pot-painter of London, now prisoner in the Tolbooth of Glasgow", imprisoned for breach of contract to pottery company.
Regarding the establishment of Delftfield Pottery (the earliest, large-scale pottery manufactory in Glasgow) by Laurence Dinwiddie and his brother Robert under the management of John Bird.
Caption title.
Printed above title: N.B. As this petition refers to a bill of suspension, herewith presented, 'tis hoped the Lords, before reading this petition, will take the trouble of reading the bill itself.
Dated at head of title: 14th November, 1748.
Signed at end: Arch. Hamilton.
ESTC
Giles, John, pot-painter
Bird, John, potter
Dinwiddie, Laurence, 1694-1764
Delftfield Pottery
Potters