Copy or scroll of a letter holograph of Helen Hewit to his Grace the Duke of Douglas, found at opening her repositories, 2d October 1766, by the commissary-clerk-depute of Edinburgh, and now in his custody, ... .
Hewit, Helen.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1766]
Caption title.
Imprint conjectured from title.
Concerns the dispute over the succession to the Douglas title.  Archibald Stewart was eventually declared to be Earl of Douglas rather than his rival James Duke of Hamilton.
This item is part of a volume received as part of a manuscript collection; former manuscript shelfmark was Acc.1237.
ESTC
Hamilton, James George Hamilton, Duke of, 1755-1769
Douglas of Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Baron, 1748-1827
Inheritance and succession