Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Lord Douglas Hamilton and his tutors,.
Hamilton, James George Hamilton,Duke of,1755-1769.
Dalrymple, David,Sir,1726-1792.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1763]
Caption title.
Dated at head of text: February 15. 1763.
Signed: Dav. Dalrymple junior.
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
Douglas of Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Baron, 1748-1827
Hamilton, James George Hamilton, Duke of, 1755-1769
Inheritance and succession