Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Mr. Robert Steuart Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh ....
Steuart, Robert,Professor of Natural Philosophy.
Tinwald, Charles Erskine,Lord,1680-1763.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1735].
Caption title.
Dated at head of title: July 25. 1735.
Signed: Ch. Areskine.
Relating to a legal dispute with the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge. Joseph Cave, treasurer of the Society, had become bankrupt, and the Society therefore charged Steuart, who was standing surety for him, to repay outstanding sums of money. Steuart refused to do this, on the grounds that the charges were made after Cave's term as treasurer had already expired, and that his own obligation as cautioner only lasted as long as Cave was holding the office of treasurer.
ESTC
Steuart, Robert, Professor of Natural Philosophy
Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge
Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge