Copy of an intended petition. Edinburgh, 21st March 1787. To the Honourable, the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, the petition of the under-written peers, and the humble petition of sundry landholders, owners and lessees of coals, merchants, masters and owners of shipping, manufacturers, members of the Convention of Boroughs, of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, of the Society of Traffickers in Leith, and of the Forth and Clyde Navigation Company, in behalf of themselves, and other traders in Scotland,.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1787]
Petitioning for Scotland to pay the same fees to Customs as England.
With a docket title: To the Honourable, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, the petition of sundry peers, coal-owners, merchants, &c. with regard to customhouse fees. March 21st 1787.
'Copy of an intended petition' in title enclosed in square brackets.
The 'humble' of 'The humble petition' has been scored out in ink. The word 'Noblemen' has been written in ink to appear between 'sundry' and 'landowners' in title.
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