Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Archibald Douglas of Douglas, Esq; and his curators, and replies to the answers for the Duke of Hamilton,.
Douglas of Douglas, Archibald Douglas,Baron,1748-1827.
Burnett, James,of Monboddo,1714-1799.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1763]
Caption title.
Dated at head of title: August 9, 1763.
Signed at end of text: Ja. Burnett.
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