Sir, in consequence of directions from the Right Honorable [sic] the Earl of Dalkeith, Lord Lieutenant of this County : I have to request your attendance at a meeting of the Deputy Lieutenants, Justices of the Peace, Commissioners of Supply, and Heritors of the County of Dumfries, to be held within the Court-house here, upon Wednesday the 31st instant, at twelve o'clock noon, to consider the most effectual mode of carrying into execution His Majesty's late proclamation respecting the scarcity of grain..
[Dumfries? : s.n.,
1800.]
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Printed summons to a meeting to be held on Wednesday 31 December, 1800 to discuss carrying out official measures to ration the grain supply in view of shortages caused by the Napoleonic War.
Summons dated: Dumfries, 20th Dec. 1800.
ESTC
Grain trade
Scotland Dumfries.