Proclamation for apprehending captains Gavine Hamilton, Kenneth Mackenzie & Kenneth Urquhart..
Contributors: William III, King of England, 1650-1702; Eliot, Gilbert, Sir, 1651-1718; Scotland. Privy Council
Publisher: Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, printer to the kings most Excellent Majesty
Published: 1700
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Subjects: Crime; Riots; Sedition; Broadsides
Notes: Caption title.

Imprint from colophon.

Signed following text: Given under our signet at Edinburgh the twenty fifth day of July, and of our reign the twelfth year 1700. Per actum dominorum secreti consilii. Gilb. Eliot, Cls. Sti. consilii.

Royal proclamation ordering the capture of captains Gavin Hamilton, Kenneth Mackenzie and Kenneth Urquhart for their part in the riot in Edinburgh on the 20th June. Two of the other person swept up in the riot were Hugh Paterson and James Watson. They were accused before the Scottish Privy Council for printing and scandalous and seditious pamphlets. James Watson was imprisoned in 1700 for printing Scotland's grievances, relating to Darien / by George Ridpath.

Woodcut headpiece above caption title.

Scott, J. Bibliography of printed documents and books relating to the Darien company, 125

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), S1828

Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, books printed 1675-1700, page 414

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English short title catalogue, R183495

Purchase; 1905; 908.