Observations by the committees of the Writers to the Signet, and of the Heritors and Householders of Edinburgh
Subtitle: upon a Memorial for the Magistrates and Council, concerning the affair of the poors-rate, etc.
Contributors: M'Farlane, Jo.; M'Gowan, Jo.; Armour, Ja.; Riddel, Geo.; Faculty of Advocates (Edinburgh, Scotland); Edinburgh (Lothian. Company of Merchants); Edinburgh (Lothian. Committee ofHeritors and Householders); Society of Writers to H.M. Signet.
Publisher: s.n
Published: 1749
Place of publication: (Edinburgh?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Edinburgh (Lothian). -- Town Council.; Memorial for the Magistrates and Council of the City of Edinburgh.; Poor laws -- Scotland -- Edinburgh (Lothian)
Notes: Caption title.

Opposes the Town Council's plan for a poor tax; cites opposition of Faculty of Advocates, Skinners & Furriers, Cordiners, Taylors, Hammermen, Wrights and Masons, Goldsmiths, Fleshers, Society of Barbers and dissent from the report of the Merchant Company.

Subscribed: Jo. M'Farlane. Jo. M'Gowan. Ja. Armour. Geo. Riddel. Alex. Brown. Arch. Shiels. Jo. Kennedy. And. Chalmer. Ja. Farquhar. Cha. Bruce.