Petitions.
Found in 254 Collections and/or Records:
Papers concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745., 1745-1761, undated.
Papers concerning the Peers of Scotland., 1707-1761.
Papers concerning the Society of Writers to His Majesty`s Signet.
The papers include copies of acts and proposals to prevent abuses within the Society, 1666-1699 (folio 3); a declaration of loyalty to William III, 1701 (folio 19); and petitions to the Society, 1699-1733 (folio 21).
Papers concerning Widows Fund, Annuitants, Poor relief, and other financial papers of the Faculty of Advocates.
Papers mostly concerning the prosecution and imprisonment of John Cameron of Fassifern.
Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Governorship of the Leeward Islands., 1809-1813.
Most of these papers consist of official correspondence with the government, and with the formal depositions and memoranda concerning legal cases mostly against planters for cruelty to their slaves. The case against Arthur Hodge in which Hugh Elliot by his own personal interference secured a conviction is well documented.
Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Neapolitan Mission., 1802-1808, 1814.
These papers cover every aspect of Hugh Elliot's official activities during his embassy at Naples and subsequently at Palermo, 1803-1806. In addition to normal diplomatic affairs, they deal extensively with naval operations in the Mediterranean and with military campaigns in southern Italy, particularly Calabria.
Papers of John Rennie relating to various mills., 1787-1831, undated.
Papers of John Spottiswoode, Advocate, Keeper of the Advocates’ Library, 1702-1728.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning a dispute with Edinburgh Town Council., 1633-1680.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning a dispute with Edinburgh Town Council., 1681-1687.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning a dispute with Edinburgh Town Council., 1688-1699, undated.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the City of Edinburgh.
Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs., 1437-1912, undated.
Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs., 1660-[circa 1834].
Papers of the Incorporation of Sailors of Fisherrow and Musselburgh, or Fisherrow Sailor’s Society, comprising correspondence, petitions to the Society for assistance, receipts, and documents relating to the winding-up of the Society, and, at the end, printed Rules of the Society., 1684-1889.
The papers were loose in an iron box retained by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (see MS.1998, folio iv).
Papers of the Justiciary Court of the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Papers of the "Keep Our Scottish Battalions" Campaign.
Papers of the Lamonts of that Ilk.
Papers of the MacLeods of Geanies relating to the loss of Assynt., 1654-1763.
In 1738, Hugh MacLeod, 2nd of Geanies, re-opened the case of his uncle, Neil, 9th of Assynt, to recover the lands of Assynt lost following Neil's reputed betrayal of James Graham, Marquess of Montrose in 1650. The documents relate mainly to Hugh MacLeod's case, 1738-1763, being mostly legal papers, but including the petition of Neil MacLeod to General Monck of 1654. There are also papers concerning the case in the hand of Donald MacLeod, 3rd of Geanies.