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To the king's most excellent majesty : the humble petition of your majesty's well-affected subjects in the county of Perth : petition signed : Perth, to George I, King of England, [1715 or later].

BIB_ID
120827
Accession number
MA 753.1
Display Date
[1715 or later].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p.) : vellum ; 65.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of documents concerning the 1715 Jacobite rebellion; see main record for MA 753 for more information.
Signed by 15 people including Lawrence Craigie of Kilgraston; F[rancis?] Montgomerie of Giffen; Haldane [of] Gleneagles; Ja[mes?] Campbell of Aberuchill; Alb[ert?] Robertson of Straloch; Jean Ruthven; Jo[seph?] Drummond of Megginch; Duncan of Lundie; Drummond of Gairdrum; John Graham of Glendoick; Rob[ert?] [surname and title illegible]; Joseph Austin of Kilspindie; Moncrieff; a second Craigie; and Margaret Mitchell.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson before 1913.
Summary
Asking George I to reimburse them for the losses they sustained "during the late Unnatural Rebellion."