BIB_ID
131717
Accession number
MA 783
Display Date
1639 Aug. 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item vellum ; 85.6 cm
Notes
With an autograph statement of authenticity written by William Hunter, a former owner, with the names of some of the signers and an autograph letter signed to Bernard Quaritch from William Hunter offering the letter for sale.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Quaritch & Sons, London in 1909.
Summary
Being a document in two parts; the first part being "The humble supplication of the General Assembly convened at Edinburgh the 12th of August 1639 to His Majestie's High Commissionar" and the second part being "The Act of His Majesties most Honourable Privie Counsell at Edinburgh the 30th of August 1639 containing the answer to the supplication above written."
Housed in
Brown morocco slip case.
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