BIB_ID
384395
Accession number
MA 1263.27
Creator
Fergusson, Adam, Sir, 1733-1813.
Display Date
[1780].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 32.1 cm
Notes
A duplicate of MA 1263.26 but with one additional paragraph at the end.
At top of page: "To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament Assembled the humble Petition of Sir Adam Fergusson Baronet Sheweth..."
Volume 6 (MA 1263) of a 33-volume collection of the correspondence of Sir James Pulteney, his family, and distinguished contemporaries (MA 487, MA 297, and MA 1260-1290). The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical by the author of the letter. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for MA 1263 for more information.
At top of page: "To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament Assembled the humble Petition of Sir Adam Fergusson Baronet Sheweth..."
Volume 6 (MA 1263) of a 33-volume collection of the correspondence of Sir James Pulteney, his family, and distinguished contemporaries (MA 487, MA 297, and MA 1260-1290). The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical by the author of the letter. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for MA 1263 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
A petition to the House of Commons in which Fergusson contests the recent election results in Ayrshire and argues that he should be returned to Parliament instead of Major Hugh Montgomery because he had "the majority of legal votes."
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