Papers relating to sedition, formerly part of the papers of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Notes of the speeches and opinions of the Court at the trial of Charles Sinclair for sedition at Edinburgh, 1794; see ‘State trials’, edited by T J Howell, volume xxiii (London, 1817), page 778 (folio i);
(ii) Memorandum for Dundas on the trial of Thomas Muir for sedition at Edinburgh, 1793; see ‘State trials’, edited by T J Howell, volume xxiii (London, 1817), page 118 (folio 49);
(iii) List of papers on treasonable proceedings laid before the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons appointed on 24 January 1799; see ‘Parliamentary history’, volume xxxiv (London, 1819), pages 208, 579 (folio 53);
(iv) Letters, 1794-1799, defending the action of the Scottish Judges, proposing measures to be taken, and describing the state of affairs (folio 57).
Dates
- Creation: 1793-1799.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
69 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1942, by the Trustees of the British Library of Political and Economic Science, London.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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