Answers in behalf of the vvellwishers to the prosperity of the nation, in matters of trade, vvhy the frivolous points of allerged private rights obtruded by the Town of Edinburgh should not hinder the passing of the Act for a Communication of Trade, to the inhabitants of Leith.

Abstract

Caption title. Place and date of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Imperfect: faded, with loss of text. Concerns Acts of Parliament of 1672 and 1693 which removed trading restrictions in Edinburgh and extended the trading rights of baronies such as Leith. Reproduction of original in: National Library of Scotland.