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Report of the Attorney and Solicitor General and the Lords Advocate of Scotland on...
Catalogue reference: PC 1/5/105
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- 1746 June 16
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Report of the Attorney and Solicitor General and the Lords Advocate of Scotland on the petition (enclosed) of the Governors of the city of Aberdeen for a new election of magistrates
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 3 ff
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Democracy
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