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Translation of SP 54/13, number 112A
Catalogue reference: SP 54/13/112B
Date: 1722 June 23
Translation of SP 54/13, number 112A
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Lord Justice Clerk Fletcher to [Secretary Newcastle]. On the murder of John Porteous:...
Catalogue reference: SP 54/22/72
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Lord Justice Clerk Fletcher to [Secretary Newcastle]. On the murder of John Porteous: "the mob are now so insolent and the Town Guard so dispirited and in such contempt, that I find it would be in vain for the magistrates upon their own authority to attempt to enquire after and seize the authors or actors of this barbarity"
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