Petition to the Duke regarding unconstitutional representation in the House of Keys and proposed electoral reforms.
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- Petition to the Duke regarding unconstitutional representation in the House of Keys and proposed electoral reforms.
- Description
- A petition to the Duke of Atholl (addressed as 'your Grace') from memorialists complaining of arbitrary conduct by a factional majority in the House of Keys, their resignation in protest, and proposals for electoral reform including dissolution of the current 24-member assembly and establishment of a new body elected by the people's free voices with a three-year term.
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- md:20260219_122012.md
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- Petition
- Creator
- The Memorialists (unspecified body of petitioners)
- Audience
- The Duke of Atholl ('your Grace')
- Provenance
- Fragment of document; begins mid-sentence. Contains abbreviated contractions (aſs^t, w^ch, D., etc.) typical of 18th-century manuscript.
- Language
- English