November 19, 1765. Answers for James Simpson, Merchant in Glasgow, to the petition of Peter Russell, Merchant in Newcastle

[SIMPSON, James]

Published by [s.n.] [1765], [s.i.], 1765

About this Item

7pp, [1]. Stitched within modern marbled paper wrappers, printed title label to upper wrapper. Old vertical fold and a little browning to text. A rare eighteenth-century legal pamphlet, unrecorded in the usual databases, outlining the responses of James Simpon, Glasgow Merchant, to a legal petition relating to disputed share ownership in the Arran Fishing-Company, in which 'Scheme the Respondent was an Adventurer'. The scheme for a 'Cod, Ling and Herring Fishery, in the Frith of Clyde, and Isles of Scotland', was launched in 1753, and Thomas Horn subscribed two £50 shares (for 5% company ownership) in the name of Peter Russell, Merchant, of Newcastle. Upon demand of payment, Russell disputed that he had ever made such a request of Horn, and refused to pay; that legal proceedings continued until the mid 1760s, as evidenced here, is indicative of the slow process of chancery justice in Georgian Britain. Unrecorded in the usual databases, and not in ESTC. Not in ESTC. Size: Quarto.

Seller Inventory # AQ33378

Bibliographic Details

• Title: November 19, 1765. Answers for James Simpson, Merchant in Glasgow, to the petition of Peter Russell, Merchant in Newcastle
• Publisher: [s.n.] [1765], [s.i.]
• Publication Date: 1765
• Binding: Soft cover