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King George III sits at a table approached by his son, the Prince of Wales. Engraving, 1770.

The Lord Mayor of London kneels before King George III and presents a remonstrance on behalf of the City of London: the king has no time to read it as he is preoccupied with making buttons. Engraving, 1770.

The submission of four petitions against the Convention of Cintra. Etching by J. Gillray.

Age of consent emergency- your last chance to act : write for the right to equality : sign the Stonewall postal petition for an equal age of consent / Angela Mason, Stonewall for lesbian and gay equality.

Advice to the Kentish long-tails : by the wise men of Gotham, in answer to their late sawcy petition to the parliament ... signed by the mayor, aldermen, and the Common-Council;all the inhabitants, both men and wpomen, and children, that could make their marks, at the quarter sessions holden at Gotham, in comitatu Essex, the 12th of May.

Pet. - Mrs Lashley and husband, against Inner house interlocutor. James Gibson W.S. agent. Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Mrs Rebecca Hog, eldest daughter of the late Roger Hog, Esq; of New Liston, and spouse of Thomas Lashley, Esq of London, and the said Thomas Lashley for his interest; ...

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie of Grandville, ...

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of James Haliburton writer to the signet, ...

Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of John Montgomery merchant in Liverpool, ...

Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, petition for Sir Edward Eizat. Against John Angus brewer in Canon-mills.

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Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie of Grandville, ...

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of James Haliburton writer to the signet, ...

Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of John Montgomery merchant in Liverpool, ...

Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, petition for Sir Edward Eizat. Against John Angus brewer in Canon-mills.