Abstract
Respondents, trustees and lessee of Theatre Royal, defend possession against petitioner seeking to manage the theatre under a disputed patent, asserting lawful title and public interest.
Appendix (from p. 36)
- Letter from John Seton to Walter Ross (27 July 1786).
- Draught of a letter from the Duke of Hamilton and Henry Dundas to the Earl of Salisbury (undated).
- Letter from Walter Ross to John Seton (8 August 1786).
- Letter from John Seton to John Jackson (16 August 1787).
- Account of expenses incurred by John Jackson for soliciting and obtaining the Royal Letters Patent for the Edinburgh Theatre (1788).
- Letter from William Gibson to the Duke of Hamilton (14 October 1791).
- Letter from William Gibson to Henry Dundas (14 October 1791).
- Letter from Robert Playfair to William Gibson (17 February 1793).
- Letter from the Duke of Hamilton to James Gibson (8 September 1792).
- Letter from Henry Dundas to William Gibson (18 October 1791).
