| Description | "The American petition came under cover to Doctor Franklin, but consigned to five gentlemen, the doctor himself, Mr Burke, Mr Gartt, Mr Arthur Lee and Paul Wentworth, to be by them presented to the King attended by as many Americans and merchants as could be prevailed upon to take part in the business, or to be delivered to your Lordship in order to be presented"
For full description see HMC Calendar (11th Report Appendix 5), 1887, available for consultation at the Staffordshire Record Office and at the William Salt Library, Stafford |