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           1698
        
      
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             Unto his Grace, his Majesty's High Commissioner, and the Right Honourable, the Estates of Parliament. The owners and masters of the ships belonging to the town of Borrowstounness, Grange-panns, and Queensferrie.
             Scotland. Parliament. Committee of Estates.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [Edinburgh :
             1698]
          
           
             Caption title.
             Imprint suggested by Wing.
             Complaining about the tonnage charges made in favour of John Adair and Captain John Slezer.
             Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Slezer, John, d. 1714.
           Adair, John, ca. 1650-1722.
           Tonnage fees -- Scotland -- Bo'ness -- Early works to 1800.
           Tonnage fees -- Scotland -- Queensferry -- Early works to 1800.
           Tonnage fees -- Scotland -- Grangepans -- Early works to 1800.
           Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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           UNTO
           HIS
           GRACE
           .
           HIS
           MAJESTY'S
           HIGH
           COMMISSIONER
           And
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           The
           ESTATES
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           .
           
             The
             OWNERS
             and
             MASTERS
             of
             the
             SHIPS
             belonging
             in
             the
             Town
             of
          
           BORROWSTOUNNESS
           ,
           GRANGE-PANNS
           ,
           
             and
          
           QUEENSFERRIE
           .
        
         
           
             Sheweth
             ,
          
        
         
           THAT
           whereas
           in
           the
           Year
           1695
           ,
           there
           was
           an
           unprinted
           Act
           past
           ,
           imposing
           Four
           Shilling
           
             Scots
          
           yearly
           upon
           the
           Tunn
           of
           all
           Ships
           belonging
           to
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           Sixteen
           Shilling
           
             Scots
          
           upon
           the
           Tun
           of
           Forraign
           Ships
           ,
           coming
           within
           the
           Rivers
           and
           Harbours
           belonging
           to
           this
           Nation
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           order
           to
           the
           defraying
           of
           of
           Mr.
           
           Adair's
           Charges
           in
           making
           up
           of
           Maps
           of
           the
           Coasts
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
           Slezer's
           Charges
           for
           making
           Maps
           and
           Prospects
           of
           the
           Castles
           and
           Forts
           within
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           which
           Four
           Shilling
           of
           Tunnage
           has
           been
           strictly
           exacted
           off
           us
           ,
           for
           all
           Years
           preceeding
           
             August
          
           last
           .
           As
           to
           which
           we
           humbly
           Represent
           ,
           That
           the
           exacting
           of
           the
           said
           Tunnage
           is
           a
           very
           heavy
           Burden
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           if
           continued
           ,
           will
           absolutely
           destroy
           our
           Trade
           and
           Shipping
           :
           And
           whatever
           is
           in
           use
           to
           be
           exacted
           from
           Forraign
           Ships
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           the
           Practice
           of
           all
           Nations
           to
           free
           their
           own
           Ships
           of
           such
           Tunnage
           ,
           for
           encouraging
           of
           their
           Shipping
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           albeit
           in
           
             France
          
           they
           exact
           
             50
             Souce
             per
          
           Tun
           ;
           in
           
             Denmark
          
           a
           Rix
           Dollar
           and
           six
           Stivers
           ,
           in
           
             Holland
          
           fifteen
           Stivers
           
             per
          
           Laste
           of
           all
           Forraign
           Ships
           ,
           and
           so
           in
           many
           other
           Places
           ;
           yet
           they
           exact
           nothing
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Tunnage
           of
           their
           own
           Ships
           .
           And
           our
           Loss
           and
           Prejudice
           by
           the
           said
           Tunnage
           is
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           ,
           that
           our
           Ships
           being
           pretty
           large
           ,
           our
           principal
           Trade
           being
           to
           carry
           Coals
           ,
           and
           such
           other
           bulkish
           Commodities
           Abroad
           ;
           a
           good
           part
           of
           our
           Profit
           is
           exhausted
           by
           the
           said
           Tunnage
           ,
           and
           Tunnage
           and
           Last-money
           which
           is
           exacted
           from
           us
           Abroad
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           considerable
           .
           And
           we
           having
           had
           great
           Loss
           of
           our
           Shipping
           the
           time
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           rather
           than
           made
           any
           Gain
           ,
           have
           brought
           a
           Debt
           upon
           our
           Ships
           :
           And
           now
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Peace
           when
           we
           may
           expect
           to
           have
           some
           Trade
           ,
           if
           the
           said
           Tunnage
           be
           not
           taken
           off
           ,
           we
           will
           be
           necessitate
           to
           lay
           up
           our
           Ships
           ,
           or
           other
           ways
           dispose
           of
           them
           .
           And
           seing
           there
           nothing
           tends
           more
           to
           the
           Thriving
           and
           Promoting
           of
           Trade
           in
           a
           Nation
           ,
           than
           the
           encouraging
           of
           Shipping
           ,
           without
           which
           Forraign
           Trade
           ,
           which
           is
           that
           ,
           That
           principally
           enriches
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           cannot
           be
           carried
           on
           .
        
         
           
             It
             is
             therefore
             humbly
             craved
             ,
             That
             his
             Grace
             His
             Majesty's
             High
             Commissioner
             ,
             and
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             the
             Estates
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             may
             take
             the
             Premisses
             to
             their
             Consideration
             ,
             and
             altogether
             to
             Discharge
             the
             foresaid
             Imposition
             of
          
           4
           sh
           
             upon
             the
             Tun
             of
          
           Scots
           
             Ships
             since
          
           August
           
             last
             ,
             and
             in
             time-comming
             ,
             and
             to
             lay
             the
             samen
             wholy
             upon
             Forraign
             Ships
             ,
             for
             whose
             use
             principally
             the
             Maps
             of
             the
             Coasts
             are
             Designed
             to
             be
             made
             for
             their
             Trade
             and
             Security
             ;
             the
          
           Scots
           
             Masters
             and
             Mariners
             being
             sufficiently
             acquainted
             with
             their
             own
             Coast
             ,
             and
             having
             Maps
             thereof
             whereby
             they
             have
             directed
             their
             Courses
             of
             a
             longtime
             ,
             and
             as
             yet
             have
             none
             other
             :
             So
             that
             the
             saids
             Maps
             can
             be
             of
             litle
             or
             no
             use
             or
             benefit
             to
             them
             ;
             and
             it
             seems
             Reasonable
             ,
             that
             seing
             Forraigners
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             acquaint
             with
             our
             Coast
             ,
             does
             principally
             reap
             the
             Benefit
             of
             these
             Maps
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Expences
             were
             to
             be
             defrayed
             by
             that
             Imposition
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             only
             bear
             the
             Burden
             ,
             and
             they
             cannot
             complain
             that
             it
             is
             too
             high
             ,
             seing
             it
             is
             a
             third
             part
             less
             than
             the
          
           Scots
           
             Ships
             pays
             in
             any
             place
             abroad
             .
          
           And
           Your
           Petitioners
           shall
           ever
           pray
           .
        
      
    
     
  

