Edinburgh Merchant Company Act, 1898
WHEREAS His Majesty King Charles the Second by His Royal Charter or Letters Patent under the Great Seal of that part of Great Britain called Scotland dated the nineteenth day of October one thousand six hundred and eighty-one did create incorporate and erect the whole then existing merchants importers or sellers of cloths stuffs or other merchandise for the apparel or wear of the bodies of men and women who were burgesses and guild brethren of the City of Edinburgh for themselves and their su...