====== Act Declaring the Scottish Convention a Free and Lawful Meeting ======
March 16, 1689
A printed version of the text can be found on pages 1 and 2 of The acts & orders of the meeting of the estates of the kingdom of Scotland held and begun at Edinburgh, t
====== Letter of King James VII to the Scottish Convention ======
March 1, 1689
[[:rules:clwg:1689:pe... le:James|King James VII]] wrote this letter while he was aboard the St Michael on the way to Ireland. It was alleged(("Bonnie Dundee: John Grahame of Claverhouse", Andre
====== Letter from Prince William of Orange to the Scottish Convention ======
March 16, 1689
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This letter was presented to the Scottish Convention, March 16, 1689, by the Earl of Leven.
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My Lords and Gentlemen,
We are very sensible of the kindness and concern that many of your nation hav
====== The Three Estates ======
The members were collectively referred to as the **Three Estates** ([[wiki>Middle Scots]] Thrie Estaitis), or 'community of the realm' (//tres communitates//), composed of:
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