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171521211London 1715. Disbound. Mild soiling at edges<br/> <br/> Unrecorded<br/> <br/> An unrecorded British petitionary leaflet protesting the recent election of the young Sir Robert Gordon to Parliament for Caithness in Scotland. The petitioner Sir James St. Clare or Sinclair lost to Gordon in the February election and argues here that his opponent was not a valid candidate being "an Infant not Nineteen Years of Age" and unable to prove any land holdings in Caithness that would qualify him to be elected. St. Clare notes that he traveled "Five Hundred Miles to make good this his just Complaint." He was evidently rebuffed however as Gordon would serve as MP for Caithness from 1715 to 1722. Sir Robert Gordon 1696-1772 was the 4th Baronet of Letterfourie Sutherland. This extremely rare document is among the first examples of lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons following the accession of King George I in 1714 and the Whig Party's massive victories in the elections of 1715. unknown