English: This file comprises a vellum-bound volume containing the Articles of Union agreed by the Commissioners nominated by Queen Anne in 1706. The Articles are signed and sealed by the Commissioners, those of England signing in the right hand columns and those for Scotland in the left. The first two English signatures are of the Archbishop of Canterbury and William Cowper, Keeper of the Great Seal, whilst the first two Scottish signatures are of the Scottish Chancellor, Lord Sealfield, and the Duke of Queensbury, the Scottish Lord Privy Seal.

Annexed: a) 28 Jan — Copy of Act ratifying and approving the treaty of Union of the two Kingdoms of Scotland and England as passed by the Scottish Parliament [now in HL/PO/JO/10/2/28]. b) 28 Jan — Volume bound in vellum containing the Minutes of the Proceedings of the English and Scottish Commissioners who drew up the Articles of Union [now in HL/PO/JO/10/2/28].

c) 18 Feb — Copy of Act settling the manner of electing the sixteen Peers and forty-five members to represent Scotland in the Parliament of Great Britain, as passed by the Scottish Parliament [now in HL/PO/JO/10/2/28].