Excerpt from the Edinburgh Newspaper reporting public praise for Peter Halkerston and his work from Charles Hope, the Lord President of the Court of Session, and Lord Balgray
Notarial copy of an application from Peter Halkerston to the Directors of the East India Company on behalf of his son, witnessed by James Irvine and Michael Patison and endorsed by Charles Hope, D Boyle, David Hume, Andrew Duncan and Andrew Coventry