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The Court of Session and Session Papers have a long and fascinating history. This essay offers a simple introduction to the Court, litigation before it, and the creation, collection, and curation of Session Papers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It also serves as a road map for how to use the documents in this digital archive and provides a reading list for further exploration.

Eight years of expert cataloging, tens of thousands of documents, and the arithmetic that forced a new method — the project's statement essay, told through one 1803 Dundee lawsuit.