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Article OLD RECORDS OF THE LODGE OF PEEBLES. ← Page 4 of 5 →
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Old Records Of The Lodge Of Peebles.
several subscription lists produced it appeared that the number of subscribers amounted to ninety-four , which they considered as a number sufficient to warrant their proceeding to carry into effect the object of the meeting and authorise the Preses to write to Messrs . William Molair , Thos . Sanderson , and Andrew Armstrong , Merchants in Edinh . ordering swatches ( patterns ) of
their best velveteens and silk fringes , with the prices . ( Signed ) " THOS . SMIBERT , Preses . " " Peebles , 19 Sep ., 1802 . " The Committee being mett , swatches were laid before them from Mr . Sanderson and Mr . Armstrong , when they made choice of that of Mr . Armstrong and ordered the Preses to commission from him 13 J yeards of velvet 10 J yeards
, Broad fringe , and 7 \ yds narrow fringe , the quantities calculated to answer their purpose of providing a large and lesser mortcloath , and the ordered James Dickson to procure for them 15 yeards of Black Serge for lining and Bags , which when come to hand , should be given to Alexr Ker and John Grieve to make . ( Signed ) " THOMAS SMIBERT , Preses . "
" Peebles , 6 th Novr ., 1802 . " The Committee being mett find the cost of the cloaths as b y the accompts lying on the table as to be as under : — " Mr . Armstrong ' s acpt ., for Cloath and frings - - £ 13 1 10 "Messrs . Tait , Finch , and Kadie do , for linings , & c- 0 17 If " Jas . Dicksons , for Serge , linings , & o . 12 6 " Alexr . Ker and John Greive , for making - - - - 0 11 10 " Andrew Hall , for warning and attendance at the meetings - - 026
£ 15 15 9 | And they resolved that each subscriber should pay three shillings , and the Ballanee rest as a Debt against the cloaths to be paid b y the members who may afterwards join in the scheme , who shall also pay three shillings each , and they ordered the Treasurer of the Societies to have the money collected against Tuesday eight days ; and as the Business of the Committee will then be at an
end , they resolved that the Societies should between and that day nominate the Committee which is to continue to direct the management . ( Signed ) " THOMAS SMIBERT , Preses . " "Peebles , 19 th Novr ., 1802 . " The Committee being mettJames Dickson paid in for nineteen Weavers
, , a list of whose names he produced , three shillings each , the sum of - £ 2 17 0 " John Wallace , for 35 Hammermen , per list 5 5 0 " Thos . Smibert , for 16 Shoemakers , per do . 2 8 0 "Wm . Thorburn , for 10 Taylors , per do . 1 10 0 " John Veitch , for 19 Massons , per do 2 17 0
£ 14 17 0 " The Committee borrowed from the Junr . Corporation of Shoemakers , one pound , for which they promish to pay intrest until repaid , and they authorise the Preses to pay of the accompts and account to the Treasurer of the Committee of Management for any Ballanee that may remain , and they delivered over the cloath and accounts to James DicksonJohn WallaceAlexander Ker
, , , Andrew Ritchie , and the Committee appointed by the several Societies to take the management thereof . ( Signed ) " THOMAS SMIBERT . " The lodge minutes are again resumed , and the next entry according to date is that of : —
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Old Records Of The Lodge Of Peebles.
several subscription lists produced it appeared that the number of subscribers amounted to ninety-four , which they considered as a number sufficient to warrant their proceeding to carry into effect the object of the meeting and authorise the Preses to write to Messrs . William Molair , Thos . Sanderson , and Andrew Armstrong , Merchants in Edinh . ordering swatches ( patterns ) of
their best velveteens and silk fringes , with the prices . ( Signed ) " THOS . SMIBERT , Preses . " " Peebles , 19 Sep ., 1802 . " The Committee being mett , swatches were laid before them from Mr . Sanderson and Mr . Armstrong , when they made choice of that of Mr . Armstrong and ordered the Preses to commission from him 13 J yeards of velvet 10 J yeards
, Broad fringe , and 7 \ yds narrow fringe , the quantities calculated to answer their purpose of providing a large and lesser mortcloath , and the ordered James Dickson to procure for them 15 yeards of Black Serge for lining and Bags , which when come to hand , should be given to Alexr Ker and John Grieve to make . ( Signed ) " THOMAS SMIBERT , Preses . "
" Peebles , 6 th Novr ., 1802 . " The Committee being mett find the cost of the cloaths as b y the accompts lying on the table as to be as under : — " Mr . Armstrong ' s acpt ., for Cloath and frings - - £ 13 1 10 "Messrs . Tait , Finch , and Kadie do , for linings , & c- 0 17 If " Jas . Dicksons , for Serge , linings , & o . 12 6 " Alexr . Ker and John Greive , for making - - - - 0 11 10 " Andrew Hall , for warning and attendance at the meetings - - 026
£ 15 15 9 | And they resolved that each subscriber should pay three shillings , and the Ballanee rest as a Debt against the cloaths to be paid b y the members who may afterwards join in the scheme , who shall also pay three shillings each , and they ordered the Treasurer of the Societies to have the money collected against Tuesday eight days ; and as the Business of the Committee will then be at an
end , they resolved that the Societies should between and that day nominate the Committee which is to continue to direct the management . ( Signed ) " THOMAS SMIBERT , Preses . " "Peebles , 19 th Novr ., 1802 . " The Committee being mettJames Dickson paid in for nineteen Weavers
, , a list of whose names he produced , three shillings each , the sum of - £ 2 17 0 " John Wallace , for 35 Hammermen , per list 5 5 0 " Thos . Smibert , for 16 Shoemakers , per do . 2 8 0 "Wm . Thorburn , for 10 Taylors , per do . 1 10 0 " John Veitch , for 19 Massons , per do 2 17 0
£ 14 17 0 " The Committee borrowed from the Junr . Corporation of Shoemakers , one pound , for which they promish to pay intrest until repaid , and they authorise the Preses to pay of the accompts and account to the Treasurer of the Committee of Management for any Ballanee that may remain , and they delivered over the cloath and accounts to James DicksonJohn WallaceAlexander Ker
, , , Andrew Ritchie , and the Committee appointed by the several Societies to take the management thereof . ( Signed ) " THOMAS SMIBERT . " The lodge minutes are again resumed , and the next entry according to date is that of : —