Miscellaneous documents relating to the Ogleface Friendly Society, 1794-1875; with typescript copies, circa 1965, of newspaper articles, 1958, of Nan Milton.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Contract, 1794, of the Ogleface Friendly Society concerning the rental of property for a Hearse House (folio 1).
(ii) Photograph of a printed sheet, 1795, "Conditions on which the Ogleface Friendly Society's Hearse is let out" (folio 3).
(iii) 'Regulations of the Avonbridge New Hearse Society, instituted in 1842', printed, 1867 (folio 4).
(iv) Fragments of minutes of the society, 1858, 1860, and the Treasurer's Report, 1860-1862 (folio 6).
(v) Miscellaneous receipts, 1846-1875, mainly concerning repair of the hearse and the hearse house (folio 10).
(vi) Typed copies of newspaper articles by the donor based on the above manuscript material. 'Avonbridge, past and present', and 'Avonbridge, 1795', appeared in the 'Falkirk Herald' on the 11 January, 1958; 'Avonbridge in the eighteenth century' on 22 March 1958; and 'Avonbridge makes history' on 26 April, 1958 (folio 19).
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1795-1875, circa 1965.
Creator
- Milton, Nan, Avonbridge, fl 1965 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
36 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1965, Nan Milton, Avonbridge.12 February 1965
Physical Description
Folio and under.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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