The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... subscription . In 1787 , James , eighth Earl of Abercorn , was buried in the Sounding Aisle . In 1788 , the Union Bank of Paisley was com menced . It had at the commencement ten partners . In this year the population was over 19,000 ...
... subscription . In 1787 , James , eighth Earl of Abercorn , was buried in the Sounding Aisle . In 1788 , the Union Bank of Paisley was com menced . It had at the commencement ten partners . In this year the population was over 19,000 ...
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... subscriptions and distribute the funds in the most useful manner . A vote of thanks to the chairman and the magistrates brought the meeting to a close . In the beginning of the year 1826 the king gave orders that the rooms in Windsor ...
... subscriptions and distribute the funds in the most useful manner . A vote of thanks to the chairman and the magistrates brought the meeting to a close . In the beginning of the year 1826 the king gave orders that the rooms in Windsor ...
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... subscriptions were pouring into Paisley from London , Edinburgh , and other parts . The king sent £ 500 , and the ... subscription paper was opened , and put down his name for £ 100 . Five hundred guineas were subscribed at the meeting ...
... subscriptions were pouring into Paisley from London , Edinburgh , and other parts . The king sent £ 500 , and the ... subscription paper was opened , and put down his name for £ 100 . Five hundred guineas were subscribed at the meeting ...
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... subscriptions : -- Sir Michael Shaw Stewart , £ 150 . Major Harvey , of Castlesemple , £ 150 . Archibald Campbell ... subscription was at once commenced for the purpose of giving the congregation another site . At a meeting that was ...
... subscriptions : -- Sir Michael Shaw Stewart , £ 150 . Major Harvey , of Castlesemple , £ 150 . Archibald Campbell ... subscription was at once commenced for the purpose of giving the congregation another site . At a meeting that was ...
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... subscriptions that were collected : - Community of Paisley , James Buchanan , Robert Farquharson , J. & J. Clark & Co. , James Carlile & Sons , James Dunn , William Fulton , James Watt , Greenock , James Macfarlane , £ 31 10 0 10 10 0 ...
... subscriptions that were collected : - Community of Paisley , James Buchanan , Robert Farquharson , J. & J. Clark & Co. , James Carlile & Sons , James Dunn , William Fulton , James Watt , Greenock , James Macfarlane , £ 31 10 0 10 10 0 ...
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Abbey Abbot Abercorn appointed Bailies Baillie and Council Barr & M'Nab Barrhead bell boats Brown building built burgesses burgh called Campbell Canal Cart Causeyside cholera Church City of Glasgow Clyde coach Coats Cochran CONTRIBUTED BY J. W. C. County Craig Cross death died Dunoon Earl Edinburgh Elderslie erected feet Foxbar Gavin Stewart Glasgow Bank Gleniffer Braes Gourock Greenock HISTORICAL SKETCH horse hour inhabitants James John Johnstone Joseph Whitehead July Kelburne Kerr Kilbarchan King kirk Lady Brisbane Lady Kelburne Lord magistrates manufacture meeting Messrs Barr Miss morning named Neilston o'clock Paslay passengers Peter Coats population pounds Scots Presbytery prisoners Provost quhilk race received Renfrew Renfrew Railway Renfrewshire river Robert Saint Mirin sall Scotland Scots Sheriff Sneddon Spiers steamer steeple Stewart stones Stranraer subscriptions taken tion Tolbooth took place Town Council TOWN OF PAISLEY unemployed William Wynd