My phone vrrrped as it switched itself off. No battery. Strange, I know, as it had been at 67% only ten minutes ago. This was not an uncommon experience, and I paused – as I always did – to make a mental note of my specific position before continuing. I had a theory I had …
Author: lmtcrow
Edinburgh Friendly Insurance Office
The Edinburgh Friendly Insurance Society, insuring against losses by fire, is hosting its annual general meeting. It is hoped members will attend. Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 6 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National Library of Scotland membership.
Oeuvres Choisies de Moliere
For those of you fancying a little 17th Century French literature to go with your morning coffee. Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 6 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National Library of Scotland membership.
Deserters
Poor McLeish and Ferguson, declared deserters. There are orders to search for them and for them to be “used as such”, whatever that means. Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 6 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National Library of Scotland membership.
Lord Arbuthnott’s Creditors
I would love to know more about the intricacies of this. I thoroughly enjoy the cautiously polite wordiness, and the use of the term ‘denude‘, as used within Scots law. Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 6 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National Library of Scotland membership.
Married, Died, Shipwrecks
One marriage, three deaths, one shipwreck. That ratio is not good. Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 6 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National Library of Scotland membership.