The Public have been very much pestered by the great quantity of counterfeit halfpence, now and for some years past in circulation. Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 6 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National Library of Scotland membership.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.