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Canongate Kilwinning

Calling all masons! This month’s lodge meeting will be held on Thursday the 9th of January at seven o’clock. Lodge Canongate Kilwinning, still active, boasts quite the history, being the oldest purpose-built masonic room in constant use in the entire world. Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 4 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National …

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Hardware and Optical Warehouse

Tortoise Shell Spectacles! Ramsden’s Telescopes! Thermometers! Mathematical Instruments! And, err, an oil painting of the last interview of LEWIS XVI, with his family? Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 4 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National Library of Scotland membership.

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The Farmers Magazine

The Publisher of THE FARMERS MAGAZINE (Price 1s. 9d.) is “extremely sorry that he has been necessarily obliged to postpone the publication” of the magazine from 6th January to 20th January. The circumstances causing the delay were “out of his power to prevent”, and he promises to endeavour to “study to merit a continuance of …

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St Ube’s Salt

For those interested in curing fish, there is good news! A LARGE QUANTITY of St UBE’S SALT has arrived on Christian the Seventh and is now available to view on board said ship. Samples can also be viewed at Mr T Muldrup’s down at the Shore of Leith, or at Messrs John and John Learmonth …

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Professional Concert

Delightfully, the First PROFESSIONAL CONCERT of this Season is nearly upon us, to be held at George Street Assembly Rooms “some time after the QUEEN’S ASSEMBLY”. Patrons should send in their names as soon as possible, before the Subscription closes. Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 4 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National Library …

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Dr Stuart’s House, Cowgate Subjects

And so to property. Firstly, the rather grand sounding Dr Stuart’s House, in NICHOLSON’S STREET, “having three entrances from different ftreets”. As well as the impressive sounding main dwelling (with twelve fire-rooms, no less), features of the entire estate include a coach-houfe, a hen-houfe, and “nearly quarter of an acre fronting Richmond Place, extending almoft …

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