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Writer in Dundee as ~an~ Member of the Tailor
Trade and at same time Solicit him to become
~Our~ Clerk to the Corporation – A Motion was
Made at same time and unanimously agreed
to. to Amend the Laws Relative to Giving
Money to Widows and Decay’d Members –
the same to be Ledurented
At same time Aplication Was made
by Mr Geo Fairweather to be put on
the Superanuated List of the Trade –
It was agreed by the Trade at same time
Relative to the Money Due by Deacon ^Beanstone^ as part Disposer
of the Property Purchased by the Trade from
Messrs Deacon Beanstone and Robt Laing –
to Accept as payment of the Ten Pounds Agreed
to by the Trade as a Compromise from him
for his proportion – one Pound Quartly for three
Years and a Letter shall be insertit in the Minute
Book of the Trade and Subscribed by him
as a security to the Corporation –
Thomas Malcom Dn