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Dundee 6th January 1825

At a meeting of the Tailor Trade held in their Hall this day
John Paterson Tailor in Dundee was proposed & unanimously
admitted a free master in and full ~master~ Member of the
Trade with all the immunities and privileges thereto
belonging upon payment of the customary dues of
admissions. –
The meeting authorised the Boxmaster to advance
Twenty pounds from the funds of the Trade towards
their proportion of the Expence of the action presently
depending before the Court of Session betwixt the ~Nine~
Trades and Three Trades alluded to in former minutes,
and likewise agreed that no handsel should be paid
the ^poor^ widows till the funds be improved

Robt M Cosh

Dundee 17th February 1825

At a Meeting of the Tailor Trade Held in their Hall
this Evening Quarter Accounts were Collected from the
Members present. It was proposed and agreed
by the Meeting to Present the Freedom of the
The Corporation to Mr Shaw Writer, as a mark
of their Esteem for his General Attention to
the Business of the Trade the Meeting for that
purpose to be Called on ~Tuesday~ the first of
March Next No Other Business the
Meeting adjourned Robt M Cosh