| Description | Council meeting, 11 December 1811
[Sederunt given]
The Council allocated aid from the Poor's Fund to the following applicants:
Robert Shinie, late soapmaker in Aberdeen - £8
Nathaniel Stewart, merchant - £8
Robert Burgess, late seedsman - £6
James Cruickshank, merchant Burgess - £6
A child of Ann Leighton, widow of James Melvin, late merchant and Burgess - £4 (one of Dr Guild's orphan bursaries)
A child of Magdalene Cowie, daughter of the late Charles Cowie, merchant - £4 (one of Dr Guild's orphan bursaries)
Hannabella McKenzie, widow of the late John Findlay, hatmaker in Aberdeen - £4
Janet Urquhart, widow of the late Alexander Hall, baker in Aberdeen - £3
Thomas Turriff, Burgess - £3 (per warrand)
Agnes Elphinston, widow of the late William Ridland, mariner and daughter of a Burgess - £3 (per warrand)
The following pensioners were granted additional sums to their existing pensions from the Poor's Fund:
Christian and Agnes Black, daughters of the late John Black, merchant Burgess - 20 shillings each
Helen Lawrance, widow of the late William Davidson, sometime stocking merchant in Aberdeen - 20 shillings
Helen Nicolson, widow of the late John Nicolson, Teacher of French in Aberdeen - 20 shillings
John Kiloh, merchant - £2
Alexander Duffus, residing in Aberdeen - £2 (per warrand)
The Council directed all other pensions from the Town's Funds to be continued unaltered. (216r - 216v)
Upon an application from Rev William Skinner and other subscribers for the erection of a monument to the memory of the late Professor James Beattie of Marischal College, the Council granted them permission to place a small inscribed marble tablet in the outside of the west wall of Drum's Aisle upon payment of 1 guinea to the Master of Kirk Works. (216v)
The Council admitted John Smith youngest, merchant, as a Burgess of Guild. (216v) |