| Description | COUNCIL REGISTER, VOLUME 71, FOLIOS 255v - 258r
Account of the laying of the foundation stone of the new bridge over the River Don, 3 May 1827
[Account of the ceremony at the laying of the foundation stone for the new bridge over the River Don by Alexander Brown Esq, Lord Provost. Report includes speeches delivered by William Carnegie, Town Clerk, and Provost Brown, details of a 'time-capsule' placed in the stone as well as the texts from the two inscribed brass plates, one listing the magistrates and Council members present along with the names of the engineers and contractors:]
Magistrates and Council of the City of Aberdeen from Michaelmas 1826 to Michaelmas 1827
Alexander Brown, Lord Provost
James Milne, Robert Brown, Alexander Duthie junior, James Brebner, Baillies
Alexander Duncan, Dean of Guild
Robert Catto, Treasurer
George Lyall, Master of Shoreworks
George Henry, Master of Kirk and Bridge Works
James Dyce, Master of Mortifications
Peter MacFarlane, Master of the Guild Brethren's Hospital
James Hadden, Gavin Hadden, William Johnston, George Thomson, Alexander Hadden and Alexander Simpson, Merchant Councillors
George Smith, glazier, and William Michie, cooper, the Trades Councillors
William Carnegie, Town Clerk
James Hardie, Town Clerk Depute and Chamberlain
Thomas Telford FRSE, Civil Engineer
John Smith, Resident Engineer
John and Alexander Gibb, Contractors for the Work
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