| Description | COUNCIL REGISTER, VOLUME 71, FOLIOS 165r - 166r
Council meeting, 18 August 1826
[Sederunt given]
The Provost reported that the Treasurer had borrowed on 20 June 1826 the following sums of money on the Town's account for the purpose of paying off sundry Treasury Creditors who had demanded the principal sums due to them. Bills for the same had been issued to the following lenders with interest at five percent:
John Bruce, Holburn - £350
Alexander Galen Esq, in addition to £1,500 - £500
John Leith, coppersmith, in addition to £600 - £300
Peter Hay's Trustees, in addition to £850 - £100
Alexander Symmers, gardener - £300
Jane Gordon, in addition to £600 - £200
Mrs Elizabeth Copland, in addition to £110 - £50
William Morison, Inverury - £870
William Morison, Aberdeen - £460
Alexander Gray, baker in Aberdeen - £400
Alexander Webster as Trustee for Margaret and Janet Riddock - £200
Alexander Webster as Trustee for Janet Hay or Riddock - £250
Kirk Session of Banchory, in addition to £525 - £500
Kirk Session of Tarves - £120
St Machar's Lodge, in addition to £285 - £155
Treasurer of the Infirmary of Aberdeen, in addition to £2,500 - £1,000
Treasurer of the Infirmary, price of houses in Green - £450
TOTAL: £6,205
(165r - 166r)
The Council admitted twelve Burgesses of Guild. (166r) |