| Description | 1. Provision Order for the government and Administration of James Thain's Charity, Aberdeen, 1881
2. Extract of the Deed of Mortification of Mr James Thain of 1798
3. Minute of agreement between Mr Alexander Mearns and the trustees of James Thain's School regarding sale of Shiprow property to the trustees, 1 Nov 1802
4. Inventory of writs referred to in the disposition by Alexander Mearns to John Ferguson, 1803
5. Letter from Secretary of Endowments Commission regarding provision order, 26 Dec 1879
6. Jottings about progress of funds, 1880
7. Aberdeen School Board syllabus of instruction in scripture knowledge
8 - 40 Bundle of 34 items
8.- 9. Letter regarding provision order, one from the Home Office, 1881
10. Copy of Edinburgh Gazette with petition 1880
11. Irregular attendance return, Aberdeen School Board
12. Thain's Trust report on irregular attendance for quarter ending April 1880
13. Draft Provisional Order 1880
14. Copy of Endowed Institutions (Scotland_ Act 1878
15. Business account with Simpson and Cruden, 1881
16. Letter from the Home Secretary with copy of Provision Order, 1881
17, 19-23 Letters from MP and Secretary of State regarding provision order, 18810-1881
18. Letter from Secretary of State with copy of draft Provision Order 1880
24. Receipt for payment of legacy duty of James Farquhar's estate, 1801
25 - 37 Bundle of 10 letters from the Secretary of State, Education Department and Endowment Commission regarding the provisional order, a news cutting, a printed copy of the petition of the governing body of James Thain's Charity, and jottings as to progress of fund, 1880
38. Letter from the Endowment Commission regarding the provisional order, 1879
39. Aberdeen Journal, 27 Feb 1880
40. Aberdeen Free Press, 26 Feb 1880
41. Scotsman with piece on Scotch Educational Endowments Bill, 8 July 1880
42. Application form to Dr Brown's Trustees
43 - 44 Two versions of the Educational Endowments (Scotland) Bill, 1880
45. Provision Order for the Government and Administration of Certain Endowed Institutions Under the Management of the Town Council of Aberdeen, 1880
46. Petition by the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of Aberdeen for Powers under the Endowed Institutions (Scotland) Act 1878, 1880
47 - 48 Fire Policy for Shiprow property, 1855 and 1814
49. List of new applications to Thain's School, 15 Dec 1879 |