| Description | Council meeting, 24 December 1817
[Sederunt given]
The Council allocated the Poor's Funds for 1818. The following allocations and additions to pensions were made.
James Nielson, lime merchant - £5
Alexander Hogg, brewer - £4
Mrs Copland, widow of Charles Copland, merchant - £4
Mrs Bowman, widow of James Bowman - £4
Ann Davidson, granddaughter of John Allan - £2
James Simpson, sometime merchant - £5
Barbara Shepherd, daughter of William Shepherd, late slater in Aberdeen - £2
Jean Strachan, daughter of George Strachan, Burgess - £1 10 shillings
James Downie, late leather merchant, per warrant - £2
James Henderson, late merchant, Burgess, per warrant - £5
John Moir, clerk and Burgess of Guild - an additional £3
Mrs Burgess, widow of Robert Burgess - an additional £2
James Buchan, ship carpenter - an additional £1
The Council remitted to the magistrates to determine from which Funds the different sums were to be paid, and to continue the pensions payable by them. The Council also remitted to the magistrates to consider any other petitions who appear to have no claim on the Town's Public Funds. (157r - 157v) |