Old Records Of The Lodge Of Peebles.

several subscription lists produced it appeared that the number of subscribers amounted to ninety-four , which they considered as a number sufficient to warrant their proceeding to carry into effect the object of the meeting and authorise the Preses to write to Messrs . William Molair , Thos . Sanderson , and Andrew Armstrong , Merchants in Edinh . ordering swatches ( patterns ) of

their best velveteens and silk fringes , with the prices . ( Signed ) " THOS . SMIBERT , Preses . " " Peebles , 19 Sep ., 1802 . " The Committee being mett , swatches were laid before them from Mr . Sanderson and Mr . Armstrong , when they made choice of that of Mr . Armstrong and ordered the Preses to commission from him 13 J yeards of velvet 10 J yeards

, Broad fringe , and 7 \ yds narrow fringe , the quantities calculated to answer their purpose of providing a large and lesser mortcloath , and the ordered James Dickson to procure for them 15 yeards of Black Serge for lining and Bags , which when come to hand , should be given to Alexr Ker and John Grieve to make . ( Signed ) " THOMAS SMIBERT , Preses . "

" Peebles , 6 th Novr ., 1802 . " The Committee being mett find the cost of the cloaths as b y the accompts lying on the table as to be as under : — " Mr . Armstrong ' s acpt ., for Cloath and frings - - £ 13 1 10 "Messrs . Tait , Finch , and Kadie do , for linings , & c- 0 17 If " Jas . Dicksons , for Serge , linings , & o . 12 6 " Alexr . Ker and John Greive , for making - - - - 0 11 10 " Andrew Hall , for warning and attendance at the meetings - - 026

£ 15 15 9 | And they resolved that each subscriber should pay three shillings , and the Ballanee rest as a Debt against the cloaths to be paid b y the members who may afterwards join in the scheme , who shall also pay three shillings each , and they ordered the Treasurer of the Societies to have the money collected against Tuesday eight days ; and as the Business of the Committee will then be at an

end , they resolved that the Societies should between and that day nominate the Committee which is to continue to direct the management . ( Signed ) " THOMAS SMIBERT , Preses . " "Peebles , 19 th Novr ., 1802 . " The Committee being mettJames Dickson paid in for nineteen Weavers

, , a list of whose names he produced , three shillings each , the sum of - £ 2 17 0 " John Wallace , for 35 Hammermen , per list 5 5 0 " Thos . Smibert , for 16 Shoemakers , per do . 2 8 0 "Wm . Thorburn , for 10 Taylors , per do . 1 10 0 " John Veitch , for 19 Massons , per do 2 17 0

£ 14 17 0 " The Committee borrowed from the Junr . Corporation of Shoemakers , one pound , for which they promish to pay intrest until repaid , and they authorise the Preses to pay of the accompts and account to the Treasurer of the Committee of Management for any Ballanee that may remain , and they delivered over the cloath and accounts to James DicksonJohn WallaceAlexander Ker

, , , Andrew Ritchie , and the Committee appointed by the several Societies to take the management thereof . ( Signed ) " THOMAS SMIBERT . " The lodge minutes are again resumed , and the next entry according to date is that of : —