PAISLEY PAMPHLETS

1739 – 1893

The 'Paisley Pamphlets' are a collection of ephemera rich in social history covering the period 1739 - 1893. Ephemera are items of collectible memorabilia in written or printed form which had only a short period of usefulness or popularity. The pamphlets cover a range of topics, chiefly politics and religion.

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To view the original document, visit the Heritage Centre giving a member of staff the volume number and page number of the item. Staff will be happy to help you if you require assistance using this index. Paisley Pamphlets VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 1 1739 - 1777 1 A sermon preached before the Synod of and , October 1738, The main duty of by the Reverend Mr Robert Paton, of Renfrew 1 1739 - 1777 149 A sermon preached on Thursday 16 February 1758, being the day Prayer for national prosperity appointed in for the late public fast, by J. Witherspoon A.M., and the revival of religion Minister of the Gospel in Paisley inseparably connected 1 1739 - 1777 186½ Memorial for the inhabitants of Sneddon, Paisley, chargers ; against the Magistrates and Council of Paisley, suspenders, 21 February 1759 1 1739 - 1777 187 A sermon on Psalm i.I. preached in the Laigh Church of Paisley on Seasonable advice to young Sabbath February 21 1762, by John Witherspoon A.M., one of the persons ; to which is prefixed an Ministers of Paisley authentic narrative of the disorderly and riotous meeting of the night before the celebration of the Lord's supper in that place, which gave occasion to the discourse 1 1739 - 1777 231 The scheme for erecting an academy at Glasgow, set forth in its own A letter from a Society of the proper colours In a letter from a Society of the Inhabitants of that City, Inhabitants of that City, who are who are not yet tainted with a taste for literature, to their brethren of not yet tainted with a taste for the same principles at Paisley literature, to their brethren of the same principles at Paisley 1 1739 - 1777 25 A sermon preached before the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, at Glasgow, The temper, character, and duty April 7th 1741 by Mr William Leechman M.A., Minister of Beith. 3rd of a Minister of the Gospel edition 1 1739 - 1777 278 A Panegyric on the town of Paisley, by a north-country gentleman 1 1739 - 1777 301½ Charter, or contract, between the Baillie's and Town Council of Paisley, and the Society of Weavers there, 20 October 1702. (copy) 1 1739 - 1777 302 A sermon preached on 20 April 1769, at the admission of the Reverend Christ the builder and Mr Collin Campbell, to the Parish of Renfrew, by the Reverend Mr George foundation of the Church Muir, Minister of the Gospel at Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 1 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 1 1739 - 1777 334 A sermon by William Leechman M.A., Minister of Beith. Psalm LXV.2 - O The nature, reasonableness, and thou that bearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. 2nd edition advances of prayer, with an attempt to answer the objections against it 1 1739 - 1777 398 The anniversary sermon, preached 7 January 1766 before the Society in Paisley for Reformation of Manners, by James Baine A.M., Minister of the Gospel in Paisley 1 1739 - 1777 422 A prophecy concerning the Lord's return to Scotland, by a plentiful In three prophetical sermons outpouring of the Spirit upon his Church and Land, preached by that faithful and glorified Martyr of Jesus Christ, Mr James Ranwick 1 1739 - 1777 478 The theatre licentious and perverted, or, A sermon for Reformation of Partly occasioned, by the acting Manners, preached on the Lord's day, 2 December 1770, by James Baine of a comedy entitled "The A.M., Minister of the Gospel at . 5th edition. Inscribed to Minor", in the Licensed Theatre Samuel Foote Esq. of Edinburgh, on Saturday the 24th of November preceding 1 1739 - 1777 493½ The secession testimony, abundantly consistent with liberty of conscience, in a letter to a friend, by James Morison, 4 October 1773 1 1739 - 1777 494 A letter to the West country farmers concerning the difficulties and management of a bad harvest, written in the end of the year 1772 by the Reverend John Warren, Kilbarchan 1 1739 - 1777 569½ English translation of Dunfermline charters 1 1739 - 1777 570 Articles and regulations of the Farmer Society for Charity 1 1739 - 1777 73 Answers for John Coutts, merchant and late Provost of Edinburgh, and Alexander Coutts, merchant in , to the petition of Bertha and Jean Cochrane, lawful daughters of the deceased William Cochrane of Ferguslie, February 18 1747 1 1739 - 1777 77 The petition of Colonel William MacDowall of Castle Semple, 26 February 1747 1 1739 - 1777 79 A sermon preached at the translation of the Rev. Mr Wotherspoon from Beith, to the Laigh Church of Paisley, 16 June 1757, by James Baine M.A., Minister of the Gospel in Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 2 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 1 1739 - 1777 97 A sermon preached in the Abbey Church of Paisley on Thursday 7 The charge of sedition and September 1758, at the ordination of Mr Archibald Davidson as one of faction against good men, the Ministers, and the exhortation to the people, by John Witherspoon especially faithful Ministers, A.M., one of the Ministers of Paisley considered and accounted for 2 1779 - 1790 1 A wonderful surprise to see a professed Presbyter cutting the very nerves Being some observations on a Likewise, an appendix of Presbyterian Principles, by John Glen, Port Glasgow pamphlet entitled "A containing some remarks on compendious view of the some low Life Assertions religious system maintained by contained in "A Re- the Synod of Relief", by Patrick exhibition of the Testimony Hutchison, Minister of the of the Associate Synod, or Gospel at St Nanina's what is vulgarly called "The Burgher Testimony" 2 1779 - 1790 174 An essay of man, in four epistles, by Alexander Pope Sq. 2 1779 - 1790 230 A collection of above nine hundred Scots proverbs, by Allan Ramsay 2 1779 - 1790 254 A clear and remarkable display of the condescension, love, and Printed from her own faithfulness of God, in the spiritual experiences of Mary Somerville, who manuscript died at Ayr, January 1762, aged 84 years 2 1779 - 1790 300 A rare, soul strengthening and comforting cordial for old and young Being an exact account of the Christians, by John Stevenson, land labourer in the Parish of Dailly, in author's experience Carrick, who died in the year 1728 2 1779 - 1790 352 Directions for the poor in fevers, containing plain rules for the management of the sick, which have been found highly useful 2 1779 - 1790 367½ The petition of Miss Henrietta Scott of Scotstarvot and her curators, and Unto the Right Honourable The Alexander Farquharson Esq., trustee for James Earl of Glencairn and his Lords of Council and Session creditors, 4 December 1787 2 1779 - 1790 368 An address to the senior class of students who were to receive the degree of Bachelor of Arts and leave the College, 23 September 1787, by John Witherspoon D.D. L.L.D., President of the College of New Jersey 2 1779 - 1790 376 Devout breathings of a pious soul, etc. 2 1779 - 1790 384 Christian magnanimity : a sermon preached at Princeton, September To which is added An address to 1775, on the Sabbath preceding the annual commencement, and again, the senior class of students who with additions, September 23 1787, by John Witherspoon D.D. L.L.D., were to receive the degree of President of the College of New Jersey Bachelor of Arts

25 February 2020 Page 3 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 2 1779 - 1790 420 Articles and regulations of the corresponding and improving Society of Farmers in Renfrewshire 2 1779 - 1790 428 A curious and entertaining letter addressed to the Right Honourable Candidus Publicus, on the spirit and manners of the Town of P**sl*y, by a P**sl*y Freeman (Amicus Verus) 2 1779 - 1790 447 Copy of the Charter and Acts of the Wrights' Society in Paisley 2 1779 - 1790 46 A sermon preached at Newton Mearns, 5 December 1780, being a day of Public confession of Christ solemn fasting and covenanting, by James Ramsay, Minister of the illustrated, and the obligations Gospel in Glasgow to it stated 2 1779 - 1790 482½ Cattle killed in the shambles (slaughterhouse) from 1787 to 1788 2 1779 - 1790 483 A letter to Mr A. McGregor, teacher of fencing, upon reading his bereanism detected, from "Momus", 22 June 1789 2 1779 - 1790 495 An alarm to careless sinners, Sabbath breakers, and slothful ministers, by Being a modest and candid Mr John Bisset inquiry into the temper, character, and duty of a gospel minister and his people, intended to stir up the slothful 2 1779 - 1790 510½ The laurel disputed, or, The merits of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson Delivered in the Pantheon at contrasted, in two poetical essays, by E. Picken and A. Wilson Edinburgh, on Thursday April 14th 1791 2 1779 - 1790 511 The religious education of children, a sermon preached in the Old Presbyterian Church in New York on the second Sabbath in May 1789, by the Rev. John Witherspoon D.D., President of Princeton College, New Jersey, and late Minister of the Gospel in Paisley 2 1779 - 1790 527 Life of Faith, exemplified and recommended in a letter found in the study Being and answer to that of the Reverend Mr Joseph Belcher, late of Dedham in New England, question "to live in this world, since his decease so as to live in Heaven?" to which are added a few verses by the late Reverend Mr Killinghall, upon reading of it

25 February 2020 Page 4 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 2 1779 - 1790 98 The history of Popery in Scotland during the reign of James VII, abridged An appendix containing :- 1. The 4. Act ratifying the from Crook shank's History of the , with notes useful Earl of Argyle's Declaration on Confession of Faith and to be read by all Protestants in this country at present his first landing in Scotland, Presbytery (against Popery) 1685 ; 2. The Prince of Orange, ; 5. Act confirming the his Declaration for Scotland, Treaty of Union, and 1689 ; 3. The Declaration of the securing the Protestant Estates of Scotland, containing religion etc. in the year 1707 the claim of right ; 3 1792 - 1799 1 Rules agreed upon by The Paisley Protecting Society against theft, or reset of theft 3 1792 - 1799 108 The substance of four table services Delivered in the Tolbooth Church of Edinburgh on the 16th March 1760, by the late Rev. Dr. Muir of Paisley 3 1792 - 1799 120 A public testimony of loyalty to the British Constitution; proper at this A sermon preached at time for every good subject , the Parish having been invited to meet to join the Resolutions of the Freeholders of the County of Renfrew, on Tuesday 29th January 1793, by the Reverend James Steven A.M., Minister of the gospel at Lochwinnoch 3 1792 - 1799 145½ General view of the agriculture of the County of Renfrew With observations on the means Drawn up for the of its improvement, by consideration of the Board Alexander Martin, farmer of of Agriculture and Internal Salton in Midlothian Improvement 3 1792 - 1799 146 Three sermons on the present and future state of the Church Preached to the Society which Fifth edition support the Wednesday's evening lecture in Cannon Street, London, by John Gill D.D.

25 February 2020 Page 5 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 3 1792 - 1799 200½ Prospects and providence respecting the conversion of the world to Christ A sermon preached before the With an appendix containing Paisley London Missionary an account of the progress Society in the High Church of and present state of the Paisley, on Friday 10th June Missionary business 1796, by John Snodgrass D.D., one of the Ministers of Paisley 3 1792 - 1799 201 Right reformation; or, The reformation of the Church of the New A sermon preached to the Together with a reply to the Testament, represented in gospel light Honourable House of Commons chief contradictions of Mr on Wednesday 25th November Love's sermon preached the 1646, by William Dell, Minister same day of the Gospel, attending on His Excellency Thomas Fairfax 3 1792 - 1799 247 The Dover vision, a poem with political remarks, by a North British By Mathew Smith - he was the volunteer uncle of the Rev Alex Pollock of the Free South Church 3 1792 - 1799 323½ Answers for Messes John Orr, Andrew Moodie and Walter Robertson, To the petition and complaint of present Magistrates of the of Paisley, and Robert Wilson, present the Most Noble John James, Treasurer thereof Marquis of Abercorn, and William Langmuir, tacksman of the Seedhill Mills of Paisley, 20th December 1796 3 1792 - 1799 324 Review of a paper published in the Glasgow Courier on 23 January 1796, Also, of a handbill industriously The whole intended, in called "A deed of the Relief Congregation of Paisley", by Archibald circulated in that town and answer to the above most Morison neighbourhood, with illegal deed and handbill, observations respecting lawful and to represent in a true authority, and the only method light, the late conduct of the of having petitions and Minister and Elders of that addresses answered Congregation 3 1792 - 1799 33 Liberty without Licentiousness, in two letters to a friend 3 1792 - 1799 364 The last letters of Thomas Potts, who was executed at Paisley on 17 Written to his wife and friends, August 1797 while under sentence of death

25 February 2020 Page 6 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 3 1792 - 1799 380 The necessity of arming, at this present critical juncture A sermon preached at Lochwinnoch on Thursday 9th March 1797, the day appointed by the King to be observed as a National fast, by the Rev. James Steven A.M., Minister of the Gospel at Lochwinnoch 3 1792 - 1799 417 A preservative from the sins and follies of childhood and youth, written by way of question and answer, by I. Watts D.D. 3 1792 - 1799 469 The enemies, the duties, and the reward of the faithful servant of Jesus Explained in a sermon delivered at the ordination of Mr Robert Forrest, to the pastoral charge of the Associate Congregation at Saltcoats, on the 27th February 1798, by William Schaw, Minister of the Gospel at Lochwinnoch 3 1792 - 1799 505 An humble attempt to make men grateful to God for mercies received Two sermons preached in the Church of Renfrew on Thursday 29th November 1798, being the day appointed for a general thanksgiving, by the Rev. Thomas Burns 3 1792 - 1799 569 On the Perseverance of the Saints A sermon, to which is annexed a few observations on the formula, by James Russell, , Mearns 3 1792 - 1799 8 Reward notice by the Order of the Chairman, Managers, and Subscribers of The Paisley Protecting Society, against theft, and reset of theft 3 1792 - 1799 9 Thought on liberty, and on Mr Paine's writings, in a letter to a friend by David Lawson

25 February 2020 Page 7 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 3 1792 - 1799 91½ An Act for vesting parts of the Lands and Estate of Blythswood and For investing the money arising For settling and securing others, which lie in the County of Lanark adjacent to the City of Glasgow, by such sale in the purchase of Lands and Estates to be in Trustees for the purpose of selling or feuing the same other lands and estates more purchased, in favour of the commodious and contiguous to same series of Heirs, and the other and greater part of under the same restrictions, the Estate of Blythswood which conditions and limitations as lies in the County of Renfrew are mentioned in a Deed of Entail made in 1739 by Colin Campbell of Blythswood, deceased 3 1792 - 1799 94 The Paisley Weaver's letter to his neighbours and fellow tradesmen 4 1800 - 1805 1 Act of the Reformed Presbytery, for a public fast, with the causes thereof, Reverend Mr Thomas Henderson 12 November 1800 at Hamilton 4 1800 - 1805 143 Rules and directions anent private Christian meetings For prayer and conference to mutual edification, and to the right management of the same, b y Walter Smith, student of theology, who suffered martyrdom on 27th July 1681, at the Cross of Edinburgh, about 26 years of age 4 1800 - 1805 154½ Articles and regulations of the Paisley Young Friendly Society As altered and amended by a committee appointed for that purpose, and approved of by the Pole, October 1806. Erected May 1802. 4 1800 - 1805 155 Articles and rules of the Paisley Militia Society, as approved of by the Magistrates of Paisley, 10 September 1802 4 1800 - 1805 163 Remarks by an old parishioner on some passages of two sermons delivered in the Church of Renfrew on Thursday 20 October 1803, by the Rev. Thomas Burns 4 1800 - 1805 178½ The obligation of covenants : a discourse by Samuel B. Wylie A.M., pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation in the city of Philadelphia

25 February 2020 Page 8 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 4 1800 - 1805 179 A true statement of Mr Watt's conduct towards Alexander Balfour, son of Peter Balfour, weaver in Paisley 4 1800 - 1805 187 An account of the proceedings of the Relief Presbytery of Glasgow, in the Extracted from the records of case of the Rev. John McDermaid & Adam Cochran, gardener in Paisley, said Presbytery, to which is 24 January 1804 subjoined a statement of facts connected with said account, and remarks thereon 4 1800 - 1805 213 Regulations of Hutcheson's Charity School in Paisley To which are added an extract from the will of the founder, Margaret Hutcheson, and some particulars relating to her 4 1800 - 1805 247 The necessity of a house of recovery, for the reception of those affected with contagious fever, by a native of Paisley 4 1800 - 1805 25 Sermons to asses, to which are subjoined sermons to ministers of State, by the Rev. James Murray, Newcastle. 6th edition 4 1800 - 1805 255 Easy lessons for children 4 1800 - 1805 277 A treatise concerning the Institution and sanctification of the Sabbath Day, by Patrick MacFarlane, Beith 4 1800 - 1805 349 Remarks addressed to the farmers in the vicinities of Glasgow and Based upon a late publication by Paisley, by an observer "A Renfrewshire proprietor" entitled "An inquiry into the causes of the present high rent of farms in the neighbourhood of Glasgow and Paisley, addressed to the landed proprietors, for their investigation" 4 1800 - 1805 365 Sermons on the mode and subjects of Christian baptism, by Joseph Or, An attempt to show that With an examination of Lathrop D.D., Pastor of the first Church in West Springfield, pouring or sprinkling is a various objections, Massachusetts Bay, New England scriptural mode, and the infants particularly those contained of believers are proper subjects in a course of anonymous of the baptism instituted by letters to Hoadly. Christ 5th edition

25 February 2020 Page 9 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 4 1800 - 1805 9 Letter from an old inhabitant of Paisley to his fellow townsmen, 20 November 1800 4 1800 - 1805 95 Elegant extracts, in verse, for children, by James Campbell, teacher of Intended for their improvement English, Paisley in reading, and for inculcating the principles of virtue and piety 5 1805 - 1809 1 Cause of sorrow, and Ground of joy Two sermons preached at Renfrew on Thursday 5th December 1805, being the day appointed for a general thanksgiving, by the Rev. Thomas Burns 5 1805 - 1809 147 Narrative of the expedition to Egypt, under Sir Ralph Abercromby, in the From the arrival of the With observations on the year 1801 armament in Mermorece Bay, manners and customs of the to the final expulsion of the natives, to which is prefixed French from Egypt an account of the principal naval and military operations in the Mediterranean, from the year 1798 to the end of 1800, by William Tytler 5 1805 - 1809 307 Reply to "Thoughts on baptism, addressed to the disciples of Christ etc., by John Young, Minister of the Gospel, Paisley", by George Robertson, Minister of the Gospel, Auldkirk 5 1805 - 1809 351 Works of merit in every department of literature : orders taken in by John Millar, bookseller 5 1805 - 1809 359 The Institution and Regulations of the Paisley Theological Library 5 1805 - 1809 365 British prisoners in France Meeting held on 25th September 1807, at Lloyd's Coffee House, in order to raise a subscription for the relief of British prisoners in France, John Stan forth Esq. M.P. in the chair

25 February 2020 Page 10 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 5 1805 - 1809 37 Thoughts on baptism Addresses to the disciples of Christ, especially to those who are connected with the tabernacles in Scotland, by John Young, Minister of the Gospel, Paisley 5 1805 - 1809 375 The Songster, No.5 : The Heir of Linne, an old fierce and valuable ballad The Heir of Linne seems not to With an explanation of have been a Lord of Parliament, some of the obsolete words but a Laird whose title went which occur in the ballad along with his estate 5 1805 - 1809 383 A catalogue of the circulating library, by Thomas Auld junior Containing 2500 volumes in the various branches of literature and entertainment, which are lent by the year, half-year, quarter or month 5 1805 - 1809 443 The Pope's journey to heaven; or, Rome in an uproar : a poem by William To which are added Bentley Animalversions on Cathedral Worship 5 1805 - 1809 468½ A pastoral letter to the old dissenters, concerning family and social duties, by the Reformed Presbytery 5 1805 - 1809 469 Instructions and regulations for the Special Constables appointed for the Published by authority of the town and suburbs of Paisley Lord Lieutenant of the County, the Sheriff, and the Magistrates of Paisley, 25th July 1809 5 1805 - 1809 476½ The petition of William Stow, Hugh Thomson and Archibald Jamieson Esquires, present Magistrates of Paisley, against Lord Woodhouselee's interlocutor of 16th curt. passing a Bill of Suspension and Interdict, 29 June 1808 5 1805 - 1809 477 The chambers of imagery in the Church of Rome ; or, An antidote against Being an answer to that inquiry Delivered in a sermon, at Popery "How is the practical love of the morning exercise, at truth, the best preservative Cripple-gate, 1682. against corruption in gospel doctrine & worship?" by John Owen D.D.

25 February 2020 Page 11 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 5 1805 - 1809 53 The two sons of oil; or, The faithful witness for magistracy and ministry upon a scriptural basis, by Samuel B. Wylie A.M., pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation in the city of Philadelphia 5 1805 - 1809 537 An answer to Mr Carlile's Sketches of Paisley, by William Taylor 5 1805 - 1809 597 An account of two aerial voyages, from Glasgow in the year 1785, by In a series of letters to his Vincent Lunardi Esq. guardian Chevalier Gerardo Compagne 6 1810 - 1813 1 Address of the Society for the Management of the Sabbath Evening Schools in Paisley, to the parents of the young persons usually attending those seminaries 6 1810 - 1813 11 Dreadful catastrophe at Paisley, 10 November 1810 Account of and list of those who perished in the Paisley Canal Boat disaster 6 1810 - 1813 12½ Answers for the Magistrates of Paisley to the petition of the most noble John James, Marquis of Abercorn, 22 February, 1811 (Teinds) 6 1810 - 1813 125 A catechism of the principles of religion, for children, from seven to To which are added morning twelve years of age, by I. Watts D.D. and evening hymns 6 1810 - 1813 13 Articles and regulations of the Paisley Young Friendly Society, erected May 1802, confirmed 27 October 1812 6 1810 - 1813 137 An essay on the sanctification of the Lord's Day, humbly designed to Fifth edition, corrected and recommend that important duty, by Samuel Gilfillan, Minister of the greatly enlarged Gospel, Comrie 6 1810 - 1813 183 The black book of conscience ; or, God's Great and High Court of Justice Wherein the truth and sincerity, Very seasonable for these in the soul, by Andrew Jones the deceit and hypocrisy of times, wherein wicked men every man's heart and ways are under the pretence of judged and discovered by their liberty of conscience take consciences liberty to sin and blaspheme 6 1810 - 1813 207 A full statement of the interesting cause, before the Very, the Rev. Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, from the Presbytery of Paisley April last, by Alexander Fleming A.M., Minister of Neilston 6 1810 - 1813 25 Directions for holding the pen

25 February 2020 Page 12 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 6 1810 - 1813 264½ Plan for establishing a system of communication throughout each County Proposals for rendering the body of the people instrumental to the general defence, in case of invasion 6 1810 - 1813 265 The Scotchman, numbers 1 to 3, to be continued from time to time 6 1810 - 1813 290 The Wars of the Jews with the deplorable history of the siege and And burning of the temple by Also, Ann account of the destruction of the city of Jerusalem, in two parts the Romans under the fearful presages and strange command of Titus Vespasian apparitions that were seen in the air before the ruin. Epitomized from Flavius Josephus, and translated by Sir R.L'Estrange, Knt. 6 1810 - 1813 33 Select Scots, English and Irish songs As sung in the most fashionable circles 6 1810 - 1813 394½ Memorial of the Operative Weavers in Paisley, to the Sheriff Depute of Renfrewshire, presented on Saturday 12 December 1812 6 1810 - 1813 395 Imposition detected : being two letters originally written for that purpose, in reference to individuals : and now published that all others may take warning 6 1810 - 1813 418½ Case for the Magistrates of Paisley, humbly submitted for advice to the Regarding sentences of Claud Right Hon. The Lord Justice-Clerk, and Lords Commissioners of Justiciary Wilson and Andrew Rowan, charged with theft of oil from the works of John Bell junior, in Croft of Paisley 6 1810 - 1813 419 The God of Paul's Fathers A sermon preached Lord's day evening, 14 March 1813, in the Reformed Presbyterian Meeting- House, Calton, Glasgow, by Andrew Symington A.M., Minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation, Paisley 6 1810 - 1813 48½ Home service ; or, The march and campaign, a military poem, by James King, a Private in the Renfrew Militia

25 February 2020 Page 13 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 6 1810 - 1813 49 The Scotchman, No.4 6 1810 - 1813 491 A few interesting hints on the propriety of establishing a Manufacturing With a plan for carrying the Society on an extensive scale, in a letter to a friend same into effect ; approved of and recommended to the consideration of the public, by a general committee of the Operative Weavers in Paisley 6 1810 - 1813 61 Two short catechisms, mutually connected ; the questions of the former The former contains most of The latter contains most of being generally supposed and omitted in the latter, by John Brown, late what is absolutely necessary to what is necessary to be Minister of the gospel at Haddington be known in order to salvation, known in order to admission and may be taught children to the Lord's table before they can read 7 1814 - 1815 1 Evidence of a special divine providence attending the late signal A sermon preached on the 19th And published at the successes obtained over the enemy January 1814, being the day particular request of a appointed for a national number of the hearers thanksgiving, by the Rev. James Smith, one of the Ministers of the Abbey Church, Paisley 7 1814 - 1815 111 On idleness A sermon by Hugh Blair D.D. F.R.S. Ed., one of the Ministers of the High Church, and Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the 7 1814 - 1815 131 The first report of the Paisley and Eastern Renfrewshire Bible Society, With an appendix and a list of 1814 subscribers and benefactors 7 1814 - 1815 232½ Borough Reformation (from the Inverness Journal) 7 1814 - 1815 233 Queries, for interrogating entrants into the Reformed Presbyterian Together with a short answer to Societies at the time of their admission thereinto each of them drawn up by William Wilson, schoolmaster, and agreed unto by the general meeting at Lamington, 29th May 1745

25 February 2020 Page 14 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 7 1814 - 1815 268 Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, the Petition And of John Orr, late Provost, By William Barr, late of John Orr, Provost, Alexander MacAllister, Oliver Jamieson, and Robert Alexander MacAllister, Loraine Procurator Fiscal of the Cochrane, former Bailies of the Burgh of Paisley, 8 June 1815 ; Wilson, and William McLean, Burgh of Paisley afterwards Bailies of the said Burgh 7 1814 - 1815 269 Nelson, a poem to which is annexed historical remarks upon the life and Also, The harvest walk, a poem, character of Napoleon Buonaparte ; with loyal and patriotic verses in praise of British conduct and valour, by Fidelis Britannicus 7 1814 - 1815 393 An essay on the chemical and medicinal qualities of the water of Candren With introductory observations Well, in Renfrewshire, by Robert Lyall, surgeon, corresponding member on waters in general of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester 7 1814 - 1815 40½ Regulations and catalogue of the Paisley Juvenile Library, instituted September 1813 7 1814 - 1815 41 Illustrations of the Divine Government, particularly in reference to late A sermon preached in the Low 2nd edition events by the Rev. , one of the Ministers of Paisley Church of Paisley on Thursday 13 January 1814, being the day appointed by the Prince Regent as a general thanksgiving for the late successes of and her allies 7 1814 - 1815 432½ The Caledonian Lyre, No.1, Monday 3 April 1815. Candore Judicare. Ode to Pride 7 1814 - 1815 433 Address delivered at the celebration of the birth of Burns, at the first general meeting of the Paisley Burns' Anniversary Society, in the year 1805, by William McLaren 7 1814 - 1815 441 Hymns for the use of the youth attending the Paisley Sabbath Schools 7 1814 - 1815 448 Plan of an Institution for the suppression of begging, and particularly Abstracted from the Reports of recommended to the attention of the inhabitants of the Society instituted in Edinburgh in 1813, "for the suppression of beggars, for the relief of occasional distress, and for the encouragement of industry among the poor"

25 February 2020 Page 15 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 7 1814 - 1815 474½ The Institution and Regulations of the Paisley Canal Street Relief Library 7 1814 - 1815 475 The second report of the Paisley and Eastern Renfrewshire Bible Society, With an appendix and a list of 1815 subscribers and benefactors 7 1814 - 1815 539 Begging exposed with all its frauds and impositions laid open As given in evidence before the Committee of Parliamentary Inquiry, in order to put a stop to it ; also showing the happy effects of Sunday Evening Schools, and the conduct of the lower classes of Society 7 1814 - 1815 575 A Panegyric on the town of Paisley, by a north country man 7 1814 - 1815 587 An examination of the arguments for the pre-eminency of the Roman Adduced by the Rev. John Ryan, Catholic Episcopacy, by the Rev. James Carlile of the Scots Church, Mary's in a sermon preached in Abbey, Dublin Townsend Street Chapel, Dublin, at the consecration of the Right Rev. Dr. Plunkett, and the Right Rev. Dr. Waldron, on the 24th February 1815 7 1814 - 1815 98½ The delights of benevolence, exemplified in the utility of Friendly Societies, by William Taylor 7 1814 - 1815 99 The ways of God unsearchable A sermon by the Rev. Christopher Love 8 1816 - 1818 1 A letter by James McGavin to the editors of the Christian Herald, in To which is added the answer to their review of the historical sketches of the Scots Old correspondence between the Independent and Inghamite Churches, and the correspondence which led author and the editors to their union 8 1816 - 1818 110½ Duplicate of the contract between The Lord Cochran etc. and the Town of Paisley 8 1816 - 1818 111 Letter by Amicus Populis addressed to Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly On his conduct in the meeting at To which is added Earl called Lord Cochrane the London Tavern on 29 July Stanhope's protest against 1816, met for the purpose of the late war taking into consideration the distress of the Country, and the means of relief

25 February 2020 Page 16 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 8 1816 - 1818 123 An address to the public on behalf of the Operative Weavers 8 1816 - 1818 143 Borough Reform, from a letter to a friend With hints to the Trades to incorporate themselves, and showing the danger of Magistrates going to Law with the Burgesses, from decree of the Court of Session, and confirmed by the House of Lords 8 1816 - 1818 147 The Learned Dominie (copy) Queries for the Dominie's Scholars 8 1816 - 1818 150½ Translation of Charles II's Charter to the Town of Paisley 8 1816 - 1818 151 Report of a meeting of the inhabitants of Kilbarchan and Houston on 21 December 1816 in the Relief Church, Kilbarchan, to consider the distresses of the Country, and the propriety of Petitioning the Prince Regent and the Legislature for Reform 8 1816 - 1818 170½ Burgh of Paisley : The Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley having The Committee of the Burgesses published and circulated widely an elaborate "vindication of their official and Feuars deem it respectful to conduct" towards their constituents, in which, by its general nature, and obey the voluntary call thus specially by putting questions made upon them, to offer an answer to the publication of the Magistrates 8 1816 - 1818 171 An answer by "Shifty", to the address "By a Burgess", to the Feuars and Burgesses of Paisley" 8 1816 - 1818 182½ Burgh of Paisley : Report of a public meeting of the Burgesses and Feuars Concerning the election of their Also concerning the Right of of Paisley, in the presence of the Provost and Bailies of the Burgh, on 29 Magistrates and Council, and the Magistrates to exact a September 1817, in the West Relief Church the auditing of the Public fourth part of the Year's Accounts Rent for entering vassals, instead of an eighth, contrary to the ancient practice of the Burgh 8 1816 - 1818 183 The moral and political investigator, No.1 Wednesday 1 January 1817 Of the National Distress, its causes, and remedies

25 February 2020 Page 17 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 8 1816 - 1818 229 Petition for dismissal of Ministers, attaining peace, restoring Public At a meeting of merchants, Credit, and saving the Country manufacturers, traders, and other inhabitants of the Town and vicinity of Paisley 8 1816 - 1818 232½ Letter to Mr Neilson, printer in paisley, from W. Barr Regarding a letter published at his office titled "To the Feuars and Burgesses of Paisley", signed "A Burgess" 8 1816 - 1818 233 Devotional music, Abbey Church, Paisley, 4 June 1817, conducted by Mr R.A. Smith 8 1816 - 1818 240½ To the Feuars and Burgesses of Paisley, by "Junius" 8 1816 - 1818 241 Douglas : a tragedy as it is acted at the theatres in Great Britain, by the Rev. Mr John Home 8 1816 - 1818 26½ The laurel dispuitit, or, The merits of Ramsay and Ferguson compared : a poem by Alexander Wilson 8 1816 - 1818 27 Articles of the Sawers' Friendly Society in Paisley 8 1816 - 1818 312½ Correspondence between Messrs William Maxwell, William Pinkerton & Regarding an address to the William Barr and the Provost & Magistrates of Paisley Feuars and Burgesses of Paisley 8 1816 - 1818 313 The obligations and advantage of sanctifying the Sabbath A sermon preached in the Abbey The profits to be applied for Church of Paisley, 11 May 1817, the benefit of the Sabbath by John McBeth M.A. Evening Schools, Paisley 8 1816 - 1818 34½ The keys of the Kingdom of Heaven : a sermon preached at the opening of the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, 1 May 1816, by John Fairley, Minister of the Gospel 8 1816 - 1818 35 The obligation of covenants : a discourse delivered on Monday 27 June 1803, after the dispensation of the Lord's Supper in the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation, Glasgow, by Samuel B. Wylie A.M., Pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia 8 1816 - 1818 354½ Letter to the Feuars and Burgesses of Paisley, by A Burgess 8 1816 - 1818 355 The little wreath ; or, A specimen of sonnets and songs, by R. McD 8 1816 - 1818 363 The Solitary Tutor, to which is added, The Humming Bird, by Alexander Wilson

25 February 2020 Page 18 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 8 1816 - 1818 375 Procuratory of Resignation of the Burgh Town of Paisley, by The Provost, Bailies, Treasurer, and Council, in favour of themselves, 1815 8 1816 - 1818 390½ Paisley : The Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley, in vindication of their Official Conduct, so unfairly and uncandidly represented in some recent publications, beg leave to submit this statement to public consideration 8 1816 - 1818 391 A letter to the Freemen and Feuars of Paisley, from a Freeman and Feuar 8 1816 - 1818 407 Specification of the several works to be performed in erecting a Parish Church at Paisley, according to the draughts and such others as may be afterwards required, signed William Reid 8 1816 - 1818 408 An address to the Feuars and Burgesses of Paisley, by a Burgess On the question of the right of electing Magistrates etc., and the right of the Magistrates and Council to exact a fourth instead of an eighth part of a year's rent for entering vassals 8 1816 - 1818 414½ An address to the Feuars and Burgesses of Paisley, by a Burgess 8 1816 - 1818 415 Report of the proceedings of the Crawfordsdyke meeting, convened for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Prince Regent, on the distresses of the Country 8 1816 - 1818 439 An extraordinary red book, containing a list of places, pensions, and The whole compromising the sinecures strongest body of evidence to prove the necessity of retrenchment that can possibly be laid before the Nation 8 1816 - 1818 447 An extraordinary red book, containing a list of places, pensions, and The whole compromising the sinecures, part two strongest body of evidence to prove the necessity of retrenchment that can possibly be laid before the Nation 8 1816 - 1818 455 Copy of a letter to Counsellor Phillips, conveying the thanks of the With his answer published by inhabitants of Paisley, voted to him at a public meeting of the Friends of the order of the Paisley the Reform, held on Monday 20 January 1817 Committee of Reform

25 February 2020 Page 19 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 8 1816 - 1818 462½ Report of a meeting held at the Faculty of Procurators in Paisley Regarding a request by the Provost and Magistrates that the several Incorporations would join in a solemn procession on the occasion of the funeral of Princess Charlotte 8 1816 - 1818 463 Report of the Paisley Sabbath, and Week Day Evening Schools' Society, for the year 1816 8 1816 - 1818 478½ Abstract statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Police Establishment of the Burgh of Paisley, from Monday 1 October 1816 till Monday 1 October 1817 8 1816 - 1818 479 Report of the Paisley Sabbath and Week Day School Society, for the year 1817 8 1816 - 1818 498½ Letter to the proprietors of the Glasgow, Paisley, and Ardrossan Canal, from A Proprietor 8 1816 - 1818 499 The constitution, character and duties of the Gospel Ministry A sermon preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Gilbert McMaster, in the First Presbyterian Church, Duanesburgh, 9 August 1808, by Alexander McLeod D.D., Pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation in the city of New York 8 1816 - 1818 558½ Abstract statement of the income and expenditure of the Community of 1818, Paisley Paisley, from balance 1817 to balance 1818 8 1816 - 1818 559 An essay on the office and duties of the Eldership in the Church of Scotland, by the Rev. Robert Burns, one of the Ministers of Paisley 8 1816 - 1818 610½ Letter to the proprietors of the Glasgow, Paisley, and Ardrossan Canal, from A Defender 8 1816 - 1818 611 The fifth report of the Paisley and Eastern Renfrewshire Bible Society, With an appendix and a list of 1818 subscribers and benefactors 8 1816 - 1818 70½ Translation of King James IV's Charter to the Burgh of Paisley 1488

25 February 2020 Page 20 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 8 1816 - 1818 71 Report of the meeting held in the Relief Church, Paisley on Saturday 5 (Copy) Charter of Erection, Borough Reform, from a October 1816, to consider the present distresses of the Country, their Abbot of Paisley in favours of letter to a friend causes, and probable remedies the Town of Paisley, 2 June 1490, together with the dues and customs of the custom- booth and meal-market, etc. 9 1818 - 1819 1 The first report of the Society in Paisley and its Vicinity for Gaelic Missions to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, instituted 31 March 1817 9 1818 - 1819 107 Reflections on the wonders of the human frame, selected chiefly from With an appendix containing A new edition, corrected the works of Ferguson and Sturm interesting astronomical facts 9 1818 - 1819 15 Statement of facts regarding the origin and progress of the fever at With observations on the means present existing in Paisley, in a letter addressed to the Provost and adopting for its suppression Magistrates of Paisley by one of the surgeons to the Dispensary and House of Recovery 9 1818 - 1819 155 Oration on the power and value of National Liberty, by Alexander Wilson Delivered to a large assembly of citizens at Milestown, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday 4 March 1801, the day on which Mr Jefferson was elected president 9 1818 - 1819 179 Agriculture, the only basis of commercial prosperity, by William Taylor An inquiry if Great Britain has any cause to apprehend a decay of the muslin manufacture, in consequence of foreign competition 9 1818 - 1819 213 A letter to the Rev. Dr Chalmers of Glasgow, by the Rev. Robert Burns, On the distinctive characters of one of the Ministers of Paisley the Protestant and Roman Catholic religions, occasioned by the publication of his sermon for the benefit of the Hibernian Society

25 February 2020 Page 21 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 9 1818 - 1819 314½ Unto the honourable His Majesty's Ministers, the humble, patriotic, and Concerning the seditious, dutiful address of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of audacious, and alarming Paisley, by John McGregor proceedings of the Incorporation, Feuars, and Burgesses, written in October 1817, and versified 9 1818 - 1819 315 Sympathy displayed and patriotism delineated, a poem by Thomas Cumming 9 1818 - 1819 339 Speech delivered at Newmills on 25 September 1819 Printed so that readers can judge misrepresentations by newspaper reports 9 1818 - 1819 367 A letter addresses to the manufacturers of Glasgow and Paisley, by a On the present mode of manufacturer conducting business through the medium of Commission Houses 9 1818 - 1819 383 A short address to the Weavers of Paisley and the neighbourhood, suggesting a plan for their relief, by an inhabitant 9 1818 - 1819 391 Report of the Paisley Sabbath and Week Day School Society for the year 1818 9 1818 - 1819 407 The Paisley Society for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Children Report of a General Meeting at the Court Hall on 28 May 1819 9 1818 - 1819 419 Catalogue of standard works, school books, stationery, etc. sold by John Lawrence junior, Bookseller and Stationer, 1 Lawn Street 9 1818 - 1819 465 A speech delivered by an Indian Chief in reply to a sermon preached by a Swedish Missionary, in order to convert the Indians to the Christian Religion 9 1818 - 1819 47 Candlemas offering, a poem by James Goudie, teacher 9 1818 - 1819 473 The Ecclesiastical Catechism, being a series of questions relative to the Christian Church, stated and answered with the scripture proofs, by Alexander McLeod D.D., Pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, New York 9 1818 - 1819 55 An address to Kilbirnie, in answer to a new song called Garret's Linn 9 1818 - 1819 617 A letter by Jacobus, addressed to Presbyterian dissenters on the design of the Lord's Supper

25 February 2020 Page 22 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 9 1818 - 1819 63 Burgh Reform, or, A peep at the Glasgow Freeman and our Burgess at To which are added nine queries Home, by Rory by a troublesome fellow 9 1818 - 1819 71 The Kingdom of Christ distinguished from the Kingdoms of this World, by A discourse delivered in the William Kilpatrick, one of the Pastors of the Unitarian Church, Paisley Unitarian Chapel, Paisley, on Sabbath 26 July 1818, before the Anniversary Meeting in commemoration of the Repeal of the Penal Statutes against Unitarians 10 1820 1 The answer of the Kirk Session of Neilston to the Heritors' Publication The right of the people to With a short view of the against them. A short view of the Poor Laws with regard to Scotland. Church accommodation. The teinds, as the National fund The duty of Ministers and Elders in the management of the Poor and extension of church yard when for upholding the Poor's funds necessary. Established Religion, with other collateral views of Church Law 10 1820 187 Proposals for publishing by subscription, The History of Renfrewshire volume 2, by the Rev. W.M. Wade, author of "Walks in Oxford" 10 1820 189 A clear and remarkable display of the condescension, love, and Wherein is shown her near Printed from her own faithfulness of God, in the spiritual experiences of Mary Somervel access to the Throne of Grace, manuscript her remarkable discoveries and sweet enjoyment of true love of God, the sensible and particular returns of prayer she received, and also her personal engagements to the Lord 10 1820 225 Strictures on occasional hearing in an inquiry into song I.7, by James In two parts :- 1. Arguments To which are subjoined Douglas against the practice ; 2. Observations on Prayer for Arguments in its favour Kings answered 10 1820 369 Burns' Monument - account of the grand masonic procession which took With the speech, ode, song, etc. place at laying the foundation stone of a monument to the memory of on that occasion, and a Robert Burns, in the vicinity of Alloway Kirk on 25 January 1820, being preliminary description of the the anniversary of the poet's birthday monument and surrounding scenery, to which is added Tam O'Shanter, a tale

25 February 2020 Page 23 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 10 1820 391 Report of the Paisley Sabbath and Week Day Evening School Society for With a short address, the year 1819 occasioned by the present deficiency of the funds 10 1820 406½ The Queen's answer to the address of the loyal inhabitants of Paisley, presented to Her Majesty 18 October 1820 10 1820 407 Royal Wisdom : A sermon preached in Inverkip Meeting House on Sabbath 6 February 1820, the second after the death of His Late Majesty George III, by Thomas Low, Minister of the Gospel, Auld-Kirk 10 1820 439 The seventh report of the Paisley and Eastern Renfrewshire Bible Society, With an appendix and a list of 1820 subscribers and benefactors 10 1820 479 Process of the poor operatives of the Abbey Parish, against the Heritors and Kirk Session of the said Parish, Paisley. With remarks 10 1820 549 Compend of the History, Constitution, and Police Establishment of the Burgh of Paisley 10 1820 565 The duty and method of redeeming the time A sermon preached in the Episcopal Chapel, Paisley on Sunday 2 January 1820, by the Rev. W.M. Wade, Minister at the Chapel 10 1820 593 Second report of the Society in Paisley and its Vicinity for Gaelic Missions to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Instituted 31 March 1817. 11 1821 - 1823 1 The evil of ignorance and motives to its removal A sermon preached on Wednesday 11 April 1821, in aid of the Stranraer Sabbath School Society, by William Symington, Pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Stranraer 11 1821 - 1823 109 The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles the Second, King of As it was acted and done at Scotland, England, France and Ireland Scone, 1 January 1651 11 1821 - 1823 129 Meeting of the County of Renfrew, to be held in the East Relief Church of Paisley, on Friday 19 January 1821, to consider the propriety of voting an address to His Majesty, expressing the sentiments regarding the state of public affairs

25 February 2020 Page 24 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 11 1821 - 1823 131 Regulations of the Paisley Militia Society, as amended and adopted by a general meeting of the members, 3 January 1817 11 1821 - 1823 139 Letter regarding the Steeple and Bell of the High Church of Paisley, to the Lord Provost 11 1821 - 1823 145 A letter to the editor of the Christian Repository on the review of Mr Mason's sermons 11 1821 - 1823 181 Concert of sacred music for benevolent purposes, in the Parish Church, Under the patronage of James Lochwinnoch, on Tuesday 1 January 1822 Hervey Esq., Castle Semple 11 1821 - 1823 189 Johnstone Female Association in aid of the Paisley and Eastern Renfrewshire Bible Society 11 1821 - 1823 197 A new year's address to the scholars of Giffin School, with a list of their names for 1821 11 1821 - 1823 205 Report of the Paisley Sabbath and Week Day Evening School Society for the year 1820 11 1821 - 1823 228½ Report of the meeting held at Paisley in the Saracen's Head Inn on the Containing speeches, songs, 31st October 1822, in celebration of Mr Hunt's release from Ilchester toasts, etc. Bastile 11 1821 - 1823 229 Theatre, Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, under the management of Mr Mr H.E. Johnston's second The whole to conclude with Martin appearance on Tuesday 25 June the laughable farce of 1822, will be presented Bombastes Furioso Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice 11 1821 - 1823 231 Death bed dialogue ; being a series of conversations between Mr Shirra Together with the Duty of and Mr Lister, late Minister of the Gospel at Dundee Survivors, in three parts, by Robert Shirra, Minister of the Gospel at Kirkcaldy 11 1821 - 1823 267 Remarks on a review of Dr McLeod's lectures upon the principal prophecies of the revelations in the Christian Repository for 1816, by A Cameronian 11 1821 - 1823 36½ The Community of Paisley - income and expenditure since 1809, by Bailie Paterson

25 February 2020 Page 25 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 11 1821 - 1823 37 Memoir of the life and character of the Rev. John Findlay D.D., Minister With an appendix and of the High Church of Paisley, by Thomas Crichton, Master of the biographical notes Hospital, Paisley 11 1821 - 1823 380½ Meeting of the County of Renfrew, to be held in the East Relief Church of Paisley, on Friday 19 January 1821, to consider the propriety of voting an address to His Majesty, expressing the sentiments regarding the state of public affairs 11 1821 - 1823 381 Verses from Scotland on the coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty, King George IV, by the Rev. Mr W. Wade 11 1821 - 1823 389 Observations on the Baptist controversy, by a looker on 11 1821 - 1823 396½ Address to the Feuars of the Burgh of Paisley, signed Nath. Gibson, T.C. Regarding legal advice for the right of the Magistrates and Council to levy a fourth part of the rent for entering vassals instead of an eighth 11 1821 - 1823 397 Laws of the Paisley Philosophical Institution With a list of office bearers for the session 1822-23 11 1821 - 1823 420½ List of proprietors eligible as directors of the Coffee Room, Paisley List of proprietors of the Paisley Coffee Room, and of shares held by them, as recorded in the books 11 1821 - 1823 421 Report of the Paisley Sabbath and Week Day Evening School Society for In connection with the Sabbath the year 1821 School Union for Scotland 11 1821 - 1823 444½ Correspondence relative to the right of the Town of Paisley to enforce entries, or grant charters, respectfully submitted to the consideration of the Feuars and their legal advisers (Copy) 11 1821 - 1823 445 The ninth report of the Paisley and Eastern Renfrewshire Bible Society, With a list of subscribers and 1822 benefactors, and contributors (members for life) 11 1821 - 1823 470 Peace to the World, and Freedom to the Slave! An address to the For the purpose of raising a inhabitants of Paisley at a recent meeting in the Saracen's Head Inn subscription in behalf of the suffering Spaniards 11 1821 - 1823 471 The Paisley Miscellany, No.1 and No.2, Monday 22 September 1823

25 February 2020 Page 26 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 11 1821 - 1823 541 A short and easy method with the Deists, in a letter to a friend by the Wherein the certainty of the Rev. Charles Leslie A.M. Christian religion is demonstrated by infallible proof, from four rules which are incompatible to any imposture, that ever has been or can possibly be 11 1821 - 1823 597 A short memorial on Police Elections (past, present and to come), in the Burgh of Paisley 11 1821 - 1823 605 A discourse on prophecy, by George Allan 11 1821 - 1823 637 Rules for the regulation of the members of the English Congregational Church, Paisley, under the pastoral care of the Rev. Hugh Hart 11 1821 - 1823 657 The Glorious State of the Saints in Heaven. A sermon by the Reverend and Learned John Gill D.D., late Dissenting Minister in London 11 1821 - 1823 693 The duty of stated and select Private Christian Fellowship, briefly inculcated and directed 11 1821 - 1823 92½ Population of the Burgh and Abbey Parish of Paisley, taken between 29 Shires of which householders May and 4 July 1821 are native ; Religious denominations of householders ; Occupations of householders 11 1821 - 1823 93 For a few days only, wonderful child James Weir, born in the Parish of Child to be exhibited from ten to Cambusnethan one, and from three to seven, to be seen at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley 11 1821 - 1823 95 The Edinburgh Christian Instructor, No.136, November 1821, volume 20, Religious communications, etc. Memoir of the late Rev. Dr No.11 Findlay, Minister of the High Church, Paisley 12 1824 - 1826 1 Report of the Paisley Sabbath and Week Day Evening School Society for the year 1823 12 1824 - 1826 117 Abstract of the Act for ascertaining and establishing uniformity of weights First published in the Paisley and measures : to which is added a schedule of tables drawn up in Advertiser conformity to the Act

25 February 2020 Page 27 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 12 1824 - 1826 133 An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relative to the arbitration of disputes between masters and workmen, 21 June 1824 12 1824 - 1826 157 Jack and Sue ; or, The fortunate sailor : an opera in three acts in the Scots dialect 12 1824 - 1826 21 Laws and regulations of the Grocers' Company of Paisley, instituted 9 August 1824, as amended and agreed upon at a general meeting of the company, held on 30 November 1869 12 1824 - 1826 241 The untoward generation : a sermon to the young, by the Rev. John Geddes, Minister of the High Church, Paisley 12 1824 - 1826 32½ The Wayfarer No.11, Saturday 9 October 1824 12 1824 - 1826 33 Two short catechisms in which the principles of the doctrine of Christ are New edition unfolded and explained, by John Owen D.D. 12 1824 - 1826 351 The foresters : a poem descriptive of a pedestrian journey to the Falls of Niagara, by Alexander Wilson 12 1824 - 1826 386½ Soiled leaves ; or, Mud sketches, comprising "The Baillie and his breeches, a tale" and "The eating house, a sketch" 12 1824 - 1826 387 A journal of a voyage of discovery to the Polar Regions, in the year 1824, With a particular account of the in His Majesty's ship "Griper", G.F. Lyon, Captain, by John Paton proceedings during that perilous voyage 12 1824 - 1826 469 The Gaberlunzie, No.1 12 1824 - 1826 485 Tam O'Shanter : a tale by Robert Burns 12 1824 - 1826 493 A piece of prose on the marriage state, by John Knox 12 1824 - 1826 505 Remarks on certain improvements lately suggested in the Town of Beith 12 1824 - 1826 505½ Report of Committee of the Paisley Young Friendly Society, appointed 11 February 1825, reappointed 29 April, prior to a poll meeting of the Society in the Baptist Meetinghouse, Storie Street, on Friday 10 June 1825 12 1824 - 1826 529 Speech delivered in the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr on 14 April 1825, on the subject of the Roman Catholic claims, by the Rev. Robert Burns, Minister of St George's, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 28 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 12 1824 - 1826 564½ List of proprietors eligible as directors of the Coffee Room, Paisley List of Proprietors of the Paisley Coffee Room, and of shares held by them 12 1824 - 1826 565 The gospel ministry : A sermon preached at the ordination of the Rev. William McLachlan to the pastoral charge of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation of Kilmacolm, on Wednesday 28 September 1825 12 1824 - 1826 594½ Tam O'Shanter, a tale, by Robert Burns 12 1824 - 1826 595 Considerations for the manufacturing population of Neilston Parish, regarding their right and privileges to legal Church accommodation provided by the State for the inhabitants of Scotland, by Alexander Fleming, Minister of Neilston 12 1824 - 1826 618½ Margaret and the Minister, a true tale, to which are added "The auld man's farewell to his wee house" and "The fair thief" 12 1824 - 1826 619 Catalogue of the Paisley Theological Library, instituted August 1808 12 1824 - 1826 622½ Receipts on account of the Glasgow, Paisley, and Ardrossan Canal, from 1 October 1824 to 30 September 1825 12 1824 - 1826 623 Ode to the memory of Tannahill : the Highlandman's account of His Majesty's visit to Scotland, by David Webster 12 1824 - 1826 638½ An alarm unto a secure generation, with some arguments and Third edition observations, in a letter from John Howie to William Young, student in the 12 1824 - 1826 639 Much ado about nothing, a poem by William Finlay 12 1824 - 1826 651 Some account of the travels of John Magee, pedlar and flying stationer, in North and South Britain in the years 1806 and 1808, containing observations on what occurred 12 1824 - 1826 722 The sufficiency of the spirit's teaching, without human learning : a sermon preached in 1639 before the learned and celebrated Mr John Goodwin, Minister of Coleman Street, London, by Samuel How, cobbler, Pastor of a Christian Church in London 12 1824 - 1826 770 Laws of the Paisley Equitable Friendly Society, instituted February 1825 12 1824 - 1826 781½ Handwritten obituary on the death of Hugh Shaw, 22 July 1826, aged 113, as printed in the Paisley Advertiser 5 August 1826

25 February 2020 Page 29 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 12 1824 - 1826 782 Biographical notices regarding Alexander Davidson A.M., lecturer in Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, addressed to the editor of the Scots Mechanics' Magazine by Alexander Macome, of the town's Mercantile and Mathematical School, Paisley 12 1824 - 1826 794 Renfrewshire Road Act, 1825 to 1846 : case of the inhabitants of Paisley Statement submitted by a Committee of the Burgesses, Feuars, and inhabitants of Paisley and its vicinity 12 1824 - 1826 812 Ticket of the Paisley Relief Society regarding burying ground No.391 being the property of Mr Andrew Erskine, Sawmill, Paisley, 11 May 1826 12 1824 - 1826 85 Original Scottish rhymes : humorous and satirical, by David Webster 13 1827 - 1828 1 Observations on the present state of religion and general knowledge, in a Addressed to all denominations series of letters by A Paisley Weaver of Christians, and all classes of the community 13 1827 - 1828 167 Spiritual Wickedness in High Places. A discourse delivered on the late fast Showing the want of In their having petitioned in Great Hamilton Street Chapel, Glasgow, by Mr W. Worrall, Preacher of commiseration for the the legislature against any the Gospel distressed population of Great alteration in the Corn Laws Britain, on the part of the Clergy of the Church of Scotland 13 1827 - 1828 181 Ninth report of the Society in Paisley and its vicinity for Gaelic Missions to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, instituted 31 March 1817 13 1827 - 1828 193 The Tickler, a weekly publication, No.1, Monday 15 October 1827, 2nd edition 13 1827 - 1828 205 The Tickler, a weekly publication, No.8, Saturday 1 December 1827 13 1827 - 1828 217 Remarks on texts of scripture, by James McGavin, Paisley. 2nd edition 13 1827 - 1828 269 A critical review of the Paisley Junior Literary Society, by Timothy Nettletop, who was James Cochrane's teacher

25 February 2020 Page 30 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 13 1827 - 1828 283 The Magazine St Bernard's Well (with an engraving) ; Reflections of human reason ; Frugal and Dungarloch (in the manner of Ossian) ; Life of Sir William Wallace ; Remarkable preservation at sea ; History of Religions 13 1827 - 1828 315 Letter by Humphrey Templeton, Paisley to the Bishop of Exeter, on Socialism 13 1827 - 1828 319 Sketch of the life of the Rev. Joseph Bellamy D.D., of Bethlem, Extracted from Mr Benedict's Connecticut Sermon at his funeral 13 1827 - 1828 335 Proceedings of the Renfrewshire Agricultural Society at their annual From the Paisley Advertiser ploughing match on 9 February 1827 13 1827 - 1828 347 An address to fame, or Hints on the improvement in weaving etc., by David Webster 13 1827 - 1828 355 Isabella ; or, The Robbers. A poetical tale of the olden times, and other poems by William McLaren, author of the "Life of Tannahill", "Emma, or the Cruel Father", etc. 13 1827 - 1828 407 : Notice issued by the Council Chambers, Paisley regarding ordering prosecutions for a statutory penalty of £5 for Millers, Dyers, and others for polluting the River White Cart 13 1827 - 1828 409 Proceedings of the Renfrewshire Agricultural Society at their annual From the Paisley Advertiser ploughing match on 9 February 182 13 1827 - 1828 421 The Great High Priest, a poem by John Thrums, plaiden weaver 13 1827 - 1828 425 A biographical sketch of the life and labours of the Rev. James Hall D.D., Minister of the Gospel of the United Secession Church, Broughton Place meeting house, Edinburgh 13 1827 - 1828 43 Speech of Mr Geddes, Paisley, in General Assembly, 26 May 1827, against the admission of Law Agents into Kirk sessions 13 1827 - 1828 441 Borland's Yill, by Andrew Aitken, Overtown, Beith parish

25 February 2020 Page 31 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 13 1827 - 1828 444½ List of proprietors of the Paisley Coffee Room, and of shares held by List of proprietors eligible as them as recorded in the books directors of the Coffee Room, Paisley 13 1827 - 1828 445 An elegy of Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, who died 23 December 1733 ; or, The Prince of Darkness' Lamentation, for the Laird of Lag, and others 13 1827 - 1828 471 Sober Mindedness : A discourse to young men, preached in St George's Sketch of St George's Church, Church, Paisley, on the evening of Sabbath 17 August 1828, by the Rev. Paisley Robert Burns D.D., Minister of St George's, Paisley 13 1827 - 1828 505 The genuine declaration of William Sutherland, hangman at Irvine Wherein his knowledge of the Scriptures, his courage, and behaviour towards the persecutors, and their barbarous treatment of him at Ayr are plainly set forth 13 1827 - 1828 52 Review of new publications, by Thomas Crichton : The Course of Time, a poem in ten books, by Robert Pollock A.M. 13 1827 - 1828 529 The Drunkard's Progress, being a few sober hints from Daniel Drinkwater, Also, The Labourer's Lament, to his worthy and esteemed friend Dominic Dribble Esquire written in the winter of 1826-27 13 1827 - 1828 571 Articles of the sixth Friendly Society of Kilbarchan 13 1827 - 1828 579 Public dinner to William Kennedy Esq. From the Paisley Advertiser 24 May 1828 13 1827 - 1828 589 The substance of a letter to the Rev. Mr Fitzsimmons, Roman Catholic On some chief pillars, or prime Priest of Ballymena in Ireland, by Gideon Ouseley, Methodist Irish articles of his faith, to which is Missionary annexed The Pope's Greed. 3rd edition, improved 13 1827 - 1828 637 Address to the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, On submitting to their by the Rev. Alexander McLeod D.D., Chairman of their committee, May consideration the Plan of 1827 Correspondence with the General Assembly 13 1827 - 1828 69 Considerations, etc., by the Rev. Alexander Fleming, Neilston 13 1827 - 1828 691 Tenth report of the Society in Paisley and its vicinity for Gaelic Missions to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 1828. Instituted 31 March 1817

25 February 2020 Page 32 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 13 1827 - 1828 703 Resolutions adopted by the Association of Protestant Dissenters in Paisley, for the protection of the rights of the poor 13 1827 - 1828 90½ Report regarding the weights and measures of the County of Renfrew to John C. Dunlop Esq., Sheriff Depute, by Dr Thomas Thomson, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow ; John Wilson of Thornly ; and William Wilson, younger of Thornly 13 1827 - 1828 91 Remarks on an assumed statement of facts put forth by the Heritors of And the abandonment of the Neilston, relative to Church accommodation in that Parish, by Alexander Church as a place of public Fleming A.M., Minister of Neilston worship 14 1829 1 The Peace of Believing, distinguished from Antinomian Assurance, by James Barr D.D., Minister of Port Glasgow 14 1829 153 The Bible loved, and shame prevented : A sermon to the young. Preached at the request of John Craig and James Brown while under sentence of death in Paisley Jail, and delivered in the High Church on Sabbath evening 15 November 1829, the Rev. John Geddes of the High Church, Paisley 14 1829 189 The Hollander, or, Light Weight, with other poems and songs 14 1829 197 Lang Mills detected, a poem etc. 14 1829 208 The steam-boat traveller's guide, by William Harrison Containing poems descriptive of the principal watering places etc visited by the steam-boats from Glasgow, including intermediate places 14 1829 234 A choice selection of songs, duets, etc. for the use of Elderslie School 14 1829 242 A voice from the scaffold, or, A solemn address on the execution of John Second edition Craig and James Brown at Paisley, on Thursday 29 October 1829, by the Rev. Dr Burns of St George's 14 1829 278 Old Hawkey, or, The properties of the cow : a poem by John Fulton Recited at the dinner after the exhibition of cattle, at Trearne on Saturday 5 September 1829

25 February 2020 Page 33 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 14 1829 286 A journal of a voyage of discovery to the polar regions in the year 1824, With a particular account of the in His Majesty's ship "Griper", G.F. Lyon, Captain, by John Paton proceedings during that perilous voyage 14 1829 362 Concert of sacred music in the Abbey Church, Paisley, on Tuesday 3 Performance to commence at March 1829 seven o'clock 14 1829 378 Address to the inhabitants of Johnstone and its vicinity, on the duty of hearing the gospel, by John Clapperton, Minister of the United Associate Congregation, Johnstone 14 1829 45 Journal of conversations with John Craig and James Brown, previous to With an address to the prisoners their execution at Paisley, 29 October 1829, by the Rev. John Geddes, by the Rev. Professor Minister of the High Church, Paisley Symington, Paisley 14 1829 470 A short letter to Messrs W. Law and Andrew Equity, by W.M. Wade 14 1829 473½ List of proprietors of the Paisley Coffee Room, and of shares held by List of proprietors eligible as them in the books directors of the Coffee Room, Paisley 14 1829 474 The old weights and measures of Scotland, compared with the imperial With notes concerning the weights and measures established as standards in Great Britain and metrical system or measures Ireland adopted in France 14 1829 498 Remarks on some passages in the Rev. Mr Clapperton's "Address to the inhabitants of Johnstone and its vicinity" in a letter to a friend, by Joseph Jackson 14 1829 506 Copy of a letter to Mr Robert Bigg, by Alexander Walker 14 1829 520 Report of the Female Bible Associations, lately established in the Town and Abbey Parishes of Paisley 14 1829 522 By Order of the Chairman, Managers, and Subscribers of the Paisley Protecting Society, against the theft and reset of theft - Reward for information leading to conviction 14 1829 524 Resolutions adopted by the Association of Protestant Dissenters in Paisley, for the protection of the rights of the poor 15 1830 1 Case as to fines etc. for the Commissioners of Police for the Burgh of With remarks Paisley, and the opinions of the and Solicitor-General thereon, February 23

25 February 2020 Page 34 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 15 1830 128½ A brief memoir of Isabella McMillan of Easdale, who died in her 20th year of her age, by Rev. Mr Carmichael, Greenock 15 1830 129 Report of the proceedings at a meeting of the inhabitants of Greenock, to present an address to Joseph Hume Esq. M.P., on 20 September 1830 15 1830 150½ Abstract statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Police Establishment of the Burgh of Paisley, from the first Monday in October 1829 till the first Monday in October 1830 15 1830 151 Reply to the Lay Member of the Church of Scotland, by the Rev. Robert With a note for the Reverend Burns D.D., F.S.A., Minister of St George's, Paisley, the author of the James Russel, Minister of "Gareloch Heresey Tried" Gareloch 15 1830 19 Account of the late dreadful fire which broke out in Lady Lane, by Peter Gibb 15 1830 221 Co-Eigin an T'Soisgeil : Searmoin. Leis an Urramach Tomas Boston, Eadartheangaichte gu Gaelic, Ministeir an T'Soisgail maille ri Gairm Chairdeil Do'm Oigridh, Le C. McLachluin 15 1830 221½ Table for converting old standard barley measures of Scotland to imperial bushels, gallons, and pints 15 1830 247 A collection of hymns, anthems, doxologies, etc. sung in the Abbey Includes a sketch Church of Paisley 15 1830 25 The unfairness of the present mode of paying covered weaving exposed, An address delivered at a public and a more equitable plan proposed meeting of Operative Weavers, held in the old Low Church on 1 March 1830 15 1830 263 Songs and recitations, original and select 15 1830 271 "Ought the British Parliament to withdraw its support from the Church of The question answered in a Scotland?" sermon preached at Irvine on Tuesday 12 October 1830, before the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, by the Rev. Robert Burns D.D., F.A.S., one of the Ministers of Paisley, and late Moderator of Synod

25 February 2020 Page 35 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 15 1830 329 Jehovah, the Guardian of his own Word. A sermon by the Rev. Robert Preached before the Society in To which is subjoined a Burns D.D., F.A.S., one of the Ministers of Paisley Scotland for Propagating general appendix Christian Knowledge (Incorporated by Royal Charter), at their anniversary meeting in St Andrew's Church, Edinburgh on Thursday 3 June 1830 15 1830 395 Scheme of the Society's Establishment, from 1 May 1830 to 1 May 1831 15 1830 40½ Plan of property in the town of Paisley belonging to Mr John Ralston The property purchased by Mr Area between High Street, Ralston from Mr N. Gibson's Storie Street, George Street, trustees is coloured yellow and Lady Lane 15 1830 42 The Gareloch Heresy Tried, by the Rev. Robert Burns D.D., F.S.A., Minister In a letter to the Rev. John M. of St George's, Paisley Campbell of Row ; And a sermon preached at Helensburgh and at Port Glasgow 15 1830 First sectio An outline and a defence of consultative Presbyterian Church Designed to assist in repairing To which is subjoined an Government, by Hugh Hart V.D.M., Pastor of the Original United Relief the disciplinary breaches, and Epitome of the Faith of the Church, Aberdeen building up the organic walls of members constituting the the Militant Jerusalem Churches, in fellowship with the original United Relief Association 16 1831 1 A friendly letter to Warrand Carlile Esq., in confutation of his view on what he calls The Fallen Human Nature of Christ, by John Rodman M.D. 16 1831 132 Fourteenth annual report of the Paisley Youth's Society for religious A.K. Young M.D., President ; Mr purposes, December 1830 William Philips, Treasurer ; Alexander Gardner, Secretary 16 1831 132½ Report of the Edinburgh Board of Health 16 1831 133 The Church revived without the aid of unknown tongues A sermon preached in the Scots To which are now added a Church, Swallow Street, on few prefatory remarks Sabbath 6 November 1831, by Robert Burns D.D., F.S.A., Minister of St George's, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 36 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 16 1831 15 Opinion of Robert Jameson Esq., Advocate, annexed to the Memorial for Concerning Poor's Rates of the Heritors and Kirk Session of the Abbey Parish of Paisley, relating to Abbey Parish of Paisley 1830­ Johnstone 1831 16 1831 17 The Evangelical Observer, no.1 16 1831 175 Letter of invite to a meeting of the Burgh Magistrates and of the Commissioners of Police, on 9 April 1831 in the Council Chambers 16 1831 176½ Resolution of the Presbytery of Paisley, on Wednesday 28 September Regarding the means to be 1831 adopted in order to prevent the present alarming increase of Sabbath Profanation 16 1831 177 The leg of mutton, and Modern idolatry : a tale by Alexander Borland 16 1831 189 The learned dominie 16 1831 193 A cure for the cholera - practised at the Cholera Hospital at Hamburgh, London, with perfect success 16 1831 193½ The causes of the distress of the agricultural and manufacturing population, considered and demonstrated 16 1831 205 Objects and rules of the Renfrewshire Political Union, formed at a public meeting of the County held within the Court Halls, Paisley on 3 December 1830 16 1831 213 The practice of the Primitive Church, the Reformed Churches of France, Respecting competing and the Church of Scotland, and the Scottish Presbyterian Dissenting transporting calls Churches, by John Clapperton, Minister of the United Associate Congregation, Johnstone 16 1831 234½ Report to the Magistracy and Board of Health concerning the Examination of 71 coffins, two investigation in the New Burying Ground at the Moss Lands of Paisley, 27 of which were found empty March 1832 16 1831 235 Paisley Burgh Police : information on the recent attempt at disfranchising Mr James Young, to prevent him from being a Commissioner of Police, in the face of the votes and wishes of the voters in his ward 16 1831 243 Songs of the times ; or, The voice of the people 16 1831 251 Daily report of spasmodic cholera cases, 4 April 1832, signed D. McKinlay M.D., Medical Secretary

25 February 2020 Page 37 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 16 1831 251½ Lines, by William Cormie, Knight of the Shuttle 16 1831 255 Plan of Mr Crawford's annual ball, in the Renfrewshire Tontine Assembly Room, on Friday 18 March 1831 16 1831 263 The great plague and fire of London in 1665, described by an eyewitness Extracted from Vincent's "God's terrible voice in the City" 16 1831 311 The People's Guide ; or, Mr Hume's corrected list of the majority and The valued rent of Scotland ; His minority on the second reading of the Reform Bill in the House of Majesty's Speech on the Commons on Tuesday 22 March 1831 Prorogation of Parliament ; and the Trades' Procession in Glasgow 16 1831 347 Borland's Porter, a poem by Andrew Aitken 16 1831 355 Hints on Ecclesiastical Reform, by Robert Burns D.D. Addressed to the Lay Eldership of the Church of Scotland 16 1831 400 Review of new publications The Gairloch Heresy Tried, in a letter to the Rev. John Campbell or Row, and a sermon preached at Helensburgh and at Port Glasgow, by the Rev. R. Burns D.D., F.S.A., Minister of St George's, Paisley 16 1831 417 Salvation by Grace : a sermon by the Rev. William Symington, Stranraer 16 1831 44½ Temperance Societies defended, by a member of the Paisley Youths' Being an answer to the Temperance Association pamphlets entitled "Both sides of the question", and "The horse unsaddled" 16 1831 45 Lecture delivered by G. Kerr, member of Trades' Committee of Greenock, On the nature and advantages in the Cartsdyke Secession Church, 26 December 1831 of Trades' Unions. Respectfully dedicated to the working classes 16 1831 459 Observations on the past and present condition of Wallace-Hall Free With suggestions to the patrons School, in the County of Dumfries, by Robert Wallace Esq., of Kelly, senior and trustees in regard to its Heritable Patron of the Institution future management, and with an appendix containing the documents referred to

25 February 2020 Page 38 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 16 1831 502½ Notice by the Board of Health regarding the opening of a depot in Christie Buildings where articles of clothing will be received for the Poor 16 1831 503 Report of the Paisley Society for the Prevention and Cure of Intemperance, read at its first annual meeting, April 1831 16 1831 517 The arithmetical drill book, part 1 Contains models for forming 33,000 questions in the common rules of arithmetic 16 1831 57 Death of the Rev. Jonathan Ranken, Minister of the Middle Church, From the Paisley Advertiser of Paisley 19 March 1831 16 1831 59 Laws of the Paisley Young Friendly Society, instituted 1802, remodelled 1830 16 1831 83 Proclamation by His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for Renfrewshire in Regarding preventing the spread the Lochwinnoch District of cholera in the villages of Lochwinnoch, Howwood, and Glenhead, in the Parish of Lochwinnoch 16 1831 84 Recommendation by the surgeons of Lochwinnoch to its inhabitants to prevent the spread of cholera 16 1831 86½ Abstract expenditure and receipts of the Renfrewshire Bridewell Establishment from 1 January to 31 December 1831 inclusive 16 1831 87 Letter to Archibald Speirs Esq., by Menenius Regarding the three political parties in the State at present - the Whig Party, the Tory or Anti- Reform Party, and the Radical Party 16 1831 91 Cholera Morbus, the best means of avoiding this dreadful disease 16 1831 92½ List of Proprietors eligible as Directors of the Coffee Room, Paisley List of Shareholders of the Abstract by Mr William Coffee Room Buildings Sharp, Treasurer, to Proprietors of Paisley Coffee Room, from 1 June 1829 to 1 June 1830

25 February 2020 Page 39 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 16 1831 93 The measures of divine providence towards men and nations suitable to In two sermons preached at their behaviour, illustrated and applied to the present state of the British Stevenston on the National Fast and French nations 27 February 1794, by James Wodrow D.D., Minister of that Parish 17 1832 - 1833 1 The dismission, rest, and future glory of the good and faithful servant : Preached to the Reformed two discourses by Andrew Symington D.D. Presbyterian Congregation, Wishawtown, on 27 November 1831, being the Sabbath after the funeral of the Rev. Archibald Mason D.D., their late pastor 17 1832 - 1833 112½ Proclamation by the Sheriff of Renfrewshire, Provost, and other Regarding the prevention and Magistrates of Paisley removal of stagnant pools in midden-steads, respecting the means of cleanliness 17 1832 - 1833 113 Observations of the terms of Sacramental Communion among the Wesleyan Methodists, by John Kennedy 17 1832 - 1833 136½ The time of Christ's second coming identified with the day of judgement, Being a concise view of the by Alexander Gardner, bookseller, author of "Millenarianism Indefensible" direct scriptural evidence in support of this doctrine 17 1832 - 1833 137 Names of Electors, 1832 Broken down into number of votes for Mr Ewing and Mr Haly, and those who did not cast their vote 17 1832 - 1833 160½ Proclamation by the Sheriff of Renfrewshire, Provost, and other Regarding the prohibition of Magistrates of Paisley public begging 17 1832 - 1833 161 The unlawfulness of using blood for food, proved from the word of God, by James McGavin, Paisley 17 1832 - 1833 172½ New burying ground for those who have no burying place of their own, or A portion of the Community's whose relations cannot procure a private lair for their interment Lands near the Toll-bar on Greenock Road 17 1832 - 1833 173 An address from the Presbytery of Paisley to the Kirk Sessions and Parishes under their care

25 February 2020 Page 40 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 17 1832 - 1833 195 Regulations of the Pattern Setter's Society, instituted 3 November 1830 17 1832 - 1833 202½ A Bill for altering and amending an Act passed in the present session of Parliament for the Prevention of the disease called Cholera, or Spasmodic or Indian Cholera, in Scotland, 14 March 1832 17 1832 - 1833 203 Notices of the Martyrs and Confessors of Lesmahagow, by the Rev. Charles Thomson, of North Shields 17 1832 - 1833 235 Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts 17 1832 - 1833 239 Paisley Young Men's Society, including rules of the Society 17 1832 - 1833 243 Address to the inhabitants of Paisley, by George Bairnsfather, Hygeian Agent 17 1832 - 1833 245 Instructions for the Special Constables of the Town and Suburbs of Published by Authority of the Paisley, 1832 Sheriff of Renfrewshire, and the Provost and other Magistrates of Paisley 17 1832 - 1833 248½ Report to the Magistrates concerning the supposed abstraction of bodies from the new burying ground at the Moss Lands of Paisley 17 1832 - 1833 248½ Notice by the Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley regarding voting for Clergymen in the High Church 17 1832 - 1833 249 Speech of the Rev. Dr. Stewart of Erskine at the General Assembly on the From the Christian Instructor 26 May last, on the admissibility of law agents into Kirk Sessions 17 1832 - 1833 259 Speech of Sir Daniel K. Sandford at a meeting of the Protestant To consider the subject of the Second edition inhabitants of Glasgow, held on Tuesday 1 May 1832 Government Plan of Education for Ireland 17 1832 - 1833 279 Lawrie Nettle ; Hab's Door, or, The Temple of Terror ; The Insulted Pedlar 17 1832 - 1833 303 Lang Mills Detected, a poem ; The shark, etc. ; The American Blue Bird 17 1832 - 1833 313 The Hollander ; Hab's Door ; The Insulted Pedlar ; Lang Mills Detected, etc. 17 1832 - 1833 32½ Excerpt from the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Health, held 6 July 1832

25 February 2020 Page 41 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 17 1832 - 1833 322½ Letter requesting attendance at the Weekly Meeting of the Board of Regarding the appointment of a Health, 11 July 1832 Superintendent for the Hospital and Town to be taken into consideration 17 1832 - 1833 323 A charge addressed to the Rev. James Reid Brown, in the Scots Church, Second edition Swallow Street, 24 November 1831, by Robert Burns D.D., F.S.A., Minister of St George's, Paisley 17 1832 - 1833 349 Notice of the Board of Health In consequence of the near approach of Spasmodic Cholera, the Board of Health now issue the following instructions, in addition to the precautionary measures formerly recommended 17 1832 - 1833 351 Address to the Radical Reformers of Scotland in general, and those of the To which is added Mr Cobbett's Parish of Stewarton in particular, by Robert Reid Farewell Lecture to the citizens of Glasgow on the wrongs done to Scotland by the Boroughmonger Parliaments 17 1832 - 1833 375 Reform and church discipline, under the following heads :- The Guid Wife To which are added State of the Also, Protest taken at the of Ferguslie in 1643 & 1646 ; Law in Virginia in 1618 ; and Growth of High Church of Paisley, with the first election of a Member Popery in Scotland whole Ministers Stipends in of Parliament to serve for Scotland in 1755 Paisley, and other political documents in the cause of reform 17 1832 - 1833 387 The pleasures of home, with other poems, by Daniel McFee, Beith Poems dedicated to John Fraser, teacher 17 1832 - 1833 422½ Notice by the Board of Health, 28 June 1832, regarding cleanliness, ventilation, and regimen considering that cholera has renewed its ravages in this town and neighbourhood 17 1832 - 1833 423 The heroism of the Christian spirit : a sermon by Patrick Brewster, one of the Ministers of the Abbey of Paisley 17 1832 - 1833 450½ Letter by Robert Patison relating to the Lower Council's financial affairs, 1833

25 February 2020 Page 42 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 17 1832 - 1833 451 The Scottish Episcopal Church, in its foundation and superstructure, by A sermon preached at the the Rev. Edward Craig A.M., Oxon., Minister of St James' Chapel, Consecration of Trinity Chapel, Edinburgh Paisley, by the Right Rev. Bishop Walker, 25 September 1833. 17 1832 - 1833 487 Report of the speeches delivered in the Secession Church, Abbey Close, Paisley, on Monday 14 January 1833, at the formation of the Paisley Voluntary Church Association 17 1832 - 1833 499 Exposition of the religious sentiments avowed by Mr John Fairrie, sugar refiner in London, in his declaration to the prospective electors of the town of Greenock 17 1832 - 1833 515 The School and Family Catechist ; or, An explication and analysis of the With appropriate passages of Eighth edition, improved Assembly's Shorter Catechism, by the late Rev. William Smith A.M., scripture attached to each preacher of the Gospel division of the analysis, proving the doctrine or precept, and showing it to be founded on the word of God 17 1832 - 1833 607 Prayers for young persons 17 1832 - 1833 64½ Warning from the Central Board of Health, Council Office, Whitehall, London, on 26 January 1832 regarding Cholera Districts 17 1832 - 1833 643 Collection of popular songs for the use of Mr A. Henderson's classes 17 1832 - 1833 65 The true cause of the prevalence of pestilence and other judgements of With the divinely appointed God, by James A. Begg means of deliverance and safety 17 1832 - 1833 651 Dialogue on temperance between James and John 17 1832 - 1833 659 The finish of the Servative Association for giving a business man as a In three letters and a postscript representative to the Town of Paisley 17 1832 - 1833 677 A farewell essay in evil degenerate times, by J. Wilson Dedicated to W. Wilson Esq. of Crumock, by his much obliged and humble servant 17 1832 - 1833 681 Remarks on the Law of Scotland relative to the observance of the And on the proposed legislative Sabbath, by James Dobie, writer in Beith measures on that subject

25 February 2020 Page 43 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 17 1832 - 1833 697 The Scottish Episcopal Church, in its Foundation and Superstructure : a Preached at the Consecration of sermon by the Rev. Edward Craig A.M. Oxon., Minister of St James' Trinity Chapel, Paisley, by the Chapel, Edinburgh Right Rev. Bishop Walker, 25 September 1833 17 1832 - 1833 728 The truth about John Graham, weaver, Paisley, by Hugh Allan, Ninian Regarding the sale of his vote to Chalmers, and Duncan McIver the highest bidder of the two Candidates for the Representation of Paisley 18 1834 1 Speeches of John Maxwell Esq. M.P., in the House of Commons, session Extracted from the "Mirror of 1834 Parliament" 18 1834 101 The Testimony of the Dissenting Wesleyan Methodists in Paisley, against With an address to the the Union of Church and State, by Citizen John Kennedy, a teacher Wesleyan Methodists of Great Britain and Ireland regarding the late decision of the conference in the case of Mr J.R. Stephens, of Ashton-Under-Line 18 1834 117 More Voluntary Quackery detected ; or, Remarks on a Letter from Largs, and other matters, by A Genuine Anti-Burgher 18 1834 141 The Constituency of Paisley, at the Registration in September 1834 Published as a supplement to the Paisley Advertiser of 4 October 1834 18 1834 18½ Correspondence between Mr Robert Hendry and the Rev. Mr McNaughtan, regarding the ringing of the bell of the High Church 18 1834 181 Electors' Guide : List of the Constituency of Paisley who polled at the Candidates : Sir Daniel Keyte election of a Member for Parliament in 1834, with those voters who Sandford, John Crawford Esq., failed to exercise the franchise and Captain James Edward Gordon. Polling days 21 and 22 March 1834 18 1834 19 The Literary and Fireside Guest, No.11, Saturday 23 August 1834 18 1834 193 Historical and descriptive sketches of the and Principal Villages in the Upper Ward of Renfrewshire

25 February 2020 Page 44 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 18 1834 227 Observations and critical remarks on the performances of Mr Bennet, the celebrated ventriloquist, in the Argyle Arcade Saloon, by Timothy Testy, of the O.G. 18 1834 239 A report of the speeches delivered at the first meeting of the Paisley Taken from the Glasgow Young Men's Voluntary Church Association, on Tuesday 18 November Chronicle 1834 18 1834 255 Articles of the General Union of Weavers in Scotland, Instituted 1832 18 1834 263 Report relative to the proposed railway from the at to Paisley, by Thomas Grainger and John Miller, members of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London 18 1834 27 Letter to the Rev. William Cunningham, College Church, Edinburgh from A With remarks on the speeches Voluntary Layman of the Rev. James Begg of Paisley, and others 18 1834 275 Plan of the proposed railway from the River Clyde at Renfrew Ferry to Paisley, by Grainger & Miller, Civil Engineers, Edinburgh 18 1834 277 The blood of faithful Martyrs precious in the sight of Christ : a discourse Delivered in the High Church of Paisley martyrs James Algie by Andrew Symington D.D. Paisley, on the evening of Friday and John Park, executed 3 24 October 1834, on occasion of February 1685 and buried in a collection to erect a the Gallowgreen, later monument commemorative of removed to West two martyrs who suffered in Broomlands burying ground Paisley, in the persecution that preceded the revolution 18 1834 31 The Centenary of the Secession Church in Scotland commemorated, by Archibald Baird, Minister of the United Associate Congregation, St James Street, Paisley 18 1834 87 Catalogue of books of the late Messrs James and John Peddie, consisting Which are to be sold at auction of rare and valuable works mostly in handsome binding in the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, on Friday 31 January and Saturday 1 February 1834, and following lawful days 19 1835 1 Address from the Paisley High Church Congregational and Parochial Temperance Association, to the congregation and parishioners

25 February 2020 Page 45 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 19 1835 13 Paisley tables of prices of weaving 19 1835 139 Copy of report by Mr MacNeil, Civil Engineer, London Addressed to the Secretary to the Commissioners for the Loan of Exchequer Bills 19 1835 147 Speech of the Rev. James Stark of Greenock, delivered at the first public meeting of the Paisley Young Men's Society for Promoting the Interests of the Church of Scotland, 1 April 1835 19 1835 159 Youth warned of the sin and danger on intemperance : a discourse by Delivered in the Reformed Andrew Symington D.D., Paisley Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, on the evening of Sabbath, 22 March 1835 19 1835 185 Report of a discussion on Voluntaryism, between the Rev. Mr Harvie of Occasioned by a lecture Second edition Calton, Glasgow, and Mr Charles Leckie, Barrhead, which took place at delivered by the Rev. Gentleman Barrhead, on the evening of Tuesday 1 September 1835 that evening 19 1835 197 Report of a discussion on Voluntaryism, between the Rev. Mr Harvie of Occasioned by a lecture Fourth edition with an Calton, Glasgow, and Mr Charles Leckie, Barrhead, which took place at delivered by the Rev. Gentleman appendix Barrhead, on the evening of Tuesday 1 September 1835 that evening 19 1835 21 Selection of songs for R. Paton & T. Orr's class 19 1835 211 The substance of two lectures on the effects of voluntaryism, by C. Delivered in Barrhead in Leckie, Barrhead September and October 1835 19 1835 239 Lecture on Religious Endowments, delivered in the High Church of Paisley With a Historical Vindication of on Monday 4 May 1835, by Robert Burns D.D., Minister of St George's, New Erections Paisley 19 1835 263 Stuart's Useful Information for the People, No.18 ; being the Reformer's Almanack for 1835, by John Knox Stuart M.D., Fellow of the Royal Physical Society, and Extraordinary Member of the Hunterian Medical Society, Edinburgh 19 1835 270½ Third Annual Report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, October 1835

25 February 2020 Page 46 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 19 1835 271 No.2 of Reports of Discussions on certain subjects. Disputants - Mr James With regard to which Roman McGee on behalf of the Catholics and Mr Charles Leckie on behalf of the Catholics and Protestants Differ Protestants ; Discussion Second - Can the right of infants to Baptism be proven from the Scriptures? 19 1835 28½ Letter from James Muir regarding first concert for the season of the Paisley Philharmonic Society, to be held in the Assembly Rooms, Renfrewshire Tontine Inn, on Friday 20the November 1835 19 1835 286½ Receipt and Expenditure of the Town Hospital of Paisley, from 1 January 1834 to 1 June 1835 19 1835 287 A Statement of the Actual Income and Expenditure of the Established With remarks Church in the Burgh of Paisley, by Rev. J. MacNaughtan A.M., Minister of the High Church, Paisley 19 1835 29 Christ, the Son of the Living God,(not Peter), the foundation and security At the opening of the of the Christian Church : a sermon preached by the Rev. Duncan Presbyterian Church, MacFarlan, Minister of Renfrew Castlereach, on 16 August 1835 19 1835 310½ Address to the Justices of Peace in the Cities, , and Counties of Scotland, relating to Weights and Measures 19 1835 311 A Statistical Account of the Income and Expenditure of the Established Being a refutation of the Church in Paisley for the last Hundred Years, with remarks by Hugh "Statement" put forth by the MacFarlane, Paisley Reverend J. MacNaughtan, Minister of the High Church, on that subject 19 1835 360½ Glasgow Bridges. An abstract statement of the receipts and As audited by The disbursements of the Trustees of the Bridges Over the Clyde, at Stockwell Commissioners, in terms of the Street, Portland Street, and Jamaica Street, for year ending 28 May 1835 Acts of Parliament 19 1835 361 Account of the Inundation which took place in Cartsdyke, on Saturday 21 November 1835, by the bursting of a reservoir 19 1835 369 "Is it not fair that every man should pay for his own Minister?". A dialogue between a Churchman and a Voluntary, by Mc Maclure, Printer 19 1835 381 Speech of the Rev. James Stark of Greenock, delivered at the first public meeting of the Paisley Young Men's Society for Promoting the Interests of the Church of Scotland, 1 April 1835

25 February 2020 Page 47 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 19 1835 393 On the Duty of Prayer : a sermon by the Rev. Duncan MacFarlan, Minister As connected with the Day of of Renfrew, preached in St George's Church, Glasgow, 2 July 1835 Fasting and Humiliation appointed by the last General Assembly 19 1835 404½ Town Council Proceedings : The River cart, The Towing Path, and The From the Paisley Advertiser, 16 Poor Rates May 1835 19 1835 405 A critique of Dr Wardlaw's sermon, by Alexander Wilson A.M., Minister of Neilston 19 1835 523 Cholera-Phobia, or, An Exposure of Cholera Quackery, and the Humane Committee of Beith, by R. Thomson V.S. 19 1835 559 A refutation of the theory and practice of hygianism 19 1835 566½ Address to the Justices of Peace in the Cities, Burghs, and Counties of Second edition Scotland, relating to weights and measures 19 1835 569 An historical lecture on teinds or tithes, by the Rev. Alexander Fleming Showing them to be funds set A.M., of Neilston apart for the worship of God, upholding sacrifice, and maintaining the clergy, whether before, during or after the law of Moses, down to the present time 19 1835 57 The political death and dying words of the great Quixotes, a poem by Duncan Henderson 19 1835 651 The Claims of the Church of Scotland to the support and affection of the Preached in the Abbey Church people : A sermon by Patrick Brewster, one of the Ministers of the Abbey of Paisley, on occasion of the Church Fast appointed by the General Assembly, 23 July 1835 19 1835 679 Table converting old standard barley measures of Scotland to imperial bushels, gallons, and pints 19 1835 681 A full report of the speeches delivered at the Paisley Young Men's Voluntary Church Soiree, on Tuesday 2 January 1835

25 February 2020 Page 48 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 19 1835 69 The whole correspondence between the Rev. William Marshall, Coupar Respecting a public debate to be Delivered there by Mr Angus, and the Rev. John MacNaughton, Paisley held at Blairgowrie, on the MacNaughton on the question of Church evening of Tuesday 25 Establishments, occasioned by August 1835 an address in favour of Establishments 19 1835 711 The rebuilding of Jerusalem : A discourse by the Rev. William Symington, Delivered at the opening of the Stranraer Reformed Presbyterian Synod, Glasgow, 20 April 1835 19 1835 87 Proposals for publishing a work entitled The Antediluvian Histories, Containing the allegories of prophetic allegories by George Allan Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Lamech, Adam Seth and Enos, The Generations of Adam, and The Deluge 20 1836 1 An essay on passive obedience, by Patrick Brewster, one of the Ministers As connected with the principles Second edition of the Abbey of Paisley of Christianity, the rights of subjects, and the duties of rulers. Read before the Clerical Society of Glasgow, 4 April 1835, and the Philosophical Society of Paisley, 8 February 1836 20 1836 127 A reply to Mr Bremner's third pamphlet, on the subject of Persecution by the Church of Rome, in a second letter to the Members of the Established Church of Scotland, by H. Campbell, Parish Missionary, Charleston 20 1836 143 Remarks on the mineral resources of and the coal monopoly, with the notice of a new fossil : read at the Andersonian Soiree by John Craig, Mineral Surveyor, 12 December 1836 20 1836 159 The spirit of the times, a poem written in the month of November 1835, by William Finlay 20 1836 191 Certified copy of Dr Fleming's sermon, delivered at the admission of the Rev. R. Stevenson to the Middle Church, Paisley, 18 February 1836 20 1836 230½ Receipt and expenditure of the Town's Hospital of Paisley, from 1 June 1835 to 1 June 1836

25 February 2020 Page 49 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 20 1836 231 A narrative of the proceedings of the Presbytery of Paisley, relative to the sermon preached by Dr Fleming of Neilston, with his defence etc. 20 1836 284½ A few traits of the character of Baillie Patison, with notes interrogatory Extracted from the and explanatory Renfrewshire Reformer 20 1836 285 Original poetical pieces, chiefly Scottish, by Robert Clerk 20 1836 308½ Report of the Association for Religious Purposes, in the United Associate Congregation, Abbey Close, Paisley, October 1835 20 1836 309 Lecture under the patronage of the Paisley Young Men's Voluntary On the subject of State churches Church Society, delivered 1 February 1836 in the United Recession founded on rebellion against the Church, Abbey Close, by the Rev. Archibald Baird, Minister of the United Sovereignty of Jesus Christ, and Recession Church, St James' Street incompatible with the civil and religious rights of men 20 1836 345 Falsehood, an ally of compulsory, or Act of Parliament Christianity, by Being an answer to part of a James McGavin, Accountant, Paisley pamphlet published by Dr Burns, entitled "Scottish Voluntaryism, the Atheist's Ally" 20 1836 353 The plea for a State Church considered in a third letter to the Rev. Dr Burns, by A Voluntary 20 1836 370½ An address to treasurer John Henderson, a celebrated political leader in To which is added a hymn to the the West droll man behind the box what makes Punch dance 20 1836 371 A review of Mr Bremner's attack on the narratives of Rebecca Reed and Being an appendix to the "Awful Maria Monk disclosures" 20 1836 387 Awful disclosures of Maria Monk, as exhibited in a narrative of her suffering during a residence of five years as a novice, and two years as a black nun, in the Hotel Dieu Nunnery at Montreal 20 1836 39 The popular songster, containing the most esteemed Scottish and English Fifth edition songs, with a number of original pieces by Robert Allan, Kilbarchan 20 1836 459 The Temple of God : A sermon by the Rev. James Buchanan, North Leith Preached at the opening of Newhaven Church, on Sabbath 30 October 1836 20 1836 491 Report of the speeches delivered at the public dinner in Dumbarton on Tuesday 13 December 1836, given to C. Wood Esq., ship builder

25 February 2020 Page 50 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 20 1836 507 An appeal to the Members of the Church of Scotland, against the groundless charge of the Rev. Dr Burns, that voluntaryism tends to atheism, or is the atheist's ally, by A Layman 20 1836 519 An awful exposure of the awful disclosures of those two lying females, Rebecca Reid and Maria Monk 20 1836 527 Voluntaryism weighed in the balance of the sanctuary and found wanting And a lecture by the Rev. Mr ; or, Strictures upon two sermons by the Rev. Mr Bruce of Newmilns, by Tait of Barrhead, with a Charles Leckie, Barrhead particular reference to the late discussion at Newmilns 20 1836 617 A plea for "State Churches", in reply to the Rev. Archibald Baird, by Robert Burns D.D. 20 1836 637 Memoirs of the life, character, sentiments and doctrine of that Together with anecdotes of the This severe satire on a celebrated pulpit hero, Mas John Majolica, Minister first of life of his Very Reverend friend, Presbyterian clergyman Muchtiwharrock, and thereafter translated to the Kirk of Starnikillock trusty bottle companion, and (Rev. Mr Pyet of Dunbar) fellow labourer in the vineyard, was written by Mr Hepburn, Plumbino, Minister of Brorb, in then a preacher, afterwards the neighbourhood of settled at Birsay in Orkney, Lugnicardoch and a Mr Haliburton, a military chaplain 20 1836 673 A mistake corrected ; or, Things according to their character and tendencies, in a letter to the Rev. Dr Burns, by A Voluntary 20 1836 681 The scripture precedent for a State Church, shown in a second letter to the Rev. Dr Burns, by A Voluntary 20 1836 693 State churches, founded on rebellion against the sovereignty of Jesus Including a review of Dr Burns' Second edition, corrected Christ, and incompatible with the civil and religious rights of men : a pamphlet entitled "Scottish and revised lecture by the Rev. Archibald Baird, Minister of the United Secession Voluntaryism, the Atheists' Church, St James' Street, Paisley Ally". Delivered in Paisley in 1 February 1836 in the United Secession Church, Abbey Close, under the patronage of the Paisley Young Men's Voluntary Church Society

25 February 2020 Page 51 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 20 1836 729 A reply to Mr Charles Leckie's letter entitled "An exposure of Mr John Begg's calumnies and misrepresentations of the Reformed Presbyterian Church", in a letter to that gentleman by John Begg 20 1836 745 Report of a discussion on Voluntaryism, which took place at Barrhead, on Second edition Wednesday 2 March 1836, between the Rev. Dr Ritchie or Potterrow, Edinburgh, and Mr Charles Leckie, Barrhead 20 1836 757 An exposure of Mr John Begg's "Calumnies and misrepresentations of the Reformed Presbyterian Church", in a letter to that gentleman by Mr Charles Leckie, Barrhead 20 1836 805 The Reviewer Reviewed ; or, The Rev. Mr Harvey of Calton, once more in Being an exposure of the gross the mire, by C. Leckie inaccuracies of Mr Harvey's review of the report of the Barrhead Voluntary discussion 20 1836 821 Letter to John Crawford Esq., Writer, Paisley, in reply to his attack on the Printed in the Paisley and Radical Reformers, by A Weaver (John Henderson, cutter) Renfrewshire Reformer office 21 1836 1 Sermons preached to the First United Associate Congregation, Paisley on On occasion of the death of Sabbath 27 December 1835, by John Mitchell D.D., S.T.P., Glasgow, and their Pastor, the Rev. William William France, Minister of the congregation Ferrier D.D. 21 1836 111 State religion opposed to scripture and common sense : a letter to the Rev. Dr Burns, suggested by reading his letter to the Rev. William Smart entitled "Scottish Voluntaryism, the Atheist's Ally", by James 21 1836 127 A narrative of the proceedings of the Presbytery of Paisley, relative to the sermon preached by Dr Fleming of Neilston, with his defence, etc. 21 1836 181 A list of the electors who voted for Mr Hastie and Mr Aytoun, distinguishing the supporters of Mr Speirs and Mr Ross 21 1836 223 Artificial drinking usages of North Britain, by John Dunlop Esq. Fourth edition, with large additions 21 1836 244½ An address to the heritors, parishioners and congregation of the Abbey Showing the want of church To which is prefixed a letter Parish, Paisley, by Robert MacNair, one of the Ministers of that Parish accommodation and pastoral from the Right Hon. The Earl superintendence in the Parish, of Glasgow, read at the and suggesting a plan by which meeting on the subject of the evils thence arising may, in Church Extension, in the part, be remedied Abbey Parish on Thursday 1 December 1836

25 February 2020 Page 52 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 21 1836 345 A letter to the Rev. John Bremner, Popish Priest of Paisley, by John MacNaughtan A.M., Minister of the High Church, Paisley 21 1836 353 A second letter to the Rev. John Bremner, containing strictures on his "First of a series of pamphlets", by John MacNaughtan A.M., Minister of the High Church, Paisley 21 1836 361 Idolatry of the Church of Rome, in worshipping images and invocating Two copies saints and angels, exposed in a third letter to Rev. J. Bremner, Priest of the Church of Rome, by Rev. J. MacNaughtan A.M., Paisley 21 1836 385 The voice of warning : An address to the inhabitants of Greenock, occasioned by the late disastrous inundation, by Andrew Gilmour, Minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation of Greenock 21 1836 44 Newspaper articles regarding the death of the Rev. William France of Cuttings from the Renfrewshire Oakshaw Street U.P. Church Gazette, 23 April 1881 21 1836 503 The doctrine of purgatory examined : in a fourth letter to Rev. John Bremner, by John MacNaughtan A.M. 21 1836 519 The first of a series of pamphlets addressed to the members of the Established Church of Scotland, residing in Paisley, by the Rev. John Bremner, Roman Catholic Clergyman in Paisley 21 1836 539 A second pamphlet addressed to the members of the Established Church With a postscript containing of Scotland, by the Rev. John Bremner strictures on the strictures of the Rev. J. McNaughtan 21 1836 559 A third pamphlet addressed to the members of the Established Church of With a postscript for Mr Scotland, by the Rev. John Bremner McNaughtan and his assistant 21 1836 575 A fourth pamphlet addressed to the members of the Established Church With a postscript containing of Scotland, by the Rev. John Bremner controversial hints to Mr McNaughtan 21 1836 591 A fifth pamphlet addressed to the members of the Established Church of With a postscript containing Scotland, by the Rev. John Bremner controversial hints to Mr McNaughtan 21 1836 607 A sixth pamphlet addressed to the members of the Established Church of With a postscript for Mr Scotland, by the Rev. John Bremner McNaughtan 21 1836 623 The Voice of History, regarding the bloody and persecuting spirit of Popery, by James Stewart

25 February 2020 Page 53 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 21 1836 671 An essay on passive obedience, as connected with the principles of Read before the Clerical Society Christianity , the rights of subjects, and the duties of rulers, by Patrick of Glasgow on 4 April 1835, and Brewster, one of the Ministers of the Abbey of Paisley before the Philosophical Society of Paisley on 8 February 1836, and now published at the request of that Society 21 1836 713 Persecution a tenet of the Church of Rome : a letter to the members of the Church of Scotland, in reply to Mr Bremner's second pamphlet, by H. Campbell, Parish Missionary, Charleston 21 1836 729 The spirit of the times, a poem written in the month of November 1835, by William Findlay 21 1836 75 An account of the collision between the steamer "Antelope" and the Together with a narrative of the Illustrations brigantine "Elizabeth" on the night of 18 January 1836 raising of the Elizabeth, with suggestions on steam navigation, in a letter by William Simons, ship builder, to William Martin Esq., chairman of the Seaman's Friends' Society 21 1836 811 The races Consideration of questions relating to horse racing 21 1836 815 Mr Motherwell's library, sale in Royal Exchange, Wednesday 20 January 1836 to Tuesday 2 February 1836, at twelve o'clock noon 21 1836 91 Scottish Voluntaryism, the Atheist's Ally : a letter to the Rev. William Smart, Minister of the United Secession Church, Abbey Close, Paisley, by Robert Burns D.D., Minister of St George's Church, Paisley 22 1837 1 Discourse preached in the High Church, Paisley on Sabbath 20 August 1837 22 1837 129 Testimonials in favour of Lieutenant John Stewart, candidate for the situation of Governor of The House of Refuge 22 1837 14½ Receipt and expenditure of the Town's Hospital of Paisley from 1 June Mr John C. Condie, Treasurer 1836 to 1 June 1837 22 1837 145 Bible training with illustrations, for the use of Sabbath Schools, by David Stow Esq., Secretary to the Glasgow Educational Society

25 February 2020 Page 54 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 22 1837 15 The knowledge qualification : a plan for the reciprocal extension of education and the franchise, by James Adam, editor of the Aberdeen Herald 22 1837 217 The popular songster, containing the most esteemed Scottish and English Sixth edition songs, with a number of original pieces by Robert Allan, Kilbarchan 22 1837 305 Execution of William Perrie : A sketch of the life of William Perrie, and In two discourses preached in Second edition, enlarged, recollections of conversations with him during his confinement, and the High Church, Paisley by the with some prefatory when under sentence of death Rev. John MacNaughtan A.M., remarks on capital on 22 October 1837, being the punishment Sabbath after his execution 22 1837 38½ List of proprietors eligible as directors for the Coffee Room, Paisley List of shareholders of the Paisley Coffee Room buildings 22 1837 389 A new system of stenography, by John Galloway 22 1837 39 Proposal of a substitute for the ballot, by James Adam, editor of the Aberdeen Herald 22 1837 401 Reunion of seceders with the Church of Scotland defended In speeches delivered at the meeting of the Associate Synod in Glasgow, September 1837, by the Rev. George Moscrip, Greenock, the Rev. John Anderson, Helensburgh, and the Rev. James Stark, Greenock 22 1837 437 The great man's right, and the poor man's comfort, by Afhear Ghaultach 22 1837 461 Peel Banquet : Speech of Sir R. Peel , Bart., M.P., at Glasgow on 13 January 1837 22 1837 483 The speeches delivered at the Presbytery of Paisley on Wednesday 1 November 1837, and other documents relative to the translation of the Rev. J. MacNaughtan A.M., from the High Church, Paisley, to the Parish of St Paul's, Edinburgh 22 1837 559 The eclipse : a dramatic sketch, by Timothy Telescope (John Mitchell)

25 February 2020 Page 55 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 22 1837 583 Love to Christ : A sermon preached at Paisley on Tuesday 12 December With the addresses delivered to 1837, at the ordination of the Rev. James Falconer Minister and people on the same occasion, by the Rev. James Stark, Greenock 22 1837 611 The speeches delivered at the soiree in honour of George Thompson With an appendix containing a Esq., in the Renfrewshire Tontine Inn, Paisley, on the evening of remonstrance on the subject of Wednesday 25 January 1837 slavery, by the Paisley Emancipation Society 22 1837 635 Fourth annual report of the Paisley Young Men's Society for prayer and religious improvement 22 1837 70½ Memorial for the Magistrates of Paisley Draft of Bill for Reforming Criminal Proceedings in prosecution for petty offences, 1837 22 1837 71 A letter to the electors of Renfrewshire, by Alexander Speirs, 25 January 1837 22 1837 72½ Third annual report of the Abbey Close United Secession Congregational Read at the annual meeting, 27 Society for religious purposes September 1837 22 1837 73 Monetary reform : a project for rendering paper money independent of In three letters reprinted from the precious metals and invariable in its value, by William Cross "The Aberdeen Herald" of 27 May, 10 June and 24 June 22 1837 95 Letting of the Magistrates Seats in the Town's Church 22 1837 97 Execution of William Perrie : two discourses preached in the High Church, Paisley, by Rev. John MacNaughtan A.M., on 22 October 1837, being the Sabbath after the execution of William Perrie 23 1838 1 Report of the discussion on the church question, at Barrhead, between Reported by William Thomson, Messrs Duncan & Leckie, on Friday 27 April, 1838 Liberator Office 23 1838 106½ Reply to the second address to the Reformed Town Council, by a Radical 23 1838 107 The broom and dahlia, and other poems, by John Mitchell 23 1838 136½ Fourth annual report of the Abbey Close United Secession Congregational Society for religious purposes, read at the annual meeting, 1 October 1838

25 February 2020 Page 56 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 23 1838 137 A full and authentic report of the discussion on church establishments Reported by William Skeen and Second edition between Mr Charles Leckie and Mr Andrew Nicol, in Dr. Peddie's church, John R. Fyfe Edinburgh, on Thursday and Friday, 14 and 15 June 1838 23 1838 192½ Abstract statement of the income and expenditure of the Trustees for Improving the Navigation of the River Cart, for the year ending 30 November 1838 23 1838 193 The householder's book ; or, A complete inventory of household furniture 23 1838 20½ Steam navigation on the River Cart From the Renfrewshire Reformer, 22 October 1838 23 1838 21 Prospectus of the Paisley Steam Navigation Company 23 1838 22½ Receipt and expenditure of the Town's Hospital of Paisley, from 1 June Mr John C. Condie, Treasurer 1837 to 1 June 1838 23 1838 228½ Dispensary and House of Recovery report for the year ending 31 December 1838 23 1838 229 A biographical sketch of the late Mr Daniel K. Sandford, K.B., D.C.L., With remarks on his character Professor of Greek in the University of Glasgow by the public press, extracts from the funeral sermons, etc. 23 1838 23 The arrogant assumption of the clergy, in assuming to be ambassadors Being remarks occasioned by for Christ, considered some circumstances which took place at the induction of Mr William Nisbet, to the Secession Church, Abbey Close, Paisley, by J. McG., Paisley 23 1838 250½ Robert Patison and the Steam Navigation Company, letter to the inhabitants of Paisley 23 1838 251 A treatise on the original donation and transmission of the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, by James McGavin 23 1838 27 Hymn for the Abbey Close United Secession Congregational soiree, on the induction of the Rev. William Nisbet, 26 April 1838 23 1838 274½ An appeal to the bakers, butchers, grocers, fruiterers, drapers, Regarding temperance ironmongers, cabinet makers, upholsterers, watchmakers, booksellers, etc. of Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 57 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 23 1838 275 The duties of the present crisis, with a special reference to the liberated A sermon preached on the first negroes in the British Colonies of August in the Abbey Church, by Rev. Patrick Brewster 23 1838 299 Letter and report to the Trustees on the Turnpike Road from Renfrew to Greenock, from Laurence Hill 23 1838 301 Revenue and expenditure of the Greenock Road Trustees, from Abstract of the Greenock Road Whitsunday 1835 till Whitsunday 1836, Whitsunday 1836 till Whitsunday debt, as at Whitsunday 1838 1837, and Whitsunday 1837 till Whitsunday 1838 23 1838 315 Two discourses occasioned by the death of the Rev. George Moscrip, Preached at Greenock on senior Minister of the Associate Congregation, Greenock Sabbath 31 September 1838, by the Rev. James Stark, Greenock, and the Rev. John Anderson, Helensburgh 23 1838 33 No.2 of series of letters to the Rev. Messrs McDowall of Alloa, Stirling of Kirriemuir, Towers of Wigtown, etc., voluntary clergymen, exposing their calumnious misrepresentations of the author Charles Leckie, Barrhead 23 1838 351 List of the Poors' Rate Payers in the Burgh of Paisley, in the years 1835, With the amount of their 1836 & 1837 assessments, distinguishing the various years, arranged in streets, with an index 23 1838 372½ Sixth annual report of the Paisley Society for the monthly distribution of tracts, November 1838 23 1838 373 Tracts for the times, under the sanction of the Free Protesting Presbytery Who are the Separatists? Who of Paisley, No.3 have broken their Ordination Vows?, by Rev. J. MacNaughtan A.M., Paisley 23 1838 377 The plague of patronage fatal to the independence of the clergy and to With an appendix showing the the efficiency of the establishment, by the Rev. Patrick Brewster, late flunkeyism of some of the Minister of the Abbey Parish, Paisley friends of patronage 23 1838 399 Lines by William Cormie, knight of the shuttle 23 1838 407 Tee-totalism versus intemperance, by Candidus 23 1838 419 Mr Hutchison's strictures on Dr Chalmer's plan of church extension

25 February 2020 Page 58 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 23 1838 431 A few friendly observations on morals and politics, by Thomas MacQueen, mason, Barkip 23 1838 44½ Paisley Race Meeting, 16 & 17 August 1838 Stewards :- Sir William Scott, Bart ; W.R. Ramsay Esq., of Barnton ; W.M. Fleming Esq., of Barrochan 23 1838 45 No.2 of series of letters to the Rev. Messrs McDowall of Alloa, Stirling of Kirriemuir, Towers of Wigtown, etc., voluntary clergymen, exposing their calumnious misrepresentations of the author Charles Leckie, Barrhead 23 1838 463 Clippings and pairings, a poem by William Findlay, Paisley, the author of "The Spirit of the Times" 23 1838 495 The case of the cotton-spinners considered ; being a report of the meeting at Paisley on Monday 29 January 1838 in the old Low Church 23 1838 511 Report of a soiree in honour of the Rev. Patrick Brewster, one of the For his exertions in the cause of Ministers of the Abbey Church, Paisley, on Monday evening, 12 freedom, with two of the songs November 1838 sung on the occasion 23 1838 527 Report of Committee of the Paisley Equitable Society Appointed to enquire into the circumstances occasioning the repeated extra contributions, and to endeavour to suggest a remedy 23 1838 58½ Navigation of the Cart : letter to the editor of the Paisley Advertiser from W. Barr 23 1838 59 A full and accurate report of the debate between Mr A. Duncan and Mr C. Taken by two impartial reporters Leckie on the church question, in Ducrow's Arena, on Thursday and Friday 3 and 4 May 24 1839 1 Report of a public discussion on the important question of National Mr Marshall's speeches Establishments of Christianity between the Rev. Mr Marshall, Minister of reported by Mr Brown of the the United Secession Congregation, Coupar Angus, and Mr Charles Advertiser Office, and Mr Leckie, Barrhead Leckie's by Mr Hill of the Courier Office, Dundee 24 1839 165 Second thousand. Charles Leckie's flight from Prestonpans

25 February 2020 Page 59 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 24 1839 172½ Report of the Directors of the Paisley Town Hospital for the year 1838 - Receipt and expenditure of the 1839 Town Hospital of Paisley, from 30 May 1838 to 1 June 1839, Mr John C. Condie, Treasurer 24 1839 185 A reply to Mr Bremner's third pamphlet on the subject of Persecution by In a second letter to the the Church of Rome, by H. Campbell, Parish Missionary, Charleston Members of the Established Church of Scotland 24 1839 200½ Report by the Committee of Management of the Forth and Cart Junction Canal Company, to the stated General Meeting of Proprietors, to be held on Wednesday 27 February 1839 24 1839 201 The Abbey Close Secession Church Dorcas Society, instituted 9 January 1839 24 1839 204½ Fifth annual report of the Abbey Close United Secession Congregational Society for religious purposes, read at the general meeting, 16 September 1839 24 1839 205 Observations on the weather in Scotland, by William Chalmers, showing Also, A garden calendar, what kind of weather the various winds produce, and what winds are adapted for cottars and others most likely to prevail in each month of the year 24 1839 252½ Abstract statement of the Treasurer's account of the Paisley Steam Navigation Company, as balanced 17 October 1839 24 1839 253 Report of a public discussion on National Establishments of Christianity in Revised by the speakers the High Church, Paisley, between Rev. C.J. Kennedy and Mr Charles Leckie 24 1839 293 Hints to those who will take them ; or, Good counsel to Bachelors, by George Thomson 24 1839 309 The narrative of little Samuel : a gift to Sabbath School children, by a visitor 24 1839 333 The child Jesus : a sermon preached to the children of the Paisley Sabbath and week day evening schools, by Andrew Symington D.D. 24 1839 357 A catechism of the divisions of time, resulting from the motions of the And also of eras and the earth and moon round the sun, by the Rev. Thomas McKenzie A.M. calendar, for the use of schools

25 February 2020 Page 60 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 24 1839 405 The death of Marjory Bruce, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, and wife Translated by George Thomson, to Walter, the Lord High Steward of Scotland, which happened near to Edinburgh the Castle of Renfrew, on midsummer eve, in the year 1316 : a poem, by Baston, an English Carmelite Friar 24 1839 421 The battle of Drumclog : a poem by the Rev. Robert Wilson A.M. 24 1839 449 The spirit of the times, 1839, by W. Findlay 24 1839 459 Sermon X : On the deceitfulness of the heart, by the Rev. Laurence Lockhart, Minister of Inchinnan 24 1839 487 An important address to the optionalists of Scotland, by C. Leckie, Barrhead 24 1839 511 The folly and falsehood of the golden book of Mormon From the Lunenburg Colonial Churchman, 25 January 1839 24 1839 515 No.1 - Socialism exhibited in its true colours, in a dialogue between Subject - The Infidelity of Thomas and John, two countrymen, by C. Leckie Socialism 24 1839 527 No.2 - Socialism exhibited in its true colours, in a dialogue between Subject - Marriage system of the Thomas and John, two countrymen, by C. Leckie New Moral World 24 1839 529 A short and conclusive argument for the truth of Christianity, opposition to socialism, and every other species of infidelity, compiled for the working classes by C. Leckie 24 1839 551 No.4 of a series of letters to the Rev. Messrs McDowall of Alloa, Stirling of Kirriemuir, Towers of Wigtown, etc., voluntary clergymen : exposing their calumnious misrepresentations of the author Charles Leckie, Barrhead 24 1839 563 The unlawfulness of using blood for food, proved from the word of God, Second edition by James McGavin, Paisley 24 1839 575 Plan of Mr Crawford's annual ball, to take place in the Exchange Assembly Rooms, Paisley, on Tuesday 5 March 1839, dancing to commence at four o'clock pm 24 1839 583 Report of the discussion on socialism, between Messrs L. Jones and C. Leckie, in the Trades' Hall, Glasgow, on the nights of 10, 11, and 13 December 1839

25 February 2020 Page 61 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 24 1839 74½ The Prospective Observer, Volume 1, Number 1, Wednesday 31 January 1900 24 1839 75 Letters to the Paisley Town Council on their new mode of expeding And an appendix of the faculty charters, with the ancient form of bookings, by Robert Patison regulation fees of charters, and deeds connected therewith 24 1839 91 Ode to the memory of Burns, spoken at his anniversary, 25 January 1839, in the house of Mr Charles Hood, Linwood, by John Mitchell. Mr James Reid in the chair 24 1839 98½ The Church of Scotland almanac for 1840, containing a brief sketch of the Also, the dates of about three With notes, a few constitution of the Church, and of her general assembly's five schemes hundred facts connected with interesting acts, etc., by a for the promotion of the Gospel at home and abroad the Church since the Layman Reformation in 1560 24 1839 99 Report of a discussion on socialism between Messrs P. Dunn and C. Leckie, which took place in the Trades' Hall, Glasgow, on the evenings of 20 and 21 November 1839 25 1840 1 A lecture on the use of the Episcopal Liturgy in Presbyterian Churches, delivered in the High Church of Paisley on the evening of Friday 4 December 1840, by the Rev. Robert Burns D.D., Minister of St George's, Paisley 25 1840 106 Eighth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, October 1840 25 1840 106½ Theatre Bill for the Theatre Exchange Rooms, Paisley on 2 July 1840 Mr G.V. Brooke appearing in "Hunchback" ; concluding with the new farce "Dumb belle!" 25 1840 107 The pulpit, worth more than it costs : a sermon by Rev. T.S. Clarke, Reprinted from the "American Stockbridge Mass National Preacher" 25 1840 113 Table for converting old standard barley measures of Scotland to imperial bushels, gallons, and pints 25 1840 124 Dues or customs leviable by the Tacksman of the Custom-Booth, Tacksman of the Meal-Market, and Tacksman of the Fairs in the Town of Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 62 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 25 1840 125 Divine warrants, advantages, ends, and rules of fellowship meetings for prayer and spiritual conference, by the late Rev. John Brown of Haddington 25 1840 14½ Theatre Bill for the Theatre Exchange Rooms, Paisley on 29 May 1840 American comedian Mr E. Harper in his new drama entitled "A trip to America" ; followed by The Grand Eastern Drama "Abon Hassan", written by J. Diamond Esq. ; Concluding with the New American Farcetta "Virginian Mummy" 25 1840 141 Guide to private social worship : the duty of stated and select private Third edition Christian Fellowship, briefly inculcated and directed by Andrew Symington D.D. 25 1840 15 A lecture on the use of the Episcopal Liturgy in Presbyterian Churches, Second edition delivered in the High Church of Paisley on the evening of Friday 4 December 1840, by the Rev. Robert Burns D.D., Minister of St George's, Paisley 25 1840 212½ Receipt and expenditure of the Town's Hospital of Paisley, from 1 June Mr John C. Condie, Treasurer 1839 till 1 June 1840 25 1840 213 An address to J.P., a celebrated political leader in the West : To which is added a hymn 25 1840 221 Singing for the million Questions and exercises on music 25 1840 246½ The Scottish Dissenters' Almanac for 1840 Containing a short account of Also, the dates of many the rise and progress of the hundreds of interesting facts various dissenting bodies in connected with Dissenters Scotland, their present since their commencement ; numbers, principles, and with nots, anecdotes, etc., government, with the statistics by a Dissenter of their missionary exertions, theological seminaries, and church courts

25 February 2020 Page 63 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 25 1840 247 The truth spoken in love, relative to Episcopacy, and the Anglican Liturgy : A lecture delivered on Sunday 13 December 1840, by the Rev. W.M. Wade, Minister of Trinity Episcopal Chapel, Paisley 25 1840 260½ List of voters in Abbey Parish, County of Renfrewshire in 1832 - 1840 25 1840 261 The Canty Chiel : being a selection of songs, original and select 25 1840 30½ Theatre Bill for the Theatre Exchange Rooms, Paisley on 10 June 1840 The historical tragedy "Richard the Third" performed by Mr G.V. Brooke ; Concluding with the new farce "Captain's Not-a-Miss" 25 1840 309 The Town's House on the Market Day : a poem Includes a newspaper cutting of the accomplishments of Mr Crawford and the refitting of the Lyceum Rooms 25 1840 31 Private social prayer : A sermon preached in Albion Street Church, Glasgow, on the evening of Thursday 24 October 1839, by Andrew Symington D.D., Paisley 25 1840 317 Canto second versus Canto first. The Town's House on the Market Day : a poem 25 1840 323 Paisley was occupied by the Romans as a military station, under the Latinised Gaelic appellation of Renduara, signifying "White Water" 25 1840 325 Exercises on punctuation, abbreviations and Roman numeral letters, etc., Containing a description of the Second edition by Thomas Spreul boundaries of every county in Scotland, with the population of each, in 1831 25 1840 339 Small poems and songs, by "Petrus" 25 1840 351 Epistle to the author of "The Town's-House" : a poem, by a Brither Bard 25 1840 359 The Town's House on the Market Day : a poem in two cantos 25 1840 393 Mary, an original poem, recommended to the attention of the ladies 25 1840 399 The Universe : a poem by Henry Baker, F.R.S., F.S.A. A new edition 25 1840 461 The humming bee : original works by the author William McNicol

25 February 2020 Page 64 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 25 1840 485 The third class train : respectively inscribed to the weavers of Paisley, by John Mitchell, Paisley, a third class train man 25 1840 493 Emigration to New Zealand : Report of the speeches delivered by the Rev. Dr Burns and others, at the meeting in the Philosophical Hall, Paisley, on Monday 27 June 1840 25 1840 505 A shot round a corner ; or, The unco guid and rigidly rightious, by "Citicus", John Mitchell, Paisley 25 1840 513 Embro' Yill : a Scottish poem by William Orr, Stewarton 25 1840 529 Proposals for the printing by subscription, Annals of Reform, or a Together with the resolutions Prefaced by a historical collection of the petitions for a Reform in Parliament, sent from Scotland and speeches delivered at the account of the causes, to the Legislature, by John Burtt public meetings for Reform which have paved the way throughout Scotland to our present unparalleled distresses 25 1840 533 Regulations for the Town's Hospital of Paisley, as agreed upon by the Directors, and approved of by the Magistrates and Town Council, 8 December 1840 25 1840 90½ Theatre Bill for the Theatre Exchange Rooms, Paisley on 26 June 1840 Mr Lloyd, Miss Julia Cruise, and Mr G.V. Brooke appearing in the play "Mountaineers ; followed by the interlude of the "Day after the wedding" ; concluding with the farce "Middy Ashore" 25 1840 91 Truth and love versus prelacy and the prayer book : being a reply to Rev. W.M. Wade's pamphlet, by the Rev. Robert Burns D.D., Minister of St George's, Paisley 26 1841 1 Free thoughts, addresses to the electors of the County of Renfrew, with a special reference to the Church Question, by Rev. Robert Burns D.D., Paisley 26 1841 133 The young arithmetician's instructor, by Thomas Spreul, teacher Adapted to the use of schools Containing the fundamental and private institutions. rules and their application to mercantile calculations 26 1841 14½ List of partners of the Paisley Commercial Banking Company, 23 April Governor : Archibald Hastie 1841 Esq., M.P.

25 February 2020 Page 65 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 26 1841 15 More free thoughts, but not on the Church Question ; addressed to the electors of the County of Renfrew, by Rev. Robert Burns D.D., Paisley 26 1841 205 Excursion through the starry heavens, a poem. The North Pole elevated about 55 degrees 26 1841 217 The Town of Dalry in 1841, a poem by Andrew Aitken 26 1841 225 Embro' Yill, a Scottish poem by William Orr, Stewarton 26 1841 241 A collection of questions for discussion in literary societies 26 1841 251 Twenty eight divine songs for the use of children, by I. Watts D.D. 26 1841 283 The sporting chronicle extraordinary ; as illustrated in the life, adventures, successes, and disasters of Andrew Kinloch, commonly designated Friday, the far-famed jockey who has rode 534 races and won 477 26 1841 30½ Third annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, With the minutes of the presented to the annual general meeting of the Trustees and Managers, meeting, and opening hours held 15 January 1841 26 1841 31 A few parting words with the Rev. Dr Burns of Paisley on Episcopacy and the Anglican Liturgy, by the Rev. W.M. Wade, Minister of the Trinity Episcopal Chapel, Paisley 26 1841 320½ Receipt and expenditure of the Town's Hospital of Paisley, from 1 June 1840 till 1 June 1841 26 1841 321 No.2 Poems and songs by a young author William Watson, a weaver, Elderslie 26 1841 332½ Third annual report of the Dorcas Society in connection with the Abbey President - Mr William Nisbet Close United Secession Church, Paisley, from 30 October 1840 to 30 October 1841 26 1841 333 Monument in memory of Alexander Wilson, the poet and ornithologist 26 1841 336½ Report of the Dispensary and House of Recovery, during the year ending Abstract statement of the List of subscriptions to the 31 December 1841 Paisley Dispensary and House of Paisley Dispensary and Recovery for 1841 House of Recovery for 1841 26 1841 337 Lays of leisure hours, a poem by Robert Skimming, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 66 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 26 1841 372½ Letter to the Feuars of Paisley from W. Barr Regarding the decision of the Magistrates and Town Council to reduce the casualty for entering vassals from a full year's rent to a half year's rent 26 1841 373 The battle o' the speerits, by John Mitchell. Respectfully inscribed to Mr David Hutchison, Paisley 26 1841 397 Laws and regulations of the Paisley Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews 26 1841 401 Sketch of the life of Peter Burnet, a negro, who came to Paisley sixty years ago, where he still lives, a very old and respectable man, by John Parkhill 26 1841 425 Wee Johnnie's farewell to Paisley, by Robert , a pattern drawer, Paisley 26 1841 432½ Letter to the labouring classes of Paisley, by "Z" 26 1841 433 The nature and obligation of public vows, by the Rev. William Symington With an explanation and Being No.7 of a discourse of D.D., Glasgow defence of the British Covenants lectures on the Second Reformation 26 1841 491 Remarks on repentance, faith, and prayer, with strictures on the views which some entertain on these subjects, by John Young, Paisley 26 1841 525 The Headship of Christ over the Nations, by the Rev. Andrew Symington Being No.6 of a course of D.D., Paisley lectures on the Second Reformation 26 1841 573 Hope purifieth : a discourse by the Rev. Alexander Salmon, Minister of Barrhead 26 1841 58½ List of Proprietors eligible as Directors for the Coffee Room, Paisley List of the Shareholders of the Abstract of accounts of the Paisley Coffee Room Buildings Paisley Coffee Room, Treasurer - Mr William Martin 26 1841 59 Strictures on the hypothesis of two supreme co-ordinate powers, by With reference to patronage Alexander Fleming D.D., Minister at Neilston and non-intrusion, etc. With addenda and notes.

25 February 2020 Page 67 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 26 1841 597 Introductory lecture on the principles of the Second Reformation, by the Rev. Andrew Symington D.D., Paisley 26 1841 629 The stumbling block removed : A sermon delivered in Glasgow on 24 Being No.8 of a series of Second thousand January 1841, by Rev. James Banks, West Relief Church, Paisley sermons published under the superintendence of the Temperance Union 26 1841 647 A descriptive sketch of the Teetotal Tower and scenery around West Sandyford, Renfrew Road 26 1841 653 Intrusion of Mr Edwards upon the people of Marnoch From the Aberdeen Banner, 23 January 1841 26 1841 676½ Case of the Trustees of the Turnpike Road from Glasgow to Paisley and Greenock. Petitioners against the Pollock and Railway Bill 26 1841 677 "Free thoughts", with a special reference on fallacious civic balances 26 1841 685 The truth with boldness, by David Aitchison M.A., Oxon, Presbyter of the Being strictures on two lectures Church in Scotland, and assistant pastor of St Andrew's Chapel, Glasgow on prelacy, by the Rev. Robert Burns D.D., Minister of St George's, Paisley 26 1841 733 The truth with boldness, part 2, by David Aitchison M.A., Oxon, Presbyter Being strictures on two lectures of the Church in Scotland, and assistant pastor of St Andrew's Chapel, on prelacy, by the Rev. Robert Glasgow Burns D.D., Minister of St George's, Paisley 26 1841 761 Episcopal Ordination not invalidated by Presbyterian Baptism, by David Being an answer to a letter Aitchison M.A., Oxon, Presbyter of the Church in Scotland, and assistant signed "A Presbyterian" in the Pastor of St Andrew's Chapel, Glasgow Scottish Guardian of February 19 1841 27 1842 1 Christian Patriotism in times of public distress : A lecture delivered in the Middle Parish Church of Greenock, 4 February 1842, by the Rev. Robert Burns D.D., of St George's Church, Paisley 27 1842 120½ Letter on emigration and colonization, addressed to the Hon. Lord Kelburne M.P., by John Crawford Esq. 27 1842 12½ Excerpt from the minutes of a meeting of the Town Council of Paisley, held on 19 January 1842

25 February 2020 Page 68 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 27 1842 121 Man, a responsible and social being, bound to promote the best interests Being the second of a series of of society, by the Rev. john McNaughtan, Paisley lectures to young men, delivered in Broughton Place Church, by clergymen of various evangelical denominations, at request of the Edinburgh Young Men's Society 27 1842 13 No.4 : My Church Politics : In letters to my people by the Rev. N. Morren 27 1842 140½ Financial affairs of the Town of Paisley, 1842 27 1842 141 The explosion of the telegraph : being the substance of a discourse delivered at Helensburgh on the evening of Sabbath 20 March 1842, by the Rev. Dr Burns, one of the Ministers of Paisley 27 1842 153 Poetical pieces, composed by a young author The author is William Wilson, 25 years of age, a weaver, married with two children, and lives at Elderslie 27 1842 165 Uncertainty of human life, exemplified in the melancholy catastrophe of the destruction of the steamboat "Telegraph", which happened at Helensburgh (on the Clyde) on Monday 21 March 1842 27 1842 169 The early blossom, by Robert Cathcart, Paisley Second edition 27 1842 201 A night frae hame, oration of teetotalization ; and Parody on the last rose of summer 27 1842 209 The Cross Steeple, and Galloway's Lum, by John Mitchell 27 1842 233 Dialogue between John and Thomas, on the Corn Laws, the Charter, Teetotalism, and the Probable remedy for the present distresses 27 1842 241 Random rhymes, chiefly Scottish, by Robert Clark, Paisley 27 1842 277 Elegy on Jamie Gemmill, tailor, by John Andrews, Paisley 27 1842 28½ The emigrant's guide and directory through the United States of America, by J. McGhee

25 February 2020 Page 69 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 27 1842 285 A rational primer, by William Angus A.M., L.L.D. on principles by which thousands of pupils have been successfully and pleasantly initiated in the elements of reading during the last fifty years 27 1842 29 A word for myself ; and A word to my people, by the Rev. N. Morren, Greenock 27 1842 305 Laws and regulations of the Priorscroft Bowling Club, 1839 and 1842 27 1842 323 Letter to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., First Lord of Her Majesty's Treasury, by Alexander Fleming D.D., Minister of Neilston 27 1842 40½ Two poetical pieces, by Robert Skimming 27 1842 41 Speech of the Rev. Dr Symington at the great meeting for protesting Revised from the Scottish against the desecration of the Sabbath by the running of trains on the Guardian Edinburgh and Glasgow railway on the Lord's day, held in the City Hall, Glasgow, 26 February 1842 27 1842 52½ Abstract statement of the income and expenditure of the Town Hospital of Paisley, from 1 June 1841 to 1 June 1842 27 1842 53 Statement regarding the Convocation, by Dr Burns of Paisley 27 1842 61 A plea for the poor of Scotland, and for an enquiry into their condition, Being the substance of two by Robert Burns D.D. lectures read before the Philosophical Institution of Paisley, February 1841 27 1842 96½ Report of the Dispensary and House of Recovery, during the year ending Abstract statement of the Subscriptions to the Paisley 31 December 1842 Paisley Dispensary and House of Dispensary and House of Recovery for 1842 Recovery for 1842 27 1842 97 Councillors in their cups ; or, The Reformed transformed : a lyrical laughterpiece 28 1843 1 The unemployed and the proposed new Poor Law : a letter from a Renfrewshire Heritor, Col. Muir of Caldwell, to the holders of real property in that County, and other manufacturing districts of Scotland 28 1843 132½ Abstract statement of the income and expenditure of the Town Hospital of Paisley, from 1 June 1842 to 1 June 1843

25 February 2020 Page 70 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 28 1843 133 Address to the people of Inchinnan on the present troubles of the Second edition Church, delivered in the Parish School House on Thursday 4 May 1843, by the Rev. L. Lockhart 28 1843 149 The harvest field, by the Rev. D. MacFarlan of Renfrew 28 1843 169 No.6 : My Church Politics : In Letter to my people by the Rev. N. Morren Second thousand 28 1843 184½ Excerpts from the Bill for Regulating the Affairs of the Burgh of Paisley 28 1843 185 The Church on a Rock, by the Rev. D. MacFarlan of Renfrew 28 1843 208½ Abstract of the income and expenditure of the Operative Relief Treasurer - Mr Andrew Warnock Committee of Paisley from 10 June 1841 to 9 May 1842 28 1843 209 A parting word for the Rev. James Stark, Greenock, by the Rev. James Barr D.D., Port Glasgow 28 1843 216½ The value of prophecy as a light to the church in evil times, by James A. Begg 28 1843 217 The church question briefly considered, by the Rev. James Stark, Minister With special reference to the of Cartsdyke Church, Greenock "Church Politics" of the Rev. Mr Morren, and the "Address" of the Rev. Dr Barr 28 1843 256½ List of failures in Paisley for 1841, 1842 and 1843 28 1843 257 Letter to Louis Philippe, King of the French by Thomas McMillan, weaver, Paisley, 19 January 1843 28 1843 268 Fourth annual report of the Dorcas Society, in connection with the Abbey President - Rev. William Nisbet. Close United Secession Church, Paisley, from 30 October 1841 to 30 List of Office Bearers for 1842 ­ October 1842 1843 28 1843 268½ A reply by Archibald Hastie, Town Councillor, Paisley, to a slanderous attack against him, which appeared in the Post and Reformer newspaper on 2 September 1843 28 1843 269 The legal rights of the poor of Scotland vindicated against the misrepresentations and mis-statements of Mr John Henderson, editor of the Glasgow Post & Reformer, in three letters by Patrick Brewster, Minister of the Abbey, Paisley 28 1843 292½ Forty fifth annual report of the Paisley Sabbath and Week Day Evening School Society for 1842 - 1843

25 February 2020 Page 71 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 28 1843 293 Programme of Crawford's annual ball in the Exchange Assembly Rooms, Paisley on Friday 27 January 1843, dancing to commence at five o'clock PM precisely 28 1843 300½ Observations on a proposed Bill for appointing Trustees for the Creditors of the Burgh of Paisley, and other purposes relating to the financial affairs of the said Burgh, by A Committee appointed by the Creditors 28 1843 301 The true system of mutual assurance and fir insurance transactions, emigration and home colonization, by James Millar 28 1843 375 Silent love, a poem by the late James Wilson Esq., native of Paisley 28 1843 423 Notes on Malts, from the Paisley Advertiser of 25 February 1843 28 1843 430 Report of the Dispensary and House of Recovery, during the year ending Abstract statement of the Subscriptions to the Paisley 31 December 1843 Paisley Dispensary and House of Dispensary and House of Recovery for 1843 Recovery for 1843 28 1843 431 A braid glow'r at the clergy ; by ane not o' themsel's (John Mitchell, Paisley) 28 1843 447 The purpose of God in the separation of the Israelites as a people, by Lecture second James A. Begg 28 1843 51 Facts for the times ; or, The recent schism, and the present position and Being the concluding part of a prospects of the Church, by the Rev. L. Lockhart, Minister of the Parish of discourse delivered in Inchinnan Lochwinnoch Church on Friday 18 August 1843, on occasion of moderating in the call of the Rev. William Graham, presented to that Parish 28 1843 539 Non-Intrusion! Address to the Middle Church congregation 13 April 1843, by W. Barr 28 1843 541 Epistle to Mr James Lee, Stanley Green, detailing the exploits of the With his opinion of the clergy in renowned Governor of Stanley Castle, during one day's ramble in Paisley, general and the Town Council in by Alexander McGilvray particular 28 1843 565 Address to the parishioners, especially the congregation of the Abbey, on their duty in the present circumstances of the Church of Scotland, by Robert MacNair D.D., one of the Ministers of the Abbey Parish, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 72 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 28 1843 58½ Report by Directors of the Forth & Cart Junction Canal Company to the Stated General Meeting of Proprietors, to be held on 22 February 1843 28 1843 587 Report on the appointments and accounts of the Fiscals of the Justice of Peace Courts of Renfrewshire 28 1843 59 Description of Whitelaw & Stirrat's patent Water-Mill, by James Whitelaw With an account of the With seven plates. Second performances of a number of edition, greatly enlarged these machines, to which is added information on water power and other subjects related to the above 28 1843 603 Separation between Paul and Barnabas : a discourse by Robert MacNair D.D., one of the Ministers of the Abbey Parish, Paisley 29 1844 1 Report presented to the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland on Canada and Nova Scotia, by the Rev. Dr Burns, Paisley, one of the deputies of the Free Church to America 29 1844 115 Essay on the genius and enterprise of Scottish character, by William Suggested by the dinner given at McOscar Paisley on 4 January 1844, to James Filans Esq., sculptor 29 1844 133 Considerations which led to a separation from the Established Church, by A Lady 29 1844 147 Touser and the blue deevils : a tale by John Patton 29 1844 155 Thoughts on the theatre : a letter addressed to the honourable Her And suggested by the late Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Renfrew discussions in the Court of Petty Sessions, on an application by Mr G.F. Adams of Greenock, to erect a theatre in Paisley 29 1844 163 The race course, the theatre, and the ballroom : A warning for the times The substance of a discourse against prevailing vices and amusements preached in Free St George's, Paisley on Sabbath 13 August 1854, by the Rev. J. Thomson 29 1844 167 The conversion of Miss Brewster unto the faith of the Church of Rome : And this faith, the faith of the Church of Rome - what is it!, by James J. Lamb

25 February 2020 Page 73 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 29 1844 180½ Letter from Robert Patison to Messrs Lang & Wilson, 26 October 1844, regarding purchasing the feu duties and discharge of all casualties of 60 High Street 29 1844 181 The Sabbath : Sin and evils of Sabbath mails, by the Rev. Andrew A tract for the times Symington D.D., Reformed Presbyterian Church, Paisley 29 1844 196½ Correspondence between Mr W. Barr and Provost Henderson regarding the recent election for the Civic Chair of the Provost 29 1844 197 Paisley Working Men's Total Abstinence Society - pledge and rules 29 1844 200½ Rules of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, duly agreed to and sanctioned in terms of the Acts 29 1844 201 Scriptural principles of a church establishment Tracts on religious establishments 29 1844 204½ Abstract statement of the income and expenditure of the Town Hospital of Paisley from 1 June 1843 to 1 June 1844 29 1844 205 Report of the trial of Mrs Gilmour for the alleged murder of her husband With an appendix containing the And an account of the medical reports and other proceedings before the documents founded on at the President and Courts of trial America, relative to her arrest and surrender to the British authorities under the Ashburn Treaty, to which is prefixed a notice of her life 29 1844 312¼ Article on Mr Thomas Crichton of Paisley, following his sudden death From the Renfrewshire Advertiser of 23 November 1844 29 1844 312½ Fifth annual report of the Dorcas Society in connection with the Abbey Includes office bearers for Close United Secession Church, Paisley, from 30 October 1842 to 30 1843 - 1844 October 1843 29 1844 312¾ An earnest appeal to the public on the gas question 29 1844 313 An appeal to the fathers of the Church of Scotland, as to her independence on the state in things spiritual, by a Layman 29 1844 360½ Report of the Dispensary and House of Recovery, during the year ending Abstract statement of the Subscriptions to the Paisley 31 December 1844 Paisley Dispensary and House of Dispensary and House of Recovery for 1844 Recovery for 1844

25 February 2020 Page 74 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 29 1844 361 Laws of the Paisley Friendly Equitable Funeral Society, instituted 30 Revised in June 1841 October 1832 29 1844 380½ Excerpts from minutes of meetings of the Town Council of Paisley, relative to the gas question 29 1844 381 List of Proprietors of the old burying ground of Abbey Churchyard. List of the lairs of the Abbey Copied from a book kept by the late David Houston, High Church officer, Churchyard of Paisley October 1844 29 1844 431 Death swallowed up in victory : A sermon preached on occasion of the Third edition death of the Rev. William Goold, Senior Minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation, Edinburgh, by Andrew Symington D.D., Paisley 29 1844 58½ The Gas Question : public meeting in the Exchange Rooms, on Wednesday 27 March at eight o'clock evening 29 1844 59 List of questions suitable for discussion in Literary Societies Third edition, enlarged 29 1844 70½ Notice by the proprietors of The Paisley Advertiser, to subscribers, advertisers and others, regarding change of title to Renfrewshire Advertiser from Saturday 3 August 1844 29 1844 71 Mall Jamieson's Ghost ; or, The 's Dream. Founded on fact. With other poems, by W.C. Cameron 29 1844 94½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Trustees for the Creditors of the Burgh of Paisley, from 15 August 1843 to 30 September 1844 29 1844 95 The songs, etc. delivered in the entertainment of Henry Russell Fifth series 29 1844 Inside backReceipt from Mr John Erskine to C. for instructions to Master Andrew Kennedy in elocution, geography, composition, writing and arithmetic from 4 May until 28 June 1844 30 1845 - 1846 1 Facts, not falsehoods ; or, A plain defence of the Church of Scotland, Second thousand suited to the times, by a Parish Minister, Rev. L. Lockhart, Inchinnan 30 1845 - 1846 126½ Trades' Intelligencer Noni, Friday 1 August 1845 Published on the first of each month 30 1845 - 1846 127 The minstrelsy of my youth, by David Brown, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 75 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 30 1845 - 1846 161 The Paisley Bell case : Report of the trial before the Lord Justice General In the case at the instance of and a Jury at Edinburgh on the 23 December 1845 Archibald Gardner Esq. of Nethercommons, writer and elder of the Free Church Paisley, versus Peter MacKenzie & Company of the Scotch Reformer's Gazette, Glasgow 30 1845 - 1846 180½ Letter from Lang & Wilson to the County Buildings, 25 March 1845 Regarding demolition of old houses and building of Assembly Public Rooms, a range of shops and offices, etc. at County Place, Paisley 30 1845 - 1846 181 The ox felled ; or, A complete refutation and exposure of the ignorant Being an answer to a pamphlet and malicious calumnies thrown out upon the Church of Rome, her faith, entitled "The Conversation of and her pastors, by James McGonigal Miss Brewster to the faith of the Church of Rome ; and this faith - the faith of the Church of Rome - what is it?" 30 1845 - 1846 196½ Prospectus of a Joint Stock Company for the election of Assembly, Concert, and other Public Rooms in Paisley 30 1845 - 1846 197 Farewell sermon preached in George's Free Church, Paisley, on the afternoon of Sabbath 23 March 185, by the Rev. Robert Burns D.D. 30 1845 - 1846 218½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Trustees for the Creditors of the Burgh of Paisley, from 30 September 1844 to 30 September 1845 30 1845 - 1846 219 Scriptural reasons for seceding from the Established Church of Scotland, Fourth edition the Rev. Alexander Pollock, Free South Church Society 30 1845 - 1846 255 Anti slavery meetings held in Paisley by Messrs Douglas, Buffum, Thompson, Wright, etc. during the months of March, April and May 1846 30 1845 - 1846 300½ A letter to the editor of the Renfrewshire Advertiser regarding Town Council proceedings, by N.R. 30 1845 - 1846 301 Nick's tour ; or, The cobbler triumphant, by John Mitchell

25 February 2020 Page 76 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 30 1845 - 1846 330½ The Glasgow Stock Exchange Dinner, 2 July 1846, at the opening of the List of toasts Exchange in Princes Square 30 1845 - 1846 331 The Johnstone Vinegaret and Essayist, No.1, Saturday 14 November Printed and published every 1846, by James Campbell, Writer, Johnstone Saturday morning 30 1845 - 1846 347 Correspondence between Mr Robert Kerr, Paisley and the Rev. William Relative to Mr Kerr's withdrawal Nisbet of Abbey Close Secession Church, Paisley, and formerly of from the Church and Ministry of Cowgate, Edinburgh Mr Nisbet 30 1845 - 1846 354½ The rise and fall of the Glasgow, Paisley & Ardrossan Canal, in a letter to Second edition the shareholders who are not bondholders, by William Barr of Drums, writer in Paisley, and one of the shareholders 30 1845 - 1846 355 Correspondence between the Rev. William Nisbet and Mr Robert Kerr 30 1845 - 1846 362½ Essay addressed to young men, on the duty and advantages of early piety, by Rev. Christopher Love 30 1845 - 1846 363 Free Church Alliance with Manstealers. Send back the money : Great Containing speeches delivered With a summary account of anti slavery meeting in the City Hall, Glasgow by Messrs Wright, Douglass, and a series of meetings held in Buffum, from America, and by Edinburgh by the above George Thompson Esq., of named gentlemen London 30 1845 - 1846 420½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Trustees for the Creditors of the Burgh of Paisley, from 30 September 1845 to 30 September 1846 30 1845 - 1846 421 The establishment shown to be "Laid prostrate at the feet of the Civil A new edition, with annotations Magistrate", by the Rev. J.M. McCulloch D.D., Minister of the Establishment, West Church, Greenock 30 1845 - 1846 446 Abstract statement of the income and expenditure of the Town Hospital of Paisley from 1 June 1844 to 1 June 1845 30 1845 - 1846 447 A treatise on the genius and actings of the Papal Church, by one who was Containing certain discoveries Hitherto unknown to him, as almost a convert to Romanism made by the author in the they are to thousands of course of his reading in rare and those who are in connection strange books, in relation to with the Church of Rome popery 30 1845 - 1846 474 Statement of the income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 1 June 1845 until 4 August 1846, being 14 months

25 February 2020 Page 77 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 30 1845 - 1846 475 Negro slavery unjustifiable : A discourse by the late Alexander McLeod With a preface and appendix by Third edition D.D., Pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation in the city of Andrew Symington D.D., Paisley New York 30 1845 - 1846 510½ Abstract statement of the income and expenditure of the Town Hospital Subscriptions for 1845 of Paisley for 1845 30 1845 - 1846 511 Biographical sketches of Seestu's Literati. Sketch first - "Kenny Lauchie" 30 1845 - 1846 519 The Free Church and American Slavery : Slanders against the Free Church Sixth thousand met and answered in a speech delivered by the Rev. J. MacNaughtan, at the South Church soiree, Paisley, April 1846 30 1845 - 1846 526½ Report of the Managers of the Paisley House of Recovery, 1846 Abstract statement of the Subscriptions for the House Paisley Dispensary and House of of Recovery for 1846 Recovery for 1846 30 1845 - 1846 527 The temperance garland : containing illustrative characteristic songs ; The With an introductory essay on triumph of temperance ; or, The Daughter's dream, a tale ; and A mirror the influence of Scottish song for drunkards, by Thomas Dick, Paisley upon the drinking usages of the Country 30 1845 - 1846 543 An answer to the protest of the Free Church, prepared in consequence of a challenge from an Elder of that Church, by Rev. Dr Lockhart, Inchinnan, a Minister of the Establishment 30 1845 - 1846 581 The youth's manual ; or, The principles of the Christian religion delineated, by J. Hall 30 1845 - 1846 619 Brief account of the conversion and death of Oliver Mitchell, a sailor belonging to Ayr, by George Smith, Greenock 30 1845 - 1846 63 Paisley Race Meeting, 1845 Stewards - the Right Honourable The Earl of Eglinton and Winton ; The Honourable The Lord Provost of Glasgow ; Colonel Mure of Caldwell 30 1845 - 1846 643 Clerical prosecutors ; or, The Established Presbytery of Paisley and their alleged claim to the Quoad Sacra Churches within their bounds 30 1845 - 1846 65 Testimonials in favour of Robert Brown, Town Chamberlain of Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 78 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 30 1845 - 1846 667 The sins of youth. The subjects of mournful recollections in later years, by Patrick McFarlan D.D., Minister of the Free West Church, Greenock, and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland 30 1845 - 1846 74½ Eighth annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, January 1845 Abstract of the Treasurer's Subscriptions for 1844 Account for 1844 30 1845 - 1846 75 An account of the recent persecutions in Madeira : in a letter to a friend Second edition by Robert R. Kalley M.D. 30 1845 - 1846 Inside backReceipt from Mr John Erskine to C. James Kennedy for instructions in elocution, history, geography, grammar, composition, writing and arithmetic to Master Andrew, from 2 November 1844 until 25 January 1845 31 1847 - 1848 1 The Rev. John MacNaughtan A.M., and Sir Walter Scott, Baronet, by T.H. Cathcart 31 1847 - 1848 120½ Abstract statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Community of Paisley, from 30 September 1846 to 20 September 1847 31 1847 - 1848 121 Seventh annual report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, 1846 - 1847 31 1847 - 1848 133 Report of the proceedings of the Committee of Justices of Peace for the County of Renfrew, upon the means of improving the practice of licensing public houses, Paisley 26 March 1847 31 1847 - 1848 14½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Trustees for the Creditors of the Burgh of Paisley, from 30 September 1846 to 30 September 1847 31 1847 - 1848 149 Strictures on Mr Fraser's "Musical and Literary Evening", in Johnstone Second edition Chapel on 1 October 1847, and his remarks on Jenny Lind, by Spectator 31 1847 - 1848 15 Letter to Alexander Wilson Esq., Great New Street, Gough Square, London, from John Crawford, 24 Abbey Street, Paisley, 18 May 1847 31 1847 - 1848 201 St Innan's Day, a poem descriptive of the usual scenes and exhibitions at the eighth annual fair, held on 30 August, by John Fulton 31 1847 - 1848 225 The proverbs of Solomon, arranged in lessons for schools

25 February 2020 Page 79 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 31 1847 - 1848 26½ Report by the Managers of the Paisley House of Recovery, 1847 Abstract statement of the Subscriptions for the House Paisley Dispensary and House of of Recovery for 1847 Recovery for 1847 31 1847 - 1848 27 Resolutions on the subject of the Sabbath mail, and the conveyance of it by railways 31 1847 - 1848 273 A few critical observations elicited on the perusal of a work entitled "The With a few brief notices inability of man to receive the testimony of God, by the Rev. James characteristic of the late Rev. Dr Gibson A.M., Minister of the Gospel, Glasgow Chalmers 31 1847 - 1848 30½ Fifteenth annual report of the Paisley Society for the monthly distribution of tracts, November 1847 31 1847 - 1848 31 Constitution and rules of the Paisley Artizan's Institution, with general byelaws 31 1847 - 1848 340½ Statement of the income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Abstract of property and debts Paisley, from 15 Mary 1847 to 14 May 1848 of the Board 31 1847 - 1848 341 Programme of Mr Cochrane's evening assembly in the Exchange Rooms, Paisley, on Friday 15 December 1848 31 1847 - 1848 344½ Cure for cholera and other diseases of the bowels, by means of the Being the substance of a tract vapour bath and other hydropathic applications, by Archibald Hunter issued by the Glasgow Hydropathic Society during the visitation of cholera in 1848 31 1847 - 1848 345 Report by the directors of the Paisley Athenaeum to the annual general meeting of members, 26 January 1848 31 1847 - 1848 367 A few incidents in the life of John Andrews, late secretary of the Together with various other Committee of the Unemployed Trades of Glasgow and vicinity, consisting facts in connection with the late of remarks on the conduct of the Relief Committee, the spy system, or, riots that will be found more Richmonds in the field interesting to the reader 31 1847 - 1848 39 Report of the speeches delivered at the public meeting for the liquidation of debt on Quoad Sacra Churches, held in the Exchange Room, Paisley, on Thursday 28 October 1847 31 1847 - 1848 391 Prize essay : The claims of the Sabbath on the working classes, by James With an introductory notice by Second edition Craig Rev. Professor Symington D.D. 31 1847 - 1848 427 The beginner's second ladder to English reading, in three parts, by George Arranged on the principles of Stereotype edition C. Crawford, teacher of English repetition and progression

25 February 2020 Page 80 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 31 1847 - 1848 451 Three short discourses on religious subjects, by a working man 31 1847 - 1848 481 Notification issued by the General Board of Health in London, in regard to the apprehended approach of Cholera 31 1847 - 1848 485 Strictures on the Marriage and Registration Bills for Scotland, by a Clergyman (Rev. A. Rennison of Paisley) 31 1847 - 1848 501 Precautions and instructions from Commissioners of Health, issued by Cholera authority of the Parochial Board of Renfrew 31 1847 - 1848 503 Opinion of a Conveyancer, etc., as to the Paisley Vassals reverting to the Dedicated for consideration of Crown for Charters the reformed Town Council of Paisley 31 1847 - 1848 527 Addresses delivered at the annual soiree of the Catholics of Paisley 31 1847 - 1848 555 Poems by Allan Park Paton Second series 31 1847 - 1848 6½ Paisley Bill of Mortality for 1847 Collated from the Registers of the Graveyards within the Parliamentary Boundary 31 1847 - 1848 677 The prize of eternal life : being the substance of the farewell sermon delivered on the afternoon of Sabbath 10th September 1848, by the Rev. James George Wood, Minister of the Middle Church, Paisley 31 1847 - 1848 690 Reply to the Magistrates' protest regarding the unemployed, by the Parochial Board for the Burgh of Paisley 31 1847 - 1848 7 Paisley Town Council Jobbing : the infirmary and the river walk From "The Advocate", Paisley monthly paper devoted to the exposure of abuse of power by Local Authorities 31 1847 - 1848 70½ Statement of the income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 4 August 1846 to 14 May 1847 31 1847 - 1848 71 Cautious Tam ; or, How to look a foe in the face, by Somebody (John Mitchell)

25 February 2020 Page 81 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 31 1847 - 1848 92½ Appeal to the public by the Managers of the House of Recovery, Report to the Managers of the regarding the proposed enlargement of that institution Dispensary and House of Recovery by the Medical Board of that institution, on the propriety of extending the House of Recovery into a general infirmary 31 1847 - 1848 93 The first of a series of letters addressed to the Evangelical Union Church, Paisley, on the unscriptural constitution adopted by them as the basis of their Church Government, by William Pollock 31 1847 - 1848 99 Scheme of mutual assistance in the support of Ministers, with a prefatory Together with an address on the From the Original Secession note by the Rev. Dr Baird, Paisley necessity of a more liberal Magazine provision for the support of Ministers, by the late Rev. Dr Peddie 32 1849 1 A sermon by the Rev. John MacNaughtan A.M., preached in the Free High Church, Paisley, on Sabbath 7th October 1849 32 1849 112½ Ninth annual report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, 1849 ­ 1850 32 1849 113 The extent, evils, and remedy of the bowl weft system : addressed particularly to manufacturers and weavers, by a working man 32 1849 128½ Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1848 till 14 May 1849 32 1849 129 The Renfrewshire Advertiser Almanac, for the year of the Christian Era First issue 1849 32 1849 152½ The annual report of the managers of the Paisley Dispensary and House of Recovery, for the year ending 31 December 1849 32 1849 153 The interdicted farewell sermon of the Rev. John MacNaughtan A.M., late Preached 7 October 189 with a Also, an appendix containing pastor of the Free high Church, Paisley preface and introductory notice a statement of the case, by William Wilson, editor of the compiled from the legal Renfrewshire Advertiser documents, and including the Sheriff-Substitute's interlocutor and note

25 February 2020 Page 82 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 32 1849 16½ An exposure of an induction dinner recently held at the Saracen's Head Reprinted from the Scottish Inn, Paisley Temperance Review for June 1849 32 1849 17 Extract minutes from the records of the Free Presbytery of Paisley And letters in the complaint at the instance of the Rev. John Thomson, Minister of Free St George's, Paisley, against five of the Elders of that Church 32 1849 187 Verses written in the year 1849 by John MacGregor, Kilbarchan 32 1849 195 Report of the speeches delivered at the meeting of the Friends of the And an appendix containing Copied from the Sabbath, in the Free High Church, on Monday 23 April letters, and leading article from Renfrewshire Advertiser of the "Sun" newspaper Saturday 28 April, 1849 32 1849 225 Leabhar aith-ghearr : a cheasnachaidh, air 'orduchadh le co-thional nan Agus a shònraicheadh leo-san Leis an urramach D. Mac­ diadhair an iar-mhinster ; leis an d'aontaich ard-chléir eaglais na h-alba chum a bhi 'n a sheòladh Pharlain, Ministear an t­ ceassnachaidh. Air a roinn 'na soisgeil ann an Reinfriu earrannan fa leth, le ùr­ dhearbhaidh on na Sgriobturan. 32 1849 249 Rait's series of Theological Tracts, no.3 On Regeneration : it's necessity, nature, author, and effects, with some notice of prevailing errors on this subject, by the Rev. John Thomson, Free St George's, Paisley 32 1849 265 Monument in memory of Alexander Wilson, the poet and ornithologist 32 1849 32½ Advertisement for Medical Galvanism, administered by James Liddell, at his operating rooms, 9 St James' Place (late Dr Vessie's, Paisley) 32 1849 33 Thy will be done : a sermon preached by the Rev. Hugh Aird, Minister of the Parish Church of Neilston, on the 18th February 1849, being the Sabbath immediately following the funeral of the late Alexander Cochran Esq., of Kirktonfield 32 1849 49 A sermon by the Rev. John MacNaughtan A.M., preached in the Free High Church, Paisley, on Sabbath 7th October 1849

25 February 2020 Page 83 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 32 1849 69 The Sabbath, a day of rejoicing : a discourse by the Rev. Alexander Rennison A.M., Minister of the Laigh Parish, Paisley 32 1849 93 A sermon by the Rev. John MacNaughtan A.M., preached in the Free High Church, Paisley, on Sabbath 7th October 1849 33 1850 - 1851 517 A week among the Hebrides ; or, A tour to the Isle of Skye, with stanzas and sonnets, by Mungo Alison 33 1850 - 1851 1 An abstract of reasons and speeches on behalf of the Free Presbytery of Paisley, in the case of the Rev. John Thomson and others, appellants against the Presbytery, in the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr 33 1850 - 1851 110½ Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of the Abbey Parish of Abstract of balance account of Paisley, from 15 May 1849 till 14 May 1850 the Board ; and Abstract of property and debt of the Board 33 1850 - 1851 111 Letter to Archibald Gardner Esq. of Nethercommon, in answer to the insinuations contained in his recently published address to the members and adherents of Free St George's Congregation, Paisley, from an adherent of that congregation (J.K. Cathcart) 33 1850 - 1851 12½ Account of Mary Adelaide Gilbert, who died of cholera after a few hours' illness, aged nineteen years, in a letter addressed to her former companions in the bible class, by their teacher Mrs Burns, Toronto 33 1850 - 1851 127 Letter from Humphrey Templeton of Paisley to the Bishop of Exeter, on Socialism 33 1850 - 1851 13 Memoir of Mary Reid of Paisley, who died 30 November 1836 Second edition 33 1850 - 1851 131 An address to the members and adherents of the Free St George's Explanatory of the Church, Paisley, by Archibald Gardner, Nethercommon circumstances under which five elders felt themselves constrained to leave the Congregation 33 1850 - 1851 166½ Seventeenth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1849 33 1850 - 1851 167 All Prophecy Fulfilled ; as shown by Our Lord, in his discourse to his Disciples, recorded in Matthew XXIV and XXV, Mark XIII, Luke XXI

25 February 2020 Page 84 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 33 1850 - 1851 181 Articles of Constitution, and Rules and Regulations of the Renfrewshire And altered and amended at Agricultural Cattle Assurance Association, as agreed to at a public Annual General Meeting of the meeting held for Constitution of the Association, at Paisley on 21 Association of 19 December December 1848 1850 33 1850 - 1851 201 A sermon preached by John Smyth D.D., Minister of Free St George's, Glasgow, in the Free West Church, Greenock, 25 November 1849, being the first Sabbath after the funeral of the Rev. Dr Patrick McFarlan, Minister of that Church 33 1850 - 1851 225 The Sabbath : sin and evils of Sabbath mails, by the Rev. Andrew A tract for the times, No.12 Symington D.D., Reformed Presbytery Church, Paisley 33 1850 - 1851 241 Popish claims, whether Roman, Anglican, or Scottish, by Duncan MacFarlan D.D., Renfrew 33 1850 - 1851 257 Report of the speech of Rev. Patrick Brewster at the Paisley Presbytery, in the case of Rev. J.G. Wood of Renfrew 33 1850 - 1851 277 The Emigrant, by an operative (J.M.) 33 1850 - 1851 281 Twelve favourite songs by J. McIntyre 33 1850 - 1851 29 Speech of Mr Archibald Gardner in the Free Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, With the speeches of Mr Muir, on Wednesday 10 April 1850, in the appeal taken from a judgement of elder, and the Rev. Dr the Free Presbytery of Paisley, by the Rev. John Thomson and the MacFarlane of Renfrew, etc. majority of Free St George's Session, Paisley 33 1850 - 1851 301 Musings of stray hours, by Robert Stewart 33 1850 - 1851 421 Essay on lyric poetry, by William McOscar Esq. 33 1850 - 1851 44½ Statement of the income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Abstract of property and debts Paisley, from 15 May 1849 till 14 May 1850 of the Board 33 1850 - 1851 45 A full report of the speech of the Rev. John Thomson of Paisley, in the With documents read in the Second edition Free Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, on Wednesday 10 April 1850, in regard court, and the speeches of the to the conduct of five elders of Free St George's Church members of Synod in giving judgement 33 1850 - 1851 453 Lecture on the claims of the Church and Society on Young Men, by Andrew Symington D.D., Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 85 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 33 1850 - 1851 501 Short memoir of Robert Blue, a young boy who died 2 June 1848 Addresses to young persons, especially to those who were his companions in the Sabbath School 33 1850 - 1851 596½ Population of the Town of Paisley, as taken by the Government Census, To William Philips Esq., Provost 31 March 1851 of Paisley 33 1850 - 1851 597 Mr Brewster's Statement - with remarks on the assault case, on North British Daily Mail's report, on the speech of Mr W.E. Eyton, Professor of Rhetoric, and on the verdict of the eight Sapients of Renfrewshire 33 1850 - 1851 612½ Statement of the income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Abstract of Property and Debt of Paisley, from 15 May 1850 till 14 May 1841 the Board 33 1850 - 1851 613 On Lots : letter to the Editor of the United Secession Magazine, from A.G., dated 22 May 1843 33 1850 - 1851 632½ Indictment against J. Crawford for assault on the Rev. Patrick Brewster Includes a list of witnesses, special jurors, and common jurors 33 1850 - 1851 633 The Philosopher's stone of business figures : a newly discovered method Likewise, the calculation of of casting up the price of goods by the aid of three small tables, by David interest, on a plan equally new, Stirrat, Paisley short, and simple 33 1850 - 1851 680½ Rural Affairs, by "Margin", from the Glasgow Sentinel A conversation between Sir William Speakfast, and his old ploughman John Taktime 33 1850 - 1851 681 The idolatry of the Church of Rome, in the worship of Saints and Images, by the Rev. John Thomson, Free St George's, Paisley 33 1850 - 1851 7 The John Neilson Endowment for Educating, Clothing, and Outfitting of Excerpt from minutes of Young Persons meeting of the Endowment Trustees, 11 March 1851, laid before Paisley Town Council 33 1850 - 1851 708½ Paisley Mutual Society for Abolition of Casualties of Superiority 33 1850 - 1851 709 The claims of the Church of Rome through the Apostle Peter, by Duncan Second edition MacFarlan D.D., Renfrew

25 February 2020 Page 86 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 33 1850 - 1851 740½ Thirteenth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 21 January 1851, with the minutes of the meeting 33 1850 - 1851 741 Testimonials in favour of the Rev. Patrick Brewster, one of the Ministers of the Abbey Church, Paisley, as a candidate for the Chair of Church History in the University of Glasgow 33 1850 - 1851 756½ Eighteenth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1850 33 1850 - 1851 757 A Paisley Retrospect : the Crawford trial - case of assault 33 1850 - 1851 788½ A report of the proceedings of the Paisley Government School of Design, David Murray Esq. in the Chair at the Second Annual Meeting of Subscribers, held within the school at Paisley, 30 June 1851 33 1850 - 1851 789 Speech of W. Edmondstone Aytoun Esq., Advocate, on the trial of Mr With an appendix John Crawford, writer, for assault on the Rev. Patrick Brewster, before Sheriff Glasgow and a jury, at Paisley on 22 October 1851 33 1850 - 1851 794½ Results of the 1851 census regarding religious worship and education 33 1850 - 1851 795 The Literary Union of the Paisley Artizan's Institution, instituted 1851 Office bearers, constitutional rules, and bye-laws 33 1850 - 1851 796½ Population of the Town of Paisley, as taken by the Government Census, To William Philips Esq., Provost 31 March 1851 of Paisley 33 1850 - 1851 797 Renfrewshire : meeting of the General Court of Quarter Sessions, held at Mr Sheriff Robertson Glasgow in Renfrew on the 28 October 1851 the Chair 33 1850 - 1851 799 Government census of 1851 33 1850 - 1851 800 The pretentions of the Church of Rome, in regard to antiquity, unity, catholicity, and sanctity, examined and refuted, by Archibald Baird D.D., Paisley 33 1850 - 1851 84½ Renfrewshire Spirit Licenses - at a General Court of Quarter Sessions for Renfrewshire, 5 March 1850

25 February 2020 Page 87 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 33 1850 - 1851 85 The conspiracy against the New Police Act dissected, by a non-elector Specially recommended to the closet perusal of the Public Spouters, thatched house proprietors, Charleston democrats and puddle owners, and all others who mixed in the late "hubbub" 33 1850 - 1851 9 Tracts under the sanction of the Free Protesting Presbytery of Paisley, Whether the Church of Scotland noni is now to be found in the Church established by law, or in the Free Protesting Church, by the Rev. D. MacFarlan of Renfrew 33 1850 - 1851 97 Mr Brewster's Case : his reply to the report of a committee of the Presbytery of Paisley on his obstructive and unbrotherly conduct 33 1850 - 1851 99 The Friendly Monitor, No.CCXV, October 1850 : John Williamson, The Friendly Monitor, No.CCXVI, The Friendly Monitor, abridged from memoir by Dr William Symington November 1850 : The way of No.CCXVIII, January 1851 : life, abridged from a tract by the Come to Jesus, how to find Rev. William Thomson, Slateford rest, a true narrative 34 1852 1 The equitable adjustment of taxation ; or, Monetary reform, "free trade", and protection : an address to the electors of Paisley and the various constituencies of the , by John Crawford 34 1852 112½ Report of the Paisley Industrial School for destitute children 34 1852 113 The home of the workman : a lecture delivered in the Greenock Mechanics' Institution, by Allan Park Paton 34 1852 14½ Mr W.T. Haly's address to the electors of Paisley 34 1852 15 Remarks as to the constitution and progress of the Scottish Widows' Paisley Honorary Board - Fund Assurance Society, 1852 William MacAlaster, William Abercrombie, Thomas Greenlees, Rev. William Graham, William McIntyre 34 1852 161 Johnstone Mechanics' Institution, exhibition of working trades, machinery, tools and cutlery, paintings, sculpture, music, geology, electricity, zoology, conchology, ship-building, gold and silver plate, dress, agricultural implements, curiosities, etc.

25 February 2020 Page 88 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 34 1852 161½ Nineteenth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1851 34 1852 186½ Address to the electors of the Burgh of Paisley, by order of the Non­ elector's Committee, James Fleming, Chairman 34 1852 187 The Burnlip : a tale of 1826, containing an account of Paisley at that time With particular notices of The Great Fire of Ferguslie in 1789, The Dearth in 1800, and The Capsizing of the Canal Passage Boat in 1810 34 1852 26½ Protest of Archibald Gardener against claims against his character or acting inconsistently at the present election 34 1852 27 A voice from the workshop : an essay specially addressed to John Henderson Esq. of Park, on the advantages and necessity of a judicious system of railway and steamboat travelling on Sundays, by a Workman in the employment of the Caledonian Railway Company 34 1852 298½ Burgh Election : Address by Mr Hastie M.P. to a meeting of the electors and inhabitants of Paisley was held in the Gaelic Chapel on Wednesday evening, Bailie McKean in the Chair 34 1852 299 The Covenanter's catechism ; or, An exposition of the scriptural doctrine With an examination of the Second edition of public social, or national covenanting, by the Rev. Samuel Simms, British Covenants, and their Pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Loughbrickland bearing upon the present position of affairs, civil and ecclesiastic 34 1852 370½ The coming election 34 1852 371 An address to Sabbath School teachers on their privileges, duties and dangers, by the Rev. John Thomson of Free St George's, Paisley 34 1852 386½ Address by Mr Hastie to the electors of Paisley 34 1852 387 Speech delivered by the Rev. J.B. Dickson, of the Free High Church on Wednesday 20 October 1852, at a public meeting in Paisley, held on behalf of Francesco and Rosa Madiai 34 1852 402½ Address to the electors of the Town of Paisley by James Fleming, Chairman of the Non-electors' Committee 34 1852 403 Strains I used to sing : being poems and songs by Robert Skimming

25 February 2020 Page 89 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 34 1852 43 Address to the electors of the County of Renfrew by Mr William Mure of Caldwell 34 1852 45 Exposure of the attempt of the Glasgow Saturday Post to mislead the electors of Paisley 34 1852 46½ Sketch of the Rev. J.B. Dickson, with outline of sermons preached in the From the Glasgow Examiner, 10 Free High Church, Paisley January 1852 34 1852 466½ Letter to the editor of "The Post and Reformer" by an office-bearer of the Free Church, regarding the Paisley election 34 1852 467 Lecture on general sources of human happiness, and their relation to the word of God, delivered by the Rev. William Fraser, Free Middle Church on behalf of the Paisley Young Men's Sabbath Morning Association 34 1852 47 Representative reckoning, taken from the "British Banner" of 2 June 1852 34 1852 49 The Paisley election, reprinted from the Scottish Press of Saturday 5 June 1852 34 1852 509 Paisley Nomination : speech of W.T. Haly Esq., on the Hustings 34 1852 51 Notice of first session commencing for the John Neilson Educational Institute, Oakshawhead, Paisley, by Archibald Gardner, Secretary 34 1852 537 Lecture on general sources of human happiness, and their relation to the Also, a speech delivered by the word of God, delivered by the Rev. William Fraser, Free Middle Church on Rev. J.B. Dickson of the Free behalf of the Paisley Young Men's Sabbath Morning Association High Church, at the public meeting held in Paisley on behalf of Francesco and Rosa Madiai 34 1852 538½ A leaf from the Haly Portfolio : correspondence between William Lapsley and Bailie Brown on the Address by Mr Haly 34 1852 539 The standard-bearer : an exhibition of Christian obligation, part 1 34 1852 54 The "Post" and the Paper War about the Paisley Election, from the "Reformers' Gazette", Glasgow, 19 June 1852 34 1852 55 Who is Right? : the Roman Catholic or Protestant?, by the Rev. Dr Series of seven tracts containing MacFarlan or Renfrew and the Rev Dr Smith of Lochwinnoch eight pages each 34 1852 652 Paisley election : extracts from the "Reformers' Gazette" from Saturday 10 July 1852

25 February 2020 Page 90 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 34 1852 653 Report of the Committee to enquire into the state of the Paisley Equitable Friendly Society 34 1852 672½ Burgh election : letter to John Jamieson from his nephew Alexander Jamieson 34 1852 673 Analysis of election : names of electors who polled for Messrs Hastie and By order of the Non-electors' Haly at the late election of 12 July 1852, and names of electors who did Committee not vote 34 1852 696½ Paisley Ladies Society for promoting Christianity Among the Jews, especially at Pesth in Hungary : report for 1852 34 1852 697 Paisley Portraits ; or, Laughers & Frowners! A provincial rhapsody, by a local poetaster 35 1853 1 Everlasting life, the reward of the Christian : a discourse by Robert Cairns, United Presbyterian Church, George Street, Paisley 35 1853 114½ A report of the proceedings of the Paisley Government School of Design, at the Fourth Annual General Meeting of subscribers, held within the School at Paisley on 15 July 1853, David Murray Esq. in the Chair 35 1853 115 A historical sketch of the United Presbyterian Church, Oakshaw Street, Paisley, read at the meeting to commemorate its centenary, held on the evening of Tuesday 26 April 1853, by William France, Pastor of the congregation 35 1853 138½ Paisley Water Company's rates to parties supplied with water for dyeing, printing, bleaching, and washing purposes, from 1 June 1852 till 1 June 1853 35 1853 139 Wellington, weighed in the balance ; or, War a crime, self-defence a duty, With a brief reference to the by Patrick Brewster, Abbey of Paisley claims of Hungary and Italy 35 1853 154½ Cost and maintenance of proposed District Lunatic Asylum for Renfrewshire 35 1853 155 Departed worth and greatness lamented : a sermon on the death of the Fourth edition Rev. Andrew Symington D.D., Professor of Divinity in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, preached at Paisley on 2 October 1853, by William Symington D.D., Glasgow

25 February 2020 Page 91 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 35 1853 16½ Print of documents for the libellers in the case against the Rev. Andrew Including documents in Wilson, Minister of the first charge of the Abbey Church & Parish of reference to the dissents and Paisley complaints and appeals of the Rev. Patrick Brewster 35 1853 17 An answer to the protest of the Free Church, prepared in consequence of With an appendix containing a challenge from an elder of that church, by Laurence Lockhart D.D., notices of cases recently Minister of the Parish of Inchinnan decided in the civil courts which have confirmed the final jurisdiction of the Church in spiritual matters 35 1853 18½ Death of the Rev. Dr Lockhart of Milton Lockhart, Carluke 35 1853 183 Memorial of the late Rev. Duncan MacFarlan D.D. of Renfrew, drawn up and published by appointment of the Presbytery of Paisley 35 1853 191 Beauty : a poem by Andrew Park 35 1853 244½ Statement of the income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Abstract of property and debts Paisley, from 15 May 1852 till 14 May 1853 of the Board 35 1853 245 The Sadducees of Science : being a review of the physical theories maintained by the materialists and pantheists of the present day, by Walter McGilvray D.D., Minister of Free St Mark's, Glasgow 35 1853 280½ Estimate of the traffic on the River Cart From the Paisley Journal of 18 June 1853 35 1853 281 Winter : it's characteristics and moral lessons, by James Craig, Paisley 35 1853 312½ Storie Street Well : written and sung by D. Picken, at the social meeting of the Natives and Old Residenters of Storie Street, held 16 December 1853 35 1853 313 The rationale of prayer ; or, The world's query examined : a discourse by Delivered on behalf of the With appendix containing the Rev. George Clark Hutton, Minister of the Canal Street Presbyterian Paisley Young Men's Sabbath remarks on the late letter Church, Paisley Morning Association addressed by authority of Lord Palmerston to the moderator of the Presbytery of Edinburgh 35 1853 359 The nature of divine truth, and the fact of its self-evidence : a lecture by Delivered to the Paisley Young the Rev. George C. Hutton of Canal Street United Presbyterian Church Men's Christian Association

25 February 2020 Page 92 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 35 1853 407 Verses written on the delirium & unfortunate condition of France, being a lamentation for her misguided policy and retrograde movement in the adoption of a National Government, by John McGregor, Paisley 35 1853 415 Francesco Madaia's address from the dungeons of Volterra, to his wife Both are suffering thus by order Rosa, who has also been immured in another cell, by a convert from of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Popery at the instigation of the Romish priests and bishops of Florence, merely for reading the bible in their own family 35 1853 431 Report of the proceedings in the case of the First Charge of the Abbey of Paisley, with an appendix containing the sermons charged with heresy 35 1853 475 Father Scanlan and his victim ; or, The nature and effects of priestly With an account of the celibacy, by the editor of the "Greenock Protestant" conversion from Popery, last illness, and hopeful death of the Priest's victim, by the Rev. John MacNaughton of Belfast 35 1853 511 Catalogue of the casts, books, and other works of art in the Government With annotations by the Master, School of Design, Paisley William Stewart 35 1853 548 Poster bill for Pablo Fanque's circus in St James Street, Paisley 35 1853 58 Paisley : Mr Brewster and others versus the Abbey Kirk Sessions 35 1853 59 The Jewish Society of New York, arraigned at the bar of public opinion, by the Rev. Robert Burns D.D., Minister of Knox's Church, Toronto, C.W. 35 1853 99 The Christian's daily guide : a discourse by the Rev. William Hutcheson, Minister of the Free Church, Johnstone 36 1854 - 1855 1 First annual report of the Committee to the Members of the Paisley Heritable Property Investment Society, from 29 August 1853 to 25 July 1854 36 1854 - 1855 102½ Fifth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1855 36 1854 - 1855 103 Thoughts on the freedom of the will, with remarks on the Rev. James Morison's recent lecture on this subject in the City Hall, Glasgow, by Alexander Gardner, Bookseller

25 February 2020 Page 93 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 36 1854 - 1855 138½ Report by the Committee of the Paisley Abstainers' League, to the annual meeting of the Society, held in the Temperance Hall, 101 High Street, on the evening of Monday 10 September 1855 36 1854 - 1855 139 Freedom : a poem, by Alexander Hardie, Paisley 36 1854 - 1855 154½ Nineteenth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society 36 1854 - 1855 155 The present World crisis : a sermon preached at the opening of the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, at Glasgow, 8 May 1854, by James Goold, Newton Stewart 36 1854 - 1855 193 Memoir of Mr John W. Virtue, abridged from narrative in the "Melbourne Presbyterian Magazine" 36 1854 - 1855 22½ Visiting Committees for Paisley Prison, 1855 - 1856 36 1854 - 1855 228½ Abstract statement of the income and expenditure of the Police Establishment of the Burgh and suburbs of Paisley, from 2 October 1854 to 1 October 1855 36 1854 - 1855 229 Lecture 4, on the present condition and future prospects of the Waldensian Church, by the Rev. Robert W. Stewart A.M., late of Erskine 36 1854 - 1855 23 Report of the Committee on the River Cart survey 36 1854 - 1855 292½ The Rev. James MacGregor's induction dinner, 8 November 1855, Matthew Scott Esq., Chairman 36 1854 - 1855 293 Official wisdom : being a marvellous history of Imperialism 36 1854 - 1855 304½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Water Commissioners, from 28 May 1855 to 28 May 1856 36 1854 - 1855 305 Return of the income and expenditure of the Board for the Encouragement of Trade and Manufactures in Scotland, 1 February 1855, by Robert Kerr, manufacturer 36 1854 - 1855 312½ Renfrewshire Prison Board, 1855 - 1856 36 1854 - 1855 312¾ Paisley Race Meeting 1855, admission ticket to the Grand Stand 36 1854 - 1855 313 Pastoral address by the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Scotland, 1855 36 1854 - 1855 332½ Magistrates & Town Council of Paisley, Water Commissioners, Burgh Trustees, Cart Navigation Trustees, Committees, etc., 1854 - 1855

25 February 2020 Page 94 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 36 1854 - 1855 333 The mercy and judgement of God : a discourse delivered on the day of thanksgiving and humiliation appointed by the Commission of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, by the Rev. J.B. Dickson, Paisley 36 1854 - 1855 356½ A report of the proceedings of the Paisley Government School of Design, at the fifth annual meeting of subscribers, held within the School at Paisley, 1 September 1854, David Murray Esq., in the Chair 36 1854 - 1855 367 Report of Committee of Council, appointed under remits of 4 November 1853 and 9 May 1854, to consider and report on the financial affairs of the town, and on police and river improvement 36 1854 - 1855 368 Abstract statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Community of Paisley, from 30 September 1853 to 30 September 1854 36 1854 - 1855 368½ Sixteenth annual report of the Paisley Association in connection with the Free Church of Scotland, for promoting female education in India, 1854 36 1854 - 1855 369 Refreshment rooms for the working classes, from the Paisley Journal, 24 June 1854 36 1854 - 1855 370 Railway reform : correspondence between Mr John MacGregor and the Railway Director 36 1854 - 1855 371 Statement of the income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Abstract of property and debts Paisley, from 15 May 1853 till 14 May 1854 of the Board 36 1854 - 1855 372 Improvement of the River - Four year plan brought before the meeting of the Second Ward 36 1854 - 1855 373 Renfrewshire Prison Board : account of the revenue and expenditure of the Prison Board of the County of Renfrew for the year ended 30 June 1855 36 1854 - 1855 374 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, Abstract of property and debts from 15 May 1854 till 14 May 1855 owing by the Board 36 1854 - 1855 376 Balance, and profit & loss of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, 31 May 1855 36 1854 - 1855 377 Railway reform : correspondence between Mr John MacGregor and the Board of Trade

25 February 2020 Page 95 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 36 1854 - 1855 378 Monument to Alexander Wilson, poet and ornithologist Meeting of subscribers and friends, 26 April 1855, from the Paisley Journal of 28 April 1855 36 1854 - 1855 379 Dietetic reform : poster bill of a lecture on the principle & practice of the vegetarian system of diet in the Exchange Rooms, Moss Street, on Tuesday 2 October, by James Simpson Esq., of Lancashire 36 1854 - 1855 380 Statement of the income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Abstract of property and debts Paisley, from 15 May 1854 till 14 May 1855 of the Board 36 1854 - 1855 38¼ Natal sonnet for 1855, in compliance with the New Registration Act 36 1854 - 1855 38½ Commissioners of Police for the Burgh and suburbs of Paisley, 1854 - 1855 36 1854 - 1855 381 Abstract of the income and expenditure of the Burgh of Renfrew, from 14 October 1854 to 15 October 1855 36 1854 - 1855 382 Forbes MacKenzie's Bill : address by the Joint Committee of the Paisley Abstinence Societies 36 1854 - 1855 383 Sale of liquors on race grounds, from the "Commonwealth" 26 July 1855 36 1854 - 1855 39 The Censor, No.2 December 1854 : a local monthly periodical of Ecclesiastical history of Paisley ; literature and politics The Town Council and their proposed scheme of improvements ; The Municipal elections, the first ward ; The "Post" versus "Herald" newspapers ; The late Mr James Fleming ; The selection of Bailies ; Black book of Paisley 36 1854 - 1855 54½ A report of the proceedings of the Paisley Government School of Design, at the sixth annual meeting of subscribers, held within the School at Paisley, 30 August 1855, David Murray Esq. in the Chair 36 1854 - 1855 56 Improvement of the River - Four year plan brought before the meeting of the Second Ward 36 1854 - 1855 56½ Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley, Water Commissioners, Burgh Trustees, Cart Navigation Trustees, Committees, etc., 1855 - 1856

25 February 2020 Page 96 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 36 1854 - 1855 57 Report of proceedings of the Free Presbytery of Paisley in the case of the East Church congregation, Pollockshaws, with remarks by a Free Church Elder 36 1854 - 1855 6½ Parochial Board, Paisley, 1855 - 1856 36 1854 - 1855 68½ Fifth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1855 36 1854 - 1855 69 A letter addressed to the Non-Established Presbyterian Communions of Second edition Scotland, by Sir George Sinclair, Bart., of Ulster 36 1854 - 1855 7 The perils and duties of the war, European freedom, Popish conspiracy : With an appendix from the an address delivered on the National Fast, by the Rev. Patrick Brewster, manifesto of the Scottish Abbey of Paisley Protestant Alliance 37 1856 - 1857 1 The voice of time : an address for the close of the year, by the Rev. J. Bathurst Dickson, Free High Church, Paisley 37 1856 - 1857 10½ Visiting Committees for Paisley Prison, 1856 - 1857 37 1856 - 1857 11 The life, labours, and genius of Alexander Wilson : a lecture by the Rev. J. Bathurst Dickson, delivered in the Evangelical Union Chapel, Paisley, on Tuesday November 1856 37 1856 - 1857 110½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Water Works Commissioners, from 28 May 1856 to 28 May 1857 37 1856 - 1857 111 Grand pyrotechnic display and dramatic entertainment : a new piece entitled The Fire Fiend ; or The Gun Cotton Conspiracy, will be performed in the Clique Temple of Flame, Walkingrove Gardens, Johnstone, on Sunday evening, 5 November 1856 37 1856 - 1857 118½ Sixth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1856 37 1856 - 1857 119 List of rate payers in the Town and Parish of Beith, for the year from With the amount at which they Martinmas 1855 to Martinmas 1856 are rated on lands and heritages, and means and substance 37 1856 - 1857 132½ Renfrewshire Prison Board, 1856 - 1857 37 1856 - 1857 133 Popery and Scotch Episcopacy compared ; or An enquiry into the anti- Second edition protestant doctrines and tendencies of the Episcopal Church in Scotland, by John Cunningham, Minister of Crieff 37 1856 - 1857 188½ Commissioners of Police for the Burgh and suburbs of Paisley, 1855 - 1856

25 February 2020 Page 97 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 37 1856 - 1857 189 An essay on the cause of the potato disease, with a remedy for its cure, y Robert Craig, , Beith 37 1856 - 1857 200½ Parochial Board, Paisley, 1856 - 1857 37 1856 - 1857 201 An address to the electors of Paisley : being a testimony against the With plain instructions how to prevailing apathy, by John MacGregor escape censure and appear in a proper capacity to advance the cause of freedom, that the sacred principles of truth and justice may be established, and more peace and comfort prevail 37 1856 - 1857 216½ Eighteenth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 7 January 1856, with the minutes of the meeting 37 1856 - 1857 217 Paisley Total Abstinence Instrumental Band : letter from Office Bearers looking for subscribers 37 1856 - 1857 218¼ Paisley Race Meeting, Thursday 14 August 1856 The only list, published by authority of the Race Committee 37 1856 - 1857 218½ Report of the fourth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 25 July 1856 37 1856 - 1857 219 Report of the Protestant & Orange soiree, held in Paisley on 5 November, Also a vindication of Orangeism, containing addresses by the Rev. Philip Maddock, Primitive Chapel, and by the Rev. William Fraser, Free the Rev. James Stewart, Trinity Chapel Middle 37 1856 - 1857 240½ Paisley Water Commissioners' meeting, 6 January 1856 37 1856 - 1857 241 A run through Kilmacolm, reprinted from the "Greenock Advertiser", 24 Fifth edition June 1856 37 1856 - 1857 256½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Water Commissioners, from 28 May 1855 to 28 May 1856 37 1856 - 1857 257 Kilmacolm Parish, by J.B. Simpson 37 1856 - 1857 260½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Trustees of the Creditors of the Burgh of Paisley. From 29 September 1855 to 30 September 1856 37 1856 - 1857 261 The adulteration of food and its effects

25 February 2020 Page 98 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 37 1856 - 1857 280½ Statement of the income and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Profit and loss, and balance Commissioners, from 31 May 1855 till 31 May 1856 37 1856 - 1857 281 The relations of society, by Robert Kerr 37 1856 - 1857 296½ Abstract statement of the income and expenditure of the Police Establishment of the Burgh and suburbs of Paisley, from 1 October 1855 till 6 October 1856 37 1856 - 1857 297 The claims of labour on the aristocracy, by W.B., a workman 37 1856 - 1857 313 Review of "The claims of labour on the aristocracy, by W.B., a workman" 37 1856 - 1857 315 Christian baptism : is it the immersion of believers or the sprinkling of infants as testified by paedobaptists? by David Wallace 37 1856 - 1857 34½ Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District : rotation of presiding Justices, 1856 37 1856 - 1857 35 A standard pound versus the pound sterling, by William Cross, in four A project for rendering the letters reprinted from the "Aberdeen Herald" measure of value independent of the price of gold, and establishing the monetary system on a secure foundation 37 1856 - 1857 399 A letter to a friend on infant baptism, by Alexander Gardner, bookseller 37 1856 - 1857 414½ Abstract statement of the income and expenditure of the Police Establishment of the Burgh and suburbs of Paisley, from 6 October 1856 till 5 October 1857 37 1856 - 1857 415 Religious indifference in relation to doctrine, practice, and personal piety : a lecture to young men, delivered in Free St George's Church, Paisley, on Sabbath evening 23 December 1855, by the Rev. J. Thomson 37 1856 - 1857 436½ Visiting Committee for Paisley Prison, 1857 - 1858 37 1856 - 1857 437 Paisley Parliamentary Election, 31 March 1857 : alphabetical list of voters Also names of electors who did who polled retrospectively for Archibald Hastie Esq., H.E. Crum Ewing not poll Esq., and C. Wordsworth Esq. 37 1856 - 1857 460½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Water Works Commissioners, from 28 May 1856 to 28 May 1857 37 1856 - 1857 461 Four ways of observing the Sabbath, by J.K.

25 February 2020 Page 99 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 37 1856 - 1857 488½ Twenty-first annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society 37 1856 - 1857 488¾ Dinner to Mr Glen, Hawkhead Mains 37 1856 - 1857 489 The holidays and the public park, a letter to Provost Brown by George C. Second edition Hutton 37 1856 - 1857 492½ Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley, Water Commissioners, Burgh Trustees, Cart Navigation Trustees, Committees, etc., 1857 - 1858 37 1856 - 1857 493 Programme of Mr Crawford's Evening Assembly, in the Exchange Rooms, Paisley, on Friday 23 January 1857 37 1856 - 1857 496½ Renfrewshire Prison Board, 1857 - 1858 37 1856 - 1857 496¾ Public dinner to Mr Hastie, Thursday 23 April 1857, Provost Brown in the Chair 37 1856 - 1857 497 Fidelity crowned, and The spiritual life developed : Two sermons By the Rev. James Robertson preached to St James' Street U.P. Congregation, Paisley, on Sabbath 8 D.D. and the Rev. John November 1857, on the occasion of the death of their pastor, the Rev. MacFarlane LL D., Glasgow Archibald Baird D.D. 37 1856 - 1857 498½ Abstract statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Community of Paisley, from 30 September 1856 to 30 September 1857 37 1856 - 1857 499 Discourses to the session and members of St James' Street Congregation 37 1856 - 1857 552½ Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District : rotation of Presiding Justices, 1857 37 1856 - 1857 553 The step of doom : a discourse delivered in Potterrow Church, Edinburgh, 4 January 1857, by the Rev. A. Wallace, on the occasion of the lamented death of Hugh Miller 37 1856 - 1857 573 The emancipation of Italy : Miss J. Meriton White's lectures, from the Paisley Herald of Saturday 14 March 37 1856 - 1857 574½ Rules of the Paisley Philosophical Institution 37 1856 - 1857 575 The autobiography of William Love, P.C., by John Guy, Sheriff Clerk Includes obituary of John Guy Depute from the Paisley Gazette, 11 October 1879 37 1856 - 1857 632¼ Inspection of lighthouses on the Clyde : List of toasts, 31 July 1857

25 February 2020 Page 100 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 37 1856 - 1857 632½ Report of the Committee of Management of the Paisley Government School of Design, to the eighth annual meeting of subscribers, held within the School at Paisley, 31 August 1857. David Murray Esq., in the Chair 37 1856 - 1857 633 A new view of the mosaic account of the creation, and others passages of Also, a comparative genealogical Genesis, produced by Transposed Readings. table, from Adam to Jesus Christ, with remarks, etc., by a Layman, James Lang, Canal Manager, written in March 1856 37 1856 - 1857 652½ Second annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary Bible Society, 1857 37 1856 - 1857 653 The Indian revolt, its duties and dangers : an address delivered on the Queen's Fast, in the Abbey of Paisley, by the Rev. P. Brewster 37 1856 - 1857 66½ Parochial Board, Paisley, 1857 - 1858 37 1856 - 1857 668½ Report of the fifth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 25 July 1857 37 1856 - 1857 67 The Scottish Education question : the duty of the Church in the present crisis, to the Schoolmaster and herself, by the Rev. Andrew Wilson, Minister of the First Charge of the Abbey Parish of Paisley 37 1856 - 1857 694 Comparative view of the number of licensed public houses in the Upper Ward of Renfrewshire, 1850 and 1856 37 1856 - 1857 696 An address to the electors of Paisley : being a testimony against the With plain instructions how to prevailing apathy act to escape censure, and appear in a proper capacity to advance the cause of freedom, that the sacred principles of truth and justice may be established, and more peace and comfort prevail, by John MacGregor 37 1856 - 1857 708½ Fifty-eighth annual report of the Paisley Sabbath School Union 37 1856 - 1857 709 Statement of the income and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1855 till 31 May 1856 37 1856 - 1857 710 Report from Finance Committee to the Town Council in reference to salaries, presented 30 September 1856

25 February 2020 Page 101 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 37 1856 - 1857 711 Renfrewshire Prison Board : account of the revenue and expenditure of the Prison Board of the County of Renfrew, for the year ended 30 June 1856 37 1856 - 1857 712 Statement of the income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1855 till 14 May 1856 37 1856 - 1857 713 Address to the electors of the town of Paisley by Archibald Hastie 37 1856 - 1857 714 Address to the electors of the town of Paisley by Archibald Hastie 37 1856 - 1857 715 Non-intervention in the affairs of Italy : Letter to call a public meeting regarding anxiety that the Rule of Non-intervention should be recognised as the International Law of Europe 37 1856 - 1857 716 Letter to the Provost and Magistrates of Paisley from Sitting Magistrate Bailie Pollock regarding cleaning of back courts between tenants and proprietors 37 1856 - 1857 716½ Mr Charles Wordsworth's address to the electors and non-electors of Paisley 37 1856 - 1857 717 Inequality of rating : second letter to the editor of the Glasgow Herald by a Mill Owner 37 1856 - 1857 719 Abstract of the income and expenditure of the Burgh of Renfrew, from 15 October 1856 to 8 October 1857 37 1856 - 1857 720 Statement of the income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1856 till 14 May 1857 37 1856 - 1857 721 Qualification for Commissioners of Supply : inequality of rating : letter to the editor of the Glasgow Herald, by a Mill Owner 37 1856 - 1857 722 Statement of the income and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1856 till 31 May 1857 37 1856 - 1857 723 Currency Reform : Parliamentary Representation 37 1856 - 1857 724 Letter to Lord Palmerston from John Glen Parker, of Assloss 37 1856 - 1857 725 Circular to the qualified heritors of the Abbey Parish of Paisley, from Andrew Wilson

25 February 2020 Page 102 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 37 1856 - 1857 726 Renfrewshire Prison Board : account of the revenue and expenditure of the Prison Board of the County of Renfrew, for the year ended 30 June 1857 37 1856 - 1857 727 Statement of the income and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1856 till 31 May 1857 37 1856 - 1857 90½ Magistrates & Town Council of Paisley, Water Commissioners, Burgh Trustees, Cart Navigation Trustees, Committees, etc., 1856 - 1857 37 1856 - 1857 91 An essay on the law of kindness, with reference to the employer and the employed, by the late Charles Fleming, a weaver, Paisley 38 1858 - 1859 1 The Sabbath, the Sunday, and the Paisley Coffee Room, being Including other letters and controversial letters by the Rev. John Thomson of Free St George's, extracts reprinted from the Paisley, and Mr James J. Lamb "Paisley Herald", with a preface and appendix 38 1858 - 1859 180½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Water Works Commissioners, from 28 May 1857 to 28 May 1858 38 1858 - 1859 181 A short and easy method with the Deists, by the late Rev. Charles Leslie New edition M.A. 38 1858 - 1859 214½ Seventh annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1857 38 1858 - 1859 215½ Report of the special meeting of the Town Council for the purpose of Report of the opposition considering the new Clyde Trust Bill meeting to the new Clyde Trust Bill 38 1858 - 1859 216 The first day of the week discussed in a series of letters by Archibald With an appendix Gardner, Nethercommon 38 1858 - 1859 249 Sheriff Court of Renfrewshire, 14 October 1858 : Petition of the Marquess of Abercorn and Hugh Stirling against Lady Montagu and others, for Commutation of Multures of the Seedhill Mill of Paisley 38 1858 - 1859 250½ Eighth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1858 38 1858 - 1859 251 Notice of a meeting of Lay Members of the Church of Scotland to be held within the Presbytery House on Friday 10 December 1858, to take into consideration the best mode of remedying the evils at present existing in regard to the Settlement of Ministers

25 February 2020 Page 103 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 38 1858 - 1859 252½ Invitation from the Lord Provost to Mr Brown for the Annual Inspection of the River Clyde and Lighthouses in the , on Thursday 5 August 1858, calling at Renfrew, Port Glasgow, and Greenock 38 1858 - 1859 253 Review of Mr Lamb's pamphlet on the Sabbath, etc., reprinted from the Scottish Guardian 38 1858 - 1859 268½ The West of Scotland Magazine and Review, February 1858 Old Scottish Burghs 3 - Paisley ; The Loch and the City, by Alfred Leslie 38 1858 - 1859 269 North British Daily Mail, Friday 17 September 1858 Emigration to the Colonies : public meeting in the City Hall 38 1858 - 1859 290½ Twentieth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley Presented to the annual general With the minutes of the meeting and special meeting of meeting the Trustees and Managers, held 4 January 1858 38 1858 - 1859 290¾ Visiting Committees for Paisley Prison, 1858 - 1859 38 1858 - 1859 291 Testimonials in favour of George Ingram, Superintendent of Police, Dumfries 38 1858 - 1859 298½ List of toasts at the Inspection of the River Clyde and Lighthouses, 5 August 1858 38 1858 - 1859 299 Hints concerning the scorpion power, of the locusts and their tails, to gentlemen of the Voluntary Church Association, by Ivan Gideon 38 1858 - 1859 303 The Paisley Coffee Room versus the Sabbath : three letters addressed to the editor of the "Paisley Herald" by the Rev. john Thomson, of Free St George's 38 1858 - 1859 315 Presbyterial address to sessions on the superintendence of baptized persons not in full communion 38 1858 - 1859 318½ Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley, Water Commissioners, Burgh Trustees, Cart Navigation Trustees, Committees, etc., 1858 - 1859 38 1858 - 1859 319 Pastoral circular : the Rev. J. Bathurst Dickson of the Free High Church, Paisley, to his congregation ; read from the pulpit of that church on the afternoon of Sabbath 10 October 1858 38 1858 - 1859 326½ Twenty second annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society

25 February 2020 Page 104 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 38 1858 - 1859 327 Raising the wind ; or, Habbie Simpson & his wife baith deed : as originally written and spoken by John Andrews in the Exchange Rooms, Moss Street 38 1858 - 1859 334 Dinner after the ordination of the Rev. Mr Alison, 10 March 1859, William Sharp Esq. in the Chair 38 1858 - 1859 335 Ebenezer, a memorial of the unchangeable goodness under changing dispensations : written on occasion of the memorial of a valuable and much endeared wife, on 15 December 1790, by the late Rev. John Newton 38 1858 - 1859 360½ List of toasts at the Merchant's Dinner, 7 October 1858 38 1858 - 1859 361 The state of our educational enterprises : a report of an examination into the working, results, and tendencies of the chief public educational experiments in Great Britain and Ireland, by the Rev. William Fraser, Paisley 38 1858 - 1859 46½ Parochial Board, Paisley, 1858 - 1859 38 1858 - 1859 47 Paisley Philosophical Institution, Founded by Charter 1808. Letter regarding copy of the Rev. Mr Dickson's Life of Alexander Wilson 38 1858 - 1859 48½ Programme of Mr Crawford's evening assembly, in the Exchange Rooms, Paisley, on Friday 22 January 1858 38 1858 - 1859 49 The life, labours, and genius of Alexander Wilson : a lecture by the Rev. J. Bathurst Dickson, delivered in the Evangelical Union Chapel, Paisley on Tuesday 4 November 1856 38 1858 - 1859 537 Return by Alexander Gibson, Clerk of the Peace for Renfrewshire, of the Prepared in terms of resolution number of licenses granted to retail spirituous liquors in the County of adopted on the motion of Renfrew 1828 to 1858, at the Quarter Sessions held at Renfrew on 26 Robert Brown Esq., Provost of October 1858 Paisley, at the Quarter Sessions held at Renfrew, 26 October 1858 38 1858 - 1859 538 Invitation card to a public dinner to Robert Farquharson Esq., of Allargue, in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley on Thursday 23 June 1859, Provost Brown in the Chair 38 1858 - 1859 539 The proverbs of Solomon, translated out of the original tongue, for the use of schools

25 February 2020 Page 105 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 38 1858 - 1859 574½ Programme of the public dinner to Robert Farquharson Esq., of Allargue, in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley on Thursday 23 June 1859, Provost Brown in the Chair 38 1858 - 1859 575 Report of the public dinner in honour of Robert Farquharson Esq., of Allargue, from the "Paisley Herald", 25 June 1859 38 1858 - 1859 578½ Rules and regulations of Miss Kibble's Reformatory Institution, Paisley, opened 1 August 1859 38 1858 - 1859 578¾ C.J.E. Stewart, writing master : a receipt for tuition in writing, and arithmetic given to Robert and James Brown from 10 May 1858 to 28 July 1858 38 1858 - 1859 579 Regulations and fares of the hackney cabs and carriages of Paisley, February 1859 38 1858 - 1859 586½ James Reid, Town's English School, Paisley : a receipt for tuition of Robert and James Brown from 15 February 1859 to 10 May 1859 38 1858 - 1859 587 The supremacy of scripture in religion, morals, and politics : a discourse Second edition delivered at the opening of the Reformed Presbyterian Synod in Glasgow, 2 May 1859, by the Rev. James Ferguson, Kilbirnie 38 1858 - 1859 603 Meeting in the High Church, 24 February 1858, Provost Brown in the Chair 38 1858 - 1859 604½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Water With relative report in reference Works Commissioners, from 28 May 1858 to 28 May 1859 thereto, and to the proceedings of the Trust 38 1858 - 1859 605 Personality, divinity, and love of the Holy Spirit, by the Rev. J. Thomson, of Free St George's, Paisley 38 1858 - 1859 628½ Programme of Burns' birthday centenary, Exchange Rooms, Paisley, 25 January 1859 38 1858 - 1859 629 Paisley pictorial almanack and domestic manual for 1859 38 1858 - 1859 652½ Parochial Board, Paisley, 1859 - 1860 38 1858 - 1859 653 Programme of Mr Crawford's evening assembly in the Exchange Rooms, Paisley, on Friday 21 January 1859 38 1858 - 1859 656½ Dinner to Provost Brown for his public services, on Thursday 8 December 1859

25 February 2020 Page 106 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 38 1858 - 1859 657 Report of public dinner in honour of Robert Brown Esq., ex-Provost of Paisley, from the Paisley Herald of 10 December 1859 38 1858 - 1859 666½ Invitation from the Lord Provost to Provost Brown for the Annual Inspection of the River Clyde and Lighthouses in the Firth, on Tuesday 26 July 1859, calling at Renfrew, Port Glasgow, and Greenock 38 1858 - 1859 667 Great commemorative banquet in honour of Robert Burns, as a Two poetical productions centenary period from his birth intended for recitation as applicable for the occasion, to which are added two other odes by John MacGregor, Kilbarchan 38 1858 - 1859 678½ List of toasts at the Trades' House dinner, 12 October 1859 38 1858 - 1859 679 A tribute to the memory of the poor man's champion : being the funeral The profits to be devoted sermon of the late Rev. Patrick Brewster, one of the Ministers of the towards the erection of his Abbey Church, Paisley, preached by John Aiton D.D., Minister of monument Dolphinton 38 1858 - 1859 694½ Renfrewshire Prison Board, 1858 - 1859 38 1858 - 1859 695 Artistic selection of subject for a photograph, by William Stewart Esq., Master, School of Design, Paisley 38 1858 - 1859 702½ Abstract statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Community of Paisley, from 30 September 1858 till 30 September 1859 38 1858 - 1859 703 The Sabbath, not a mere judaical appointment, by universally and perpetually binding : a discourse by Rev. Andrew Henderson 38 1858 - 1859 72¼ Allocation of collecting months for St George's Church 38 1858 - 1859 73 Plan of the house in the village of Eagle sham occupied by the deceased Agnes Montgomery and others 38 1858 - 1859 731 Specifications of patents and subscriptions by H MacFarlane, junior 38 1858 - 1859 735 The educational condition of Scotland, a national disgrace : present remedial suggestions considered, by the Rev. William Fraser, Paisley 38 1858 - 1859 766½ Message VII : Salvation 38 1858 - 1859 767 Paisley plan of Parliamentary Reform 38 1858 - 1859 767½ Speech in Town Council meeting by Provost Robert Brown on Gas Affairs

25 February 2020 Page 107 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 38 1858 - 1859 768 Report by the Joint Committee of Commissioners of Police and Members of the Town Council of Paisley to establish the propriety and expediency of applying for a new Police Bill 38 1858 - 1859 769 Letter by William Murray relating to the Billeting of Soldiers 38 1858 - 1859 77 Report of the trial of John Thomson alias Peter Walker before the Circuit For the murder of Agnes With introductory Court of Justifier at Glasgow, 22 - 24 December 1857 Montgomery by prussic acid, observations on the Medico- and subsequent administration Legal points of the case, by of prussic acid to Agnes Hugh Cowan, Advocate Teahouse or Mason, and Archibald Mason 38 1858 - 1859 770 Letter to Robert Brown Esq., Provost of Paisley from "Watchman" with regard to guarding the wages for weaving 38 1858 - 1859 771 Statement of the income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1857 till 14 May 1858 38 1858 - 1859 772 Statement of the income and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1857 till 31 May 1858 38 1858 - 1859 773 Renfrewshire Prison Board : account of the revenue and expenditure of the Prison Board of the County of Renfrew for the year ended 30 June 1858 38 1858 - 1859 774 Industrial Branches of Paisley : the imitation shawl trade, from the "Paisley Herald" of 12 November 1859 38 1858 - 1859 775 Volunteer Rifle Corps : Government rules 38 1858 - 1859 778 Letter to Lord Viscount Palmerston from John Glen Parker 38 1858 - 1859 780 Statement of the income and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1858 till 31 May 1859 38 1858 - 1859 781 Abstract statement of the income and expenditure Committee in the management of the Burns Centenary, Exchange Rooms, Paisley, January 1859 38 1858 - 1859 782 Renfrewshire Prison Board : account of the revenue and expenditure of the Prison Board of the County of Renfrew, for the year ended 30 June 1859

25 February 2020 Page 108 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 38 1858 - 1859 783 Letter from W.J. MacQuorn Rankine, C.E. regarding purification of the Clyde 38 1858 - 1859 784 Abstract and balance sheet of the income and expenditure of the Royal Burgh of Renfrew, from 9 October 1858 to 10 October 1859 38 1858 - 1859 785 Return by Alexander Gibson, Clerk of the Peace for Renfrewshire, of the Prepared in terms of resolution number of licenses granted to retail spirituous liquors in the County of adopted on the motion of Renfrew 1828 to 1858, at the Quarter Sessions held at Renfrew on 26 Robert Brown Esq., Provost of October 1858 Paisley, at the Quarter Sessions held at Renfrew, 26 October 1858 38 1858 - 1859 786 Statement of the income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1858 till 14 May 1859 39 1860 - 1862 1 Come out of her : a sermon preached in Edinburgh, 17 August 1860, in connection with the Protestant Institute of Scotland, and the Tercentenary of the , by William Symington D.D. 39 1860 - 1862 110½ Twenty third annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society 39 1860 - 1862 111 Statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Kilbarchan Parochial With abstracts of the accounts Board, from November 1859 to November 1860 for the preceding year 39 1860 - 1862 144½ Abstract statement of the income and expenditure of the Police Establishment of the Burgh and suburbs of Paisley, from 4 October 1858 till 3 October 1859 39 1860 - 1862 145 Programme of Mr Crawford's evening assembly in the Exchange Rooms, Paisley on Friday 20 January 1860 39 1860 - 1862 149 Slavery - extracted from "Dymond's essays on the principles of morality", written before the Abolition of Slavery in the West Indies 39 1860 - 1862 171 Captain John Brown of Harper's Ferry, by E.W. The letter being a preface to the accompanying sketch of John Brown, is reprinted from the Morning Post of 29 April 1861 39 1860 - 1862 206½ Twenty ninth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1861 39 1860 - 1862 207 Road reform - abolition of tolls : report of meeting at Paisley on Thursday 4 April 1861, on the Lord Advocate's Bill

25 February 2020 Page 109 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 39 1860 - 1862 222½ Ninth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1859 39 1860 - 1862 223 Paisley portraits ; or, Laughers & Frowners : a provincial rhapsody, by a local poetaster, Alexander McGilvray 39 1860 - 1862 231 The Borough Fight, dedicated, without permission, to H.E. Crum Youand, by A Paisley Callan 39 1860 - 1862 232½ Tenth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1860 39 1860 - 1862 233 A fishing adventure at Southbar, by David McArthur 39 1860 - 1862 237 The humble petition of Miss B., to the Herring & Potato Literary Society, who met at Renfrew on 24 September last 39 1860 - 1862 240½ Twenty third annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of paisley, presented to the annual general meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 14 January 1861, with the minutes of the meeting 39 1860 - 1862 24¼ Twenty-eighth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1860 39 1860 - 1862 24½ Testimonials in favour of Dr Thomas Graham 39 1860 - 1862 241 Speech of the Hon. Joseph Howe in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, on 21 February, in opposition to the Prohibitory Liquor Law 39 1860 - 1862 248½ Twenty fifth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society 39 1860 - 1862 249 Epistle to Bauldy Bladda Esq., Paisley, from his old acquaintance and shopmate Peter Plunken, poet and weaver to Her Majesty etc., late of Paisley, now residing in Glasgow 39 1860 - 1862 25 A statement of facts for Conservatives and the Public, by the Rev. William Buchanan B.A., present editor of the Daily Courant 39 1860 - 1862 260½ Extract minute of Committee of Indian Mutiny Relief Fund, Edinburgh, 21 May 1861 39 1860 - 1862 261 The Cardross case ; or, The Nature and limits of civil interference with ecclesiastical procedure, by the Rev. Andrew Robertson, Stow 39 1860 - 1862 290½ Amount paid by the Paisley Parochial Board to Paisley Infirmary for board of pauper in-patients from 1848 to 1861 inclusive, with annual average thereof

25 February 2020 Page 110 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 39 1860 - 1862 291 Volunteers - their duty to the Country and the Cross : a sermon preached in the Abbey Church, Paisley on Sabbath 12 May 1861, to the Second Renfrewshire Battalion of Rifle Volunteers, by the Rev. Robert Stephen M.A., Minister of Renfrew 39 1860 - 1862 310½ Miss Kibble's Reformatory Institution, Paisley, opened 1 August 1859 : Report and accounts, 31 December 1860 39 1860 - 1862 311 & 313 Exhibition of paintings, engravings, and photographs in the Paisley School of Art, 1861 - 1862 39 1860 - 1862 311½ Paisley Government School of Art, annual distribution of prizes, David Murray Esq., President, in the Chair 39 1860 - 1862 322½ Paisley Corporation Water Works : special rates and charges, and terms and conditions on which water is supplied by meter, as well as without meter, for other than domestic purposes 39 1860 - 1862 323 Social Science : a lecture on land and money ; or Emigration and colonization, and reform of our money laws, the true remedies for social evils, by John Crawford 39 1860 - 1862 351 First annual report of the Paisley Society for the Blind, being for the year 1859 - 1860 39 1860 - 1862 356½ Eleventh annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1861 39 1860 - 1862 357 The time of the end ; or, The present and future in connection with prophecy, by a Presbyterian layman 39 1860 - 1862 390½ Twenty fourth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the annual general meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 13 January 1862, with the minutes of the meeting 39 1860 - 1862 391 The distinctive principles of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, by Alexander Gardner 39 1860 - 1862 404½ Invitation to dinner to Mr Brown on Friday 9 January 1862, by Mr Crum Ewing 39 1860 - 1862 405 The shortness of time : a sermon on the death of Prince Albert, preached With an appendix containing a at Motherwell on 5 January 1862, by a Home Missionary short sketch of the Prince 39 1860 - 1862 452½ Invitation to dinner to Mr Brown on Friday 24 January 1862, by Mr Crum Ewing

25 February 2020 Page 111 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 39 1860 - 1862 453 An address to Sabbath School Teachers, by one of themselves, Rev. R. Pollock 39 1860 - 1862 472½ Supper on occasion of the Incorporation of Old Weaver in Paisley holding a chapter for the creation of Deacons, in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 10 October 1862, Provost Pollock, Chairman 39 1860 - 1862 473 Congratulatory meeting in honour of Robert Reid Esq., London, C.W., formerly of Paisley in the Globe Hotel, Paisley, 7 July 1862 39 1860 - 1862 48½ Renfrewshire Prison Board, 1859 - 1860 39 1860 - 1862 484½ List of toasts at the Deaconing Supper of the Incorporation of Old Weavers in Paisley, in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 10 October 1862, Provost Pollock, Chairman 39 1860 - 1862 485 The Sandyford case : a lecture delivered by the Rev. Robert Stewart of St Mark's Church, Glasgow on Sabbath 12 October 1862 39 1860 - 1862 49 No.1 - The testimony of scripture concerning intoxicating liquors Issued under the authority of a Committee of the Free Presbytery of Paisley 39 1860 - 1862 508½ List of toasts at the annual election dinner of the Incorporation of Old Weavers in Paisley, in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 17 October 1862 39 1860 - 1862 509 Twenty third annual report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, 1862 - 1863 39 1860 - 1862 516¼ List of toasts at a dinner in honour of William Brunton Esq., LL.D., Rector of the Paisley Grammar School, 31 October 1862 39 1860 - 1862 516½ Letter to John McInnes Esq., from James Salmon regarding estimates for the alterations on the Abbey Church of Paisley, 26 March 1861 39 1860 - 1862 516¾ Intention of the Court of Deacons of the Incorporation of Old Weavers in Paisley to hold a chapter for the creation of Deacons, in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 10 October 1862, Provost Pollock, Chairman 39 1860 - 1862 517 The revised code in its bearing on elementary and intermediate education in Scotland : a plea for a National system, by the Rev. William Fraser, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 112 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 39 1860 - 1862 53 No.2 - On the expense incurred by intoxicating liquors and especially Issued under the authority of a ardent spirits Committee of the Free Presbytery of Paisley 39 1860 - 1862 537 Memorial to the Directors of the Paisley Coffee Room, with their reply 39 1860 - 1862 540½ Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District, rotation of Presiding Justices, 1862 39 1860 - 1862 541 The Pope in Scotland ; or, The tyranny of the Roman Catholic priesthood Being remarks on the case of supported by the civil power William McCoart against the Rev. Hugh Chisholm, tried in the Sheriff Small Debt Court, Paisley on 3 April 1862 39 1860 - 1862 548½ List of toasts at the annual supper and presentation of prizes of the Paisley Volunteer Rifle Corps, in the Exchange Rooms on Wednesday 10 December 1862, Colonel Mure in the Chair 39 1860 - 1862 549 Ministerial Communion : letters between the Rev. William McDougall of the United Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. William Fraser of the Free Church, regarding interchange of pulpit services with Ministers of the Established Church 39 1860 - 1862 57 No.3 - On drinking usages as sources of intemperance, with suggestions Issued under the authority of a as to the proper means of having them discontinued Committee of the Free Presbytery of Paisley 39 1860 - 1862 570½ Renfrewshire County Funds : state of the public accounts of the County Exclusive of the County Police of Renfrew, under the control of the Commissioners of Supply, 1860 - Assessment 39 1860 - 1862 571 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1859 till 31 May 1860 39 1860 - 1862 576 Improvement and repair of the Abbey Church, from the Paisley Herald of 22 September 1860 39 1860 - 1862 579 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1859 till 14 May 1860 39 1860 - 1862 587 Report to the Heritors of the Abbey Parish of Paisley from James Salmon regarding the improvement and repair of the Abbey Church, 13 June 1860

25 February 2020 Page 113 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 39 1860 - 1862 587½ Plan No.1 of Abbey Church, Paisley, showing new seating area, new pulpit, etc. as proposed in the aforementioned report. Heritors' seats tinted brown 39 1860 - 1862 588 The resurrection and the life : a sermon preached in the Parish Church of Roseneath on the evening of Sabbath 22 April 1860, after the dispensation of the sacrament of the Lord's supper, by the Rev. George Campbell, Minister of Eastwood 39 1860 - 1862 606½ Plan No.2 of Abbey Church, Paisley, showing new west gallery as proposed in the aforementioned report 39 1860 - 1862 607 Report of a general meeting of the managers and friends Paisley Deaf and Dumb Society, from the Paisley Herald of 14 January 1860 39 1860 - 1862 609 The Paisley Races : prevention and remedy 39 1860 - 1862 61 The Kilmacolm Kirk, Forbes MacKenzie & Teetotalism 39 1860 - 1862 612 Court of Session before Lord Neaves : Archibald Gardner of Nethercommon against the Magistrates and Council of Paisley, as Commissioners under the Paisley Water Works Act 39 1860 - 1862 614½ Plan No.3 of Abbey Church, Paisley, longitudinal section, showing new west gallery and new pulpit, as proposed in the aforementioned report. Heritors' seats tinted brown 39 1860 - 1862 615 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1859 till 14 May 1860 39 1860 - 1862 623 Scotland's tribute to Wallace, by James MacFarlan 39 1860 - 1862 623½ Plan No.4 of Abbey Church, Paisley, longitudinal section, showing galleries and pulpit as at present, and seating area as it will be 39 1860 - 1862 624 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1860 till 14 May 1861 39 1860 - 1862 631½ Letter to the Members of the Canal Street U.P. Church, 16 September 1862 39 1860 - 1862 632 Letter from David Murray, Chairman of the Paisley School of Art regarding the history of the School and subscribers required

25 February 2020 Page 114 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 39 1860 - 1862 632½ Abbey Church - important for feuars : article regarding the action taken by Thomas Walker, Collector of the assessments imposed by the Heritors of the Abbey Parish, against Thomas Hood, grocer in Lawn Street 39 1860 - 1862 633 Internal communication and progress : tramway between Paisley and From the Paisley Herald, 21 Glasgow, or tramways in general. Mr Haworth of Manchester's plan of December 1861 tram or street railways 39 1860 - 1862 633½ Report of the amateur performances of the Paisley Histrionic Association at the Theatre Royal in two performances in aid of the Paisley Infirmary 39 1860 - 1862 634 Conference of Ministers and Office-Bearers of the Presbyterian Union at From the Scottish Guardian of Paisley Tuesday 7 May 1861 39 1860 - 1862 635 Public subscriptions for improving and restoring the Abbey Church, Paisley, 1861 39 1860 - 1862 636 Public subscriptions for improving and restoring the Abbey Church, Paisley, 1861 39 1860 - 1862 637 Forbes MacKenzie Act Prosecutions - ought to be in the form of civil action as opposed to criminal procedure 39 1860 - 1862 638 Sheriff Court, Paisley : copy of petition for interdict etc. - George Robertson M.D. and others against James Salmon and others, regarding the excavations at Paisley Abbey disturbing lairs 39 1860 - 1862 639 Sheriff Court, Paisley : petition for interdict etc. - George Robertson M.D. and others against James Salmon and others, regarding the excavations at Paisley Abbey disturbing lairs 39 1860 - 1862 640 Letter by Robert Kerr, manufacturer, Paisley to Richard Cobden Esq., M.P., and the men of the Manchester School regarding "Fair trade versus Free trade, falsely so called" 39 1860 - 1862 641 Court of Session, First Division, McMillan versus The Free Church : from the Paisley Herald, 23 December 39 1860 - 1862 647 Renfrew County Police : annual return of crimes and offences reported to Also, return of vagrants found, and by the Police in the County of Renfrew, from May 1860 to May 1861 sudden deaths, accidents, and casualties investigated by the Police during the year 39 1860 - 1862 648 Abstract statement of the income and expenditure of the Royal Burgh of Renfrew, from 11 October 1860 till 12 October 1861

25 February 2020 Page 115 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 39 1860 - 1862 649 Statement by the Road Reform Committee of the County of Renfrew showing how the Burgh of Paisley is likely to be affected by the Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Bill 39 1860 - 1862 650 Resolutions by Sessions of Town's Churches and Presbytery that each Church have the command of their own funds 39 1860 - 1862 651 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1861 till 31 May 1862 39 1860 - 1862 656 Election placard against Mr Rowand 39 1860 - 1862 656½ Charter of Woodside : improving and restoring the Abbey Church, Paisley - repairs of 1862 (continued) 39 1860 - 1862 657 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1861 till 1 May 1862 39 1860 - 1862 666 Appeal on behalf of the destitute weavers in Paisley, to the benevolent in Paisley and neighbourhood, by the Rev. John McLean, Minister of South Church 39 1860 - 1862 68½ Twenty first annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the annual general meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 10 January 1859, with the minutes of the meeting 39 1860 - 1862 69 Laws and regulations of the Paisley Government School of Art, adopted at a meeting of subscribers held on 16 October 1860 39 1860 - 1862 77 To members of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Extract copy of suggested basis Science for a National system of education, submitted on behalf of the Glasgow Committee on National Education, by the Rev. William Fraser, Paisley 39 1860 - 1862 81 Pamphlet against The Races 39 1860 - 1862 84½ Twenty second annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers held 9 January 1860, with the minutes of the meeting 39 1860 - 1862 85 Public health, Paisley : plain directions for the people

25 February 2020 Page 116 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 39 1860 - 1862 89 The Isles waiting for Christ's law ; or, Mankind submitting to him as King A discourse delivered at the of nations, as well as head of the Church opening of the Reformed Presbytery Synod in Glasgow, 7 May 1860, by the Rev. James Morrison, Eskdalemuir 40 1863 - 1865 1 The equivalent money secured to Scotland by the Treaty of Union, and its Addressed to the Manufacturers present mismanagement by the so-called Board of Trustees for the of Scotland promotion of Scottish manufacturers, by Robert Kerr, Manufacturer, Paisley 40 1863 - 1865 108½ Twenty fifth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the annual general meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 12 January 1863, with the minutes of the meeting 40 1863 - 1865 109 Letter to Captain Stirling of Glentyan, regarding the management of the poor, by John MacGregor 40 1863 - 1865 116½ Invitation to Robert Brown from the President and Council of the Paisley Philosophical Institution to attend a Conversazione in the School of Art buildings on Tuesday 3 November 1863 40 1863 - 1865 117 Rules of the National Security Savings' Bank of Paisley, certified under the Act of 1863. Established in 1838 40 1863 - 1865 132½ Programme of the third annual private entertainment of the School of Art 40 1863 - 1865 133 Another King, One Jesus : a discourse by Alexander MacLeod Symington B.A. 40 1863 - 1865 168½ Invitation to Mr Brown from Mr Crum Ewing to attend at dinner on Tuesday 22 December 1863 40 1863 - 1865 169 Peter Pickup and Tammie Treddles ; or, The new patent thief catcher, a comic story by John Andrews 40 1863 - 1865 172½ Ticket for the Festival of St John to be held on Tuesday 27 December 1864, in the Royal Oak Tavern. Dinner on the table at 5pm. The R.W.M. in the Chair 40 1863 - 1865 173 Proposed amended laws of the Paisley Equitable Friendly Society. Instituted February 1825, revised 1864

25 February 2020 Page 117 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 40 1863 - 1865 200½ Twenty sixth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the annual general meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 11 January 1864, with the minutes of the meeting 40 1863 - 1865 201 The headship of Christ, with special reference to the Disruption Church : a prospective, introspective, and retrospective review by the Rev. James MacGregor, Paisley 40 1863 - 1865 232½ Twenty eighth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society 40 1863 - 1865 233 Houstoniana, part 1 : an historical, antiquarian, topographical and general record of the parishes of Houston and Kilallan 40 1863 - 1865 276½ Paisley Cemetery Company : Board of Management, 1864, including Regulations of the Cemetery, and Interment fees 40 1863 - 1865 277 Houstoniana, part 2 : an historical, antiquarian, topographical and general record of the parishes of Houston and Kilallan 40 1863 - 1865 320½ Thirty first annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1863 40 1863 - 1865 321 A reply to the lecture of the Rev. John Doud, R.C.C., on "The doctrine of Second edition the Catholic Church on miracles", by the Rev. Alexander R. Findlay, Houston 40 1863 - 1865 326½ Thirteenth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1863 40 1863 - 1865 326½ Appeal to the inhabitants of Barrhead for subscriptions to the Infirmary, by the Managers of Paisley Infirmary 40 1863 - 1865 336½ Letters and articles in the Paisley Herald regarding the monument in memory of the Rev. Patrick Brewster 40 1863 - 1865 337 Case of successful ligature of common iliac artery, by W.B. McKinlay M.D., F.R.S.E., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, and Surgeon at Paisley Infirmary 40 1863 - 1865 344 Tiend Court, 16 March : the Minister of the First Charge of Paisley against the Heritors 40 1863 - 1865 344½ Eighth annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1863 40 1863 - 1865 345 Letter to Provost Campbell by David Murray on the Gas Question

25 February 2020 Page 118 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 40 1863 - 1865 360 Abbey Parish augmentation case 40 1863 - 1865 360½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1863 till 31 May 1864 40 1863 - 1865 363 The unity of the Church, by the Rev. Mr Milroy, Penpont, Dumfriesshire 40 1863 - 1865 388½ Rates for a supply of water by meter, 1864 40 1863 - 1865 389 The play-house - its hurtful influence on society and morals : specially addressed to those who attend both church and play-house, by R. Kerr 40 1863 - 1865 428½ Invitation to Mr Brown from Mr Crum Ewing for dinner on Tuesday 11 April 1865 40 1863 - 1865 429 Letter by M. Scott to the editor of the Paisley Herald regarding Mr Robert Kerr and the play-house 40 1863 - 1865 430½ Family ticket to the Paisley Horticultural Society's exhibitions, Thursday 13 July to Thursday 14 September 1865 40 1863 - 1865 431 Great Union soiree of the Free, United Presbyterian, and Reformed From the Paisley and Presbyterian churches Renfrewshire Gazette of 4 March 1865 40 1863 - 1865 454½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1864 till 31 May 1865 40 1863 - 1865 454¾ The rejoicings in Paisley on the occasion of the marriage of the Prince of Wales 40 1863 - 1865 455 The Sabbath discussion, addressed to the Free Church Presbytery of Paisley, and to the congregation of the Free Middle Church, who have lately heard two discourses from the same texts as are embraced in the present publication, by Robert Kerr 40 1863 - 1865 46½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1862 to 31 May 1863 40 1863 - 1865 46¾ Banquet in the Exchange Rooms for the Prince of Wales' marriage, on Tuesday 10 March 1863, Provost Campbell in the Chair 40 1863 - 1865 47 Report by the Committee of Millowners and others to the owners and occupants of public works who agreed to oppose the Police Rates so far as imposed on a rental exceeding £50, etc.

25 February 2020 Page 119 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 40 1863 - 1865 48 The holy beauty of a place of worship : a sermon preached at the opening of the new Parish Church of , 6 September 1863, by J.M. McCulloch D.D., Minister of the West Kirk, Greenock 40 1863 - 1865 48½ Programme for dinner in honour of the marriage of the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Denmark 40 1863 - 1865 49 List of toasts at the Rev. Peter S. Menzies Ordination Dinner, 5 March 1863 40 1863 - 1865 49½ The London "Times" 40 1863 - 1865 502½ Plan of the Paisley Race Course and grounds, James J. Lamb, Surveyor 40 1863 - 1865 503 Thoughts on the doctrine of election, by Alexander Gardner, bookseller : with remarks on the views of the Rev. James Morison D.D., Glasgow 40 1863 - 1865 550½ Ordination of the Rev. John Martin to the High Church, Paisley on Thursday 7 September 1865 : dinner in the George Hotel, Robert Brown Esq., Chairman 40 1863 - 1865 551 The bush burning but not consumed - a lesson for the times : a sermon by the Rev. John Wilson, United Presbyterian Church, George Street, Paisley 40 1863 - 1865 574 Articles on the monument dedicated to the late Rev. Patrick Brewster 40 1863 - 1865 574½ List of toasts at the dinner after the ordination of the Rev. John Martin, 7 September 1865 40 1863 - 1865 574¾ Article on the late Rev. Andrew Wilson of Paisley 40 1863 - 1865 575 Testimonials in favour of Mr James Winning, Flesher, Paisley 40 1863 - 1865 590½ Programme of the High Church soiree, 5 September 1865 40 1863 - 1865 590¾ Fourth report of the Paisley Branch of the Religious Tract and Book Society of Scotland 40 1863 - 1865 591 A voice from Gartnavel Asylum : extracts from my diary 40 1863 - 1865 60½ Thirtieth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1862 40 1863 - 1865 61 First and second annual reports of the St James' Street United Presbyterian Church Missionary Society, for the years ending April 1862 and 1863, read at the annual meetings of the Society

25 February 2020 Page 120 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 40 1863 - 1865 632½ Invitation to Mr Brown from Mr Crum Ewing for dinner on Thursday 7 December 1865 40 1863 - 1865 633 The place where the Lord lay : a funeral sermon preached at Lochwinnoch in memory of the Rev. Robert Smith D.D. by the Rev J. MacNaughtan A.M., Belfast 40 1863 - 1865 666½ List of toasts for the induction dinner for the Rev. James Dodds, Abbey Parish, at the George Hotel, Paisley, 21 December 1865 40 1863 - 1865 666¾ Death of the Rev. Andrew Wilson of the Abbey 40 1863 - 1865 667 "Our Friend Sleepeth" : a sermon preached in the Free Church, Lochwinnoch, 12 February 1865, on occasion of the death of the Rev. John G. Cunningham A.M., Lochwinnoch 40 1863 - 1865 690½ Ticket for the sixth annual supper of the 2nd Battalion of the Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers, and presentation of prizes, in the New Drill Hall, Paisley on Friday 8 December 1865 40 1863 - 1865 691 The privilege and duty of praying for a revival of religion : a sermon Second edition preached in Rosemary Street Church, Belfast, on Sabbath 1 January 1865 by the Rev. J. MacNaughtan A.M. 40 1863 - 1865 714½ Ticket for the ball of the second battalion of the Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers, in the New Drill Hall, on Friday 8 December 1865 40 1863 - 1865 715 "Our Friend Sleepeth" : a sermon preached in the Free Church, Lochwinnoch, 12 February 1865, on occasion of the death of the Rev. Robert Smith D.D., by the Rev. John G. Cunningham A.M., Lochwinnoch 40 1863 - 1865 73 Twenty third annual report of the Sabbath School 40 1863 - 1865 740½ Directions for the use of the Digitalis and Squill Combinations for the prevailing type of dysentery 40 1863 - 1865 740¾ Thirty second annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1864 40 1863 - 1865 741 Letter to the electors of the fourth ward from Richard Watson 40 1863 - 1865 742½ The hand of God in the disruption, and the vital importance of Free Church principles : being an address delivered at the opening of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland on 18 May 1865, by James Beg D.D., Moderator

25 February 2020 Page 121 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 40 1863 - 1865 743 Paisley Horticultural Society, 1864 - 1865 : Patrons, office bearers and committee members ; regulations ; competitions ; list of subscribers 40 1863 - 1865 750½ Paisley Abbey Churchyard case, Robertson v James Salmon and others, at Paisley Sheriff Court 40 1863 - 1865 751 Cheap and good gas ; or, A tax by dear gas for corporation purposes : Together with a report of the discussed in a series of letters, with emendations, by a Gas Commissioner Town Council proceedings 40 1863 - 1865 76½ Twelfth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1863 40 1863 - 1865 766½ Article on the late Rev. Andrew Wilson of the Abbey Church 40 1863 - 1865 767 The Decalogue, by John Fraser of Newfield House, near Johnstone 40 1863 - 1865 77 Wilson the ornithologist : a new chapter in his life, by Allan Park Paton Embodying many letters hitherto unpublished 40 1863 - 1865 806 Copy of a letter by the Committee of Millowners and others to the Police Commissioners, and a report submitted to, and unanimously adopted at a meeting of owners and occupants of public works, held at Paisley on 17 December 1863 40 1863 - 1865 806½ Article on the ordination of the Rev. Mr Martin to the High Church 40 1863 - 1865 807 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1862 till 14 May 1863 40 1863 - 1865 818 Copy of a letter by the Committee of Millowners and others to the Police Commissioners, and a report submitted to, and unanimously adopted at a meeting of owners and occupants of public works, held at Paisley on 17 December 1863 40 1863 - 1865 819 Notice by "An Elector" regarding the Police Commissioners 40 1863 - 1865 820 Renfrew County Police : abstract account of receipts and expenditure for And estimates of expenses and the Police Force, from Whitsunday 1863 till Whitsunday 1863 assessments for year from Whitsunday 1863 till Whitsunday 1864 40 1863 - 1865 821 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1863 till 14 May 1864 40 1863 - 1865 832 Address to the £10 householders of Paisley regarding the transfer of powers of the Commissioners' Board to the Town Council

25 February 2020 Page 122 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 40 1863 - 1865 835 Letter to the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley from the Committee of Millowners regarding enforcing payment of the assessment 40 1863 - 1865 836 Music score of "The Kirk o' Kilmacolm" 40 1863 - 1865 837 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1864 till 14 May 1865 40 1863 - 1865 844½ Raising the wind ; or, Habbie Simpson & his wife both dead : as originally Together with the Life and written and spoken by John Andrews, in the Exchange Rooms, Moss Death of Habbie Simpson, the Street famous piper of Kilbarchan, written by Robert Sempill of Belltrees, between the years 1630 and 1640 40 1863 - 1865 845 Notice to the Justices of the Peace for the Paisley District of Renfrewshire to attend a special session to consider and dispose of a petition from the proprietor of the Exchange Rooms, Moss Street, for license to exhibit stage plays 40 1863 - 1865 846 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1864 till 13 May 1865 40 1863 - 1865 846½ On a new remedy for dysentry, by William Kerr, surgeon 40 1863 - 1865 854 Circular by the Committee of Commissioners of Supply for Renfrewshire on Cattle Plague 40 1863 - 1865 856 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1864 till 15 May 1865 40 1863 - 1865 857 Renfrew County Police : abstract account of receipts and expenditure for And estimates and assessments the Police Force, from Whitsunday 1864 till Whitsunday 1865 for year from Whitsunday 1865 till Whitsunday 1866 40 1863 - 1865 858 Statement on the County of Renfrew Road Reform To show how Road Reform, or the Abolition of Tolls, would work in the County of Renfrew were an assessment on Lands and Heritages adopted in lieu of Tolls

25 February 2020 Page 123 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 41 1866 - 1867 1 British Exchequer notes not bearing interest the true "Money of the With a letter to the Chairman, Realm" : being the substance of a speech intended to have been Directors, and members of that delivered at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Glasgow on 9 Institution, by John Crawford January 1866 41 1866 - 1867 110½ Rotation of Presiding Justices of the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District, 1866 41 1866 - 1867 111 Report of a meeting of those engaged in the sanitary visitation of Paisley, From the Paisley and held 7 December 1866 Renfrewshire Gazette of 8 December 1866 41 1866 - 1867 118¼ Statement regarding quarantine of any vessel arriving having any infectious disease or distemper on board 41 1866 - 1867 118½ Notice of a meeting of the Heritors of the Abbey Parish of Paisley on Thursday 8 February 1866 to consider and resolve the proposal of a presentation of a painted window to the Abbey 41 1866 - 1867 119 Conscience : a discourse by the Rev. William Milroy B.A., Penpont 41 1866 - 1867 142½ Ninth annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1864 41 1866 - 1867 143 Report of the Great Union soiree of the Free Church, and the United and From the Paisley and Reformed Presbyterian Churches Renfrewshire Gazette of 10 March 1866 41 1866 - 1867 170½ Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1865 to 14 May 1866 41 1866 - 1867 171 Opinions of the Press etc. on the Dauglish system of aerated bread manufacture versus fermented bread : Dr Dauglish's recently patented apparatus for drawing off the dough, by Robert Kerr 41 1866 - 1867 18½ Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company, to the twentieth Annual General Meeting of the shareholders, 28 March 1865 41 1866 - 1867 19 Rules and regulations of the Glasgow Renfrewshire Society, with list of the members and office-bearers for 1865 - 1866 41 1866 - 1867 194½ Merchant's Society, Paisley : a copy of a memorial with opinion of counsel regarding the mode of the election of new masters

25 February 2020 Page 124 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 41 1866 - 1867 195 Testimonials in favour of the Rev. John C. Murray, for the Chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow 41 1866 - 1867 213 The Decalogue, the Sabbath, and the inspiration of the Bible : addressed to Dr Norman MacLeod and the supporters of his principles in the Glasgow Presbytery, also to the 40 elders and deacons of the Barony Church whose sympathies are with their pastor 41 1866 - 1867 214½ Miss Kibble's Reformatory Institution, Paisley, opened 1 August 1859 : report and accounts, 31 December 1864 41 1866 - 1867 308½ Board of Directors and quarterly committees of the Paisley Infirmary, year commencing 1 April 1866 41 1866 - 1867 309 Programme with words of vocal music to be sung at the annual rehearsal of the St Cecilia Society, Paisley, in the Abercorn Rooms on Monday 23 April 1866 41 1866 - 1867 318½ Fourteenth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1864 41 1866 - 1867 319 Obedience to the temporal powers necessary to salvation, to which is Thomas Lenaghan added The duty of masters and servants to each other, and also The duty that exists between the employer and employed, the whole founded upon scriptural proofs 41 1866 - 1867 330½ Ticket to the seventh annual supper of the 2nd Battalion Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers, and presentation of prizes, in the Drill Hall, Paisley on Friday 28 December 1866 41 1866 - 1867 331 Historical sketch of Abbey Close United Presbyterian Church, Paisley, read at centenary meeting on 3 July 1866 41 1866 - 1867 379 An account of the executions in Scotland for the past 200 years 41 1866 - 1867 385 Paisley Young Men's Christian Association : opening address on the study of antiquities, by Mr A.R. Pollock, Greenhill 41 1866 - 1867 404½ Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1866 till 14 May 1867 41 1866 - 1867 405 Programme of the fourth annual private entertainment at the School of Art, 1867 41 1866 - 1867 408½ Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1866 till 14 May 1867

25 February 2020 Page 125 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 41 1866 - 1867 409 A few thoughts on the immortality of the soul, with extracts from eminent writers, both ancient and modern, on the probable state of departed spirits, compiled by Robert Kerr 41 1866 - 1867 42½ Fifty fourth annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1865 41 1866 - 1867 43 Second annual report of the St Cecilia Society, Paisley 41 1866 - 1867 46½ Ticket for a sermon by Mr C.H. Spurgeon, in the High Church on Thursday Proceeds to be divided between 1 February 1866 the Paisley Infirmary and the College 41 1866 - 1867 47 The evils resulting from licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors : addressed to the Magistrates and Justices of the Peace of Scotland, by a Justice of the Peace, Robert Kerr 41 1866 - 1867 492½ Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1866 till 15 May 1867 41 1866 - 1867 493 A new theory of the cause of tides, by John Culbertson 41 1866 - 1867 504½ Renfrewshire County funds : state of the public accounts of the County of Exclusive of the County Police Renfrew, under the control of the Commissioners of Supply, 1865 - 1866 Assessment, published 20 April 1866 41 1866 - 1867 505 Programme with words of vocal music to be sung at the third annual rehearsal of the St Cecilia Society, Paisley, in the Abercorn Rooms on Tuesday 30 April 1867 41 1866 - 1867 520½ Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1867 till 15 May 1868 41 1866 - 1867 521 List of members of the Grocers' Company of Paisley, 1 November 1867 41 1866 - 1867 534½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1866 till 31 May 1867 41 1866 - 1867 535 Programme of the Paisley Musical Association's production of Handel's grand oratorio of Judas Maccabaeus, in the Abbey on Friday 29 March 1867 41 1866 - 1867 544½ Epistle to William Fulton Esq., Glenfield, from Alexander McGilvray, Including remarks on Tannahill, Glasgow, late of Paisley Rev. Patrick Brewster, Wallace, Bruce, Burns, etc.

25 February 2020 Page 126 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 41 1866 - 1867 545 Free Library and Museum for Paisley : Conversazione and exhibition of Reprinted from the Paisley and the Paisley Philosophical Society in the School of Art Buildings, January Renfrewshire Gazette of 26 1867 January and 2 February 1867 41 1866 - 1867 568½ Twelfth annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1867 41 1866 - 1867 569 Sentimental Jurymen, by the Rev. Charles Marshall 41 1866 - 1867 570½ Paisley Ornithological Association : list of exhibitors at the eleventh annual show on Monday 2 January 1865 41 1866 - 1867 571 Paisley Horticultural Society : schedule of prizes for 1867 ; patrons ; office bearers ; regulations 41 1866 - 1867 578½ Rotation of Presiding Justices of the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District, 1867 41 1866 - 1867 579 Papers of the Greenock Philosophical Society, no.4 : Old church records Being a lecture delivered before of Greenock, touching men, manners, and localities about the year 1700, the Greenock Philosophical by James Rankin A.M. Society on 1 November 1867 41 1866 - 1867 74½ First annual report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association, in connection with the Ladies' Sanitary Association in London 41 1866 - 1867 75 Recent progress of archaeology : an address given at the opening meeting of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, session 1865-66, by John Stuart Esq. 42 1868 1 Religious aspect of the present political struggle : an address to members of the Church of Scotland, delivered in the Abbey Church on 15 November 1868, by the Rev. James Dodds 42 1868 120½ Programme of A night with Tannahill & R.A. Smith at the Baptist Church, Storie Street, on Thursday 19 March 1868 : inauguration of the erection of the monumental tombstone over the remains of the poet Tannahill 42 1868 12½ Thirty third annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1865 42 1868 121 Consecration of the hall of the Lodge "St Mirrin", No.129, in the Masonic Hall, 5 Moss Street, Paisley on Friday 27 March 1868, Colonel Archibald C. Campbell of Blythswood will preside

25 February 2020 Page 127 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 42 1868 124½ Notice to the electors of Paisley who are members of the Church of Scotland, against voting for Mr Crum Ewing 42 1868 125 Report of the "Sneddon Callans" Association for 1868 42 1868 126½ Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1867 till 14 May 1868 42 1868 127 Account of the proceedings at the opening of the Fountain Gardens, presented to the people of Paisley by Thomas Coats Esq., of Ferguslie, and full report of the banquet to Mr Coats 42 1868 13 Testimonials in favour of the Rev. john C. Murray, for the Chair of Logic and Metaphysics in Queen's College, Belfast 42 1868 174½ Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1867 till 14 May 1868 42 1868 175 Appeal by the Baptist Church, Victoria Place, Paisley for assistance to reduce and extinguish the liability of their debt, having recently incurred in the necessary erection of a place of worship 42 1868 175½ Report and accounts, 31 December 1865, of Miss Kibble's Reformatory Institution, opened 1 August 1859 42 1868 177 National education : the religious and secular aspects of the education Being a lecture delivered by the question ; or, In what sense religion can, and in what sense it cannot, be Rev. Robert Stewart of St Mark's excluded from ordinary school instruction, with reference to recent Glasgow, in his own church on 1 public meetings and correspondence March 1868 42 1868 200½ Twentieth annual report of the Paisley Female Schools of Industry, in connection with the Church of Scotland, 1866 42 1868 201 Game keepers and the game laws : a poem, founded on fact, by Alexander McGilvray, Glasgow (late of Paisley), July 1868 42 1868 209 The Irish Church : the wrong and the remedy, by the Rev. George Clark Hutton, Paisley 42 1868 264½ Report to the Paisley Water Works Commissioners by their Committee on additional supply of water, presented 24 September 1866, with appendix

25 February 2020 Page 128 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 42 1868 265 The bramble and the other trees : an election sermon, preached in the Abbey Church of Paisley, 8 November 1868, by the Rev. James C. Lees, Minister of the First Charge of the Abbey Parish 42 1868 276½ Ticket to the ordination of the Rev. Christopher McKune to St George's Parish Church, Paisley, on Friday 17 July 1868, at the George Hotel, William Hodge Esq. in the Chair 42 1868 277 Reform but not destroy the Irish Church ; or, The duty of Protestants in the present crisis, by the Rev. William Fraser, Free Middle Church, Paisley 42 1868 288¼ List of toasts at the dinner on the occasion of the ordination and induction of the Rev. Christopher McKune, to Low Parish, Paisley, at the George Hotel on 17 July 1868 42 1868 288½ Twenty eighth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 8 January 1866, with the minutes of the meeting 42 1868 289 A review of the Rev. William Fraser's speech at the Orange soiree on 6 November 1868, by the Rev. James Brown, St James' Street United Presbyterian Church, Paisley 42 1868 302¼ Article on the Elgin Marbles and our townsman John Henning 42 1868 302½ Lady's admission ticket for the south side platform at the inauguration of the Fountain Gardens, Paisley, 26 May 1868 42 1868 303 Rotation of Presiding Justices of the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District, 1868 42 1868 304½ Election notice to the electors of the town of Paisley by Archibald C. Campbell, Blythswood, Renfrew, 13 October 1868 42 1868 305 Increase of Paisley Water Rates, by whom to be paid : discussed in the With opinions of counsel on the first of a series of letters, by Archibald Gardner and ex-Bailie McKean Gas Question 42 1868 320½ Thirtieth annual report and subscriptions of the Total Abstinence Society, 1866 42 1868 320¾ Programme of a public dinner to Colonel Campbell of Blythswood on Wednesday 23 December 1868 in the Drill Hall, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 129 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 42 1868 321 Catalogue of the library of the late Mr Robert Donald, Session Clerk and Registrar, Paisley, to be sold by auction in the hall of the Artizans' Institution on Monday 27 July 1868 42 1868 340¼ Second Battalion Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers supper and presentation of prizes, Drill Hall, Paisley, on Friday 4 December 1868, Colonel Mure in the Chair 42 1868 340½ Report of the general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1866 42 1868 340¾ Election notice stating reasons for supporting Colonel Campbell 42 1868 341 Harvest seasons and their lessons of praise : being a harvest thanksgiving sermon delivered in the Free South Church, Paisley, on Wednesday 25 November 1868, by the Rev. John Fleming Linn A.M. 42 1868 352½ Election notice in favour of Colonel Campbell, against Mr Crum Ewing and the Rating Clause 42 1868 352¾ Fifteenth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1865 42 1868 353 Valedictory dinner to the Rev. Professor MacGregor of the Free Church Reprinted from the Paisley and College, Edinburgh, late of the Free High Church, Paisley, held in the Renfrewshire Gazette of 31 George Hotel, Paisley on Tuesday 27 October 1868 October 1868 42 1868 36½ Second annual report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association, in connection with the Ladies' Sanitary Association in London 42 1868 367½ Election notice in favour of Colonel Campbell, objections to Mr Crum Ewing and Mr Kintrea 42 1868 37 Seestu and her candidates, a poem 42 1868 376½ List of toasts at a dinner to Thomas Coats Esq. 42 1868 377 Overture on the Eldership : vow enacted as the Law of the Church 42 1868 380½ Invitation to Mr Robert Brown by Lieutenant Colonel Mure and the Officers of the Second Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers, to the annual supper and presentation of prizes in the Drill Hall on Friday 4 December 1868 42 1868 381 A catechism on the Lord's supper, for the use of young communicants and the more advanced classes of Sabbath Schools, by a Sabbath School teacher

25 February 2020 Page 130 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 42 1868 412½ Ticket for a public dinner to Colonel Campbell of Blythswood in the Drill Hall, Paisley on Wednesday 23 December 1868, Robert Brown Esq., of Blythswood Park, in the Chair 42 1868 413 The child's catechism of scripture truth, by Sigma 42 1868 44½ List of toasts at the induction dinner of the Rev. Robert Duncan, 7 May 1868 42 1868 448½ Programme of a Christmas dinner of the Wilson Club, 1868 42 1868 45 "For a' that, an' a' that" : song at the Paisley election in 1868 42 1868 450½ Notice with facts about the Irish Church 42 1868 451 Catalogue of the extensive and valuable library of works which belonged Duncan Keith, auctioneer to the late Alexander Strathern Esq., Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire, to be sold by public auction within saloon, 61 Renfield Street, on Tuesday 22 September and seven following da 42 1868 46½ Invitation card of Miss Keys to the evening assembly in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley on Friday 24 January 1867 42 1868 47 The late Dr Chalmers on the establishment principle and Irish With some forgotten chapters Protestantism, by James Begg D.D. of Free Church history 42 1868 579 Poster announcing the withdrawal of Mr Kintrea from the election, and urging the electors of Paisley to vote for Colonel Campbell 42 1868 78½ Ticket for a dinner to Dr N.F. McLeod at the George Hotel, Paisley on Friday 10 January 1868, ex-Provost Campbell in the Chair 42 1868 79 Chronicles of the North : the history of Abdalla Ben Hassan and his ass 42 1868 80½ Tenth annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1865 42 1868 81 Lectures on Protestant non-conformists : John Milton, by the Rev. William Graham 43 1869 1 Public dinner to Colonel Campbell of Blythswood in the Drill Hall, Paisley, From the Paisley and on Wednesday 23 December 1868 Renfrewshire Gazette of 26 December 1868

25 February 2020 Page 131 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 43 1869 112½ List of toasts at the banquet of the Citizens of Glasgow in honour of the Right Honourable Lord Stanley M.P., Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, in the City Hall, Glasgow on Friday 2 April 1869 43 1869 113 Biographical sermons preached in Paisley Abbey, second series, vol.7 : The merchant, Robert Brown, by the Rev. J.D. Stewart, Minister of the Martyrs' Church 43 1869 134½ Programme of the public banquet in the Drill Hall, Paisley on Tuesday 27 April 1869, on occasion of laying the memorial stone of the Free Library and Museum 43 1869 135 What voluntary liberality has done and left undone for Ministers of the Containing correspondence with Second edition Free Church of Scotland, with reference to recent exaggerations in the the Earl of Dalhousie and House of Commons and elsewhere additional observations by the Rev. James McNaught, Maitland Free Church, Glasgow, and with a preface and prefatory note to the second edition by James Begg D.D., Edinburgh 43 1869 18½ Invitation to the public dinner to Colonel Campbell of Blythswood in the Drill Hall, Paisley, on Wednesday 23 December 1868, Robert Brown Esq., of Underwood Park, in the Chair 43 1869 19 Rules of the Association for the purpose of emigrating to Canada and North America 43 1869 192 Notice of a new weekly local paper, the Paisley and Renfrewshire Standard, a literary and commercial advertiser, to be published from Saturday 1 May 1869 43 1869 198 Letter to the representatives of the Second Ward in the Town Council of Paisley by John Anderson 43 1869 199 Soiree and presentation to Rev. Dr Burns of Toronto, formerly of St From the Paisley and George's and Free St George's, Paisley, in Free St George's Church, Renfrewshire Gazette of 3 July Paisley, on Tuesday 29 June 1869 1869 43 1869 22½ Subscription sale of violins, etc., the property of the late Robert Christie, musician, for the benefit of his widow and children, to take place in Mr John McKenzie's Hall, St Mirren Street, on 4 December 1868

25 February 2020 Page 132 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 43 1869 226½ Ticket for the first annual excursion of the workers of Messrs Robert Brown & Son, on Saturday 19 June 1869 43 1869 227 Statement of the intromissions of the Church door collections of the High Church, for the year ending 31 December 1868, and extract of minutes of meeting of session held on 26 January 1869 43 1869 23 First annual report of the Paisley Abstainers' Union, 1869 43 1869 234½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1868 till 31 May 1869 43 1869 235 Testimonials in favour of Joseph Coats M.B., candidate for the Office of Pathologist to the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow 43 1869 246½ Menu of the public dinner of the Highland & Agricultural Society in the Masonic Hall, George Street, on 28 July 1869 43 1869 247 The sleep of Lazarus : a discourse preached in the Parish Church of Renfrew on 10 January 1869, being the Sunday following the burial of the late Captain Speirs of Elderslie, M.P. for Renfrewshire, by Hugh Aird, Minister of Neilston 43 1869 262½ Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1868 till 15 May 1869 43 1869 264 Paisley Infirmary, year commencing 1 April 1869 : Board of Directors and Committees 43 1869 267 Rotation of Presiding Justices of the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District, 1869 43 1869 268½ Notice to the electors of Paisley in favour of Colonel Campbell 43 1869 269 Am I my brother's keeper? : a sermon preached in aid of the funds of the Hornbrook Ragged Schools Association, in Chalmers' Church, Melbourne on Sunday 22 August 1869, by the Rev. Peter S. Menzies M.A., one of the Ministers of the Scots' Church, Melbourne 43 1869 284½ Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1868 till 14 May 1869 43 1869 285 Lorne and Louise : a Republican rhyme, by a Working Man Dedicated to our Scottish representatives in Parliament

25 February 2020 Page 133 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 43 1869 290½ Highland and Agricultural Society, Edinburgh Show, 1869 : List of toasts at the President's dinner in the Masonic Hall, 28 July 1869 43 1869 291 A selection from the songs of Tannahill, specially arranged for part singing 43 1869 306½ Programme of the annual dinner of the Renfrewshire Agricultural Society, 3 June 1869 43 1869 307 Mercy in an early death : a sermon preached in the Parish Church of Renfrew, 10 January 1869, on the occasion of the death of Captain Speirs of Elderslie, M.P. for Renfrewshire, by the Rev. Robert Stephen M.A., Minister of Renfrew 43 1869 338½ Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1868 till 14 May 1869 43 1869 339 House overcrowding and mortality in Glasgow, by William Holms 43 1869 35 Biographical sermons preached in Paisley Abbey, second series, vol.1 : The Scottish Churchman, Professor Robertson, by the Rev. James Dodds, one of the Ministers of the Abbey Parish 43 1869 36½ Lord Palmerston on the present crisis of the admission of Roman Catholics into Parliament 43 1869 366½ Invitation to Mr Brown by Lieutenant Colonel Mure and the Officers of the Second Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers to the annual supper and presentation of prizes, in the Drill Hall on Friday 10 December 1869 43 1869 367 The good fight : a sermon preached in the Presbyterian Church, Gould Street, Toronto, on 22 August 1869, on occasion of the death of the Rev. Robert Burns D.D., Professor of Church History in Knox College, by Rev. John M. King M.A. 43 1869 390½ Paisley Burgh Police, Superintendent's return for the year ending 29 September 1869 43 1869 391 Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Mr Alexander Weddell, Cross, William Stewart, Auctioneer, 4 paisley, to be sold in the hall of the Artizans' Institution, Paisley from Moss Street, Paisley Tuesday 2nd till Thursday 11 February 1869 43 1869 437 Report of the "Sneddon Callans" Association for 1869 43 1869 438¼ Mirren, Paisley's choice : a poem

25 February 2020 Page 134 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 43 1869 438½ Notice to the municipal electors of the Burgh of Paisley by the Committee of the Paisley Branch of the Scottish National Reform League, James Wilson, Chairman 43 1869 438¾ & 517A good wish for the New Year : a letter to Sabbath scholars from a teacher 43 1869 439 Irish Church Bill : speech of the Rev. G.C. Hutton at a public meeting, held From the Paisley and in the Old Low Church, Paisley, on Monday 19 July 1869, Sir Peter Coats Renfrewshire Gazette 24 July in the Chair 1869 43 1869 450½ Invitation by Robert Brown, Chairman, to attend a meeting of the To consider the propriety of subscribers to the High Church manse fund, to be held in the Session purchasing the property in house of the High Church on Tuesday 24 March 1868 Oakshaw Street belonging to Mr Robert Houston 43 1869 451 Shadows lost in sunshine : notes on the death of Jessie H. Stewart, by the Rev. William Fraser, Free Middle Church 43 1869 476½ Invitation by Robert Brown to attend a meeting in the County Hotel on Tuesday 8 December 1868, to consider and decide as to the propriety of entertaining Colonel Campbell of Blythswood at a public dinner 43 1869 477 Minutes of the High Church congregational meeting, Friday 5 February 1869 43 1869 481 Death made tributary to the glory of God : a sermon preached in Gould On occasion of the death of the Street Presbyterian Church, Toronto on Sabbath 22 August 1869, by Rev. Dr Burns, Professor of Michael Willis D.D., LL.D, Principal of the College Church History in Knox College 43 1869 516½ An Electoric 43 1869 52¼ Letter by Archibald Gardner to the editor of the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette regarding the Cross Steeple and widening of High Street 43 1869 52½ Honorary Members ticket for the Paisley Musical Association for session 1868-69 43 1869 53 Biographical sermons preached in Paisley Abbey, second series, vol.2 : The preacher, Robertson of Brighton, by the Rev. John Martin, Minister of the High Parish 43 1869 540½ Sketch of the grand ceremony of laying the memorial stone with masonic Presented as a memorial of the honours of the Paisley Free Library and Museum by the Rt. Hon. The Earl occasion by the Paisley and of Dalhousie, 27 April 1869, the gift of Peter Coats Esq. of Woodside Renfrewshire Gazette

25 February 2020 Page 135 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 43 1869 541 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society, catalogue of stock for exhibition at the Paisley show on Thursday 3 June 1869 43 1869 552½ Copy of Roll of Registered Poor chargeable to the Abbey Parish of Paisley as at 14 October 1869 43 1869 553 Catalogue of the Culter Maynes' Library, the valuable collection of rare books, the property of the late Adam Sim Esq., of Culter, to be sold by auction by Mr T. Chapman on Wednesday 31 March 1869 and six following days at 11 Hanover Street, Edinburgh 43 1869 670½ Twenty third annual report of the Paisley Female Schools of Industry, in connection with the Church of Scotland, 1868 43 1869 74½ List of toasts for the banquet in honour of the Honourable Reverdy Johnson, United States Minister, in the Corporation Galleries, Glasgow on Wednesday 10 February 1869 43 1869 75 Biographical sermons preached in Paisley Abbey, second series, vol.5 : The noble, Lord Haddo, by the Rev. James Douglas, Minister of Linwood Church 43 1869 94½ Invitation to the banquet of the Citizens of Glasgow in honour of the Right Honourable Lord Stanley M.P., Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, in the City Hall, Glasgow on Friday 2 April 1869 43 1869 95 Biographical sermons preached in Paisley Abbey, second series, vol.6 : The soldier, Havelock, by the Rev. Robert Duncan, Minister of the Middle Parish 44 1870 1 Eighty fourth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary & Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1869 44 1870 120 Epistle to William Fulton Esq. of Glenfield, from Alexander McGilvray, Including remarks on Tannahill, Second edition with Glasgow, late of Paisley Rev. Patrick Brewster, Wallace, additions Bruce, Burns, and on the City, Artizans', and cotton lords of Glasgow 44 1870 132 The union movement : the late debate on union in the Free Presbytery of An editorial article in the Paisley Paisley and Renfrewshire Standard of 26 November 1870 44 1870 141 Template letter to the Moderator of the Presbytery

25 February 2020 Page 136 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 44 1870 142 Remarks on the new Gas Bill for Paisley, by Robert Brown, Underwood Park, Paisley 44 1870 161 Meeting of the General Session regarding funds to increase Ministers' stipends 44 1870 162 Annual meeting of the Congregation of the High Church, 1866 : Church door collection scheme 44 1870 163 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1869 till 14 May 1870 44 1870 171 Paisley Livingstone Co-Operative Building Society : formed to address the lack of dwelling houses due to demolition for street improvements 44 1870 172 Rules of the Glasgow Paisley Association 44 1870 180 Rules and regulations for the management of the Paisley Florist Society, instituted 1782 44 1870 184 Nineteenth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1869 44 1870 199 List of subscriptions for the testimonial to Mr Matthew Erskine 44 1870 201 Fourteenth annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1870 44 1870 209 Arrangements for Session 1870 - 1871 of the Paisley Musical Association, with a list of subscribers 44 1870 213 Thirty seventh annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1869 44 1870 220 Rules and regulations of the Rowbank Angling Club, Paisley, agreed to at a special meeting of members, held 10 October 1870 44 1870 224 Twenty first annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1858 44 1870 228 Twenty seventh annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1864 44 1870 232 Thirty second annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1870 44 1870 235 Twenty second annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1859 44 1870 239 Twentieth annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1857 44 1870 242 Standing Orders of the Paisley Water Works

25 February 2020 Page 137 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 44 1870 246 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Water Works, from 28 May 1869 to 28 May 1870 44 1870 251 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 30 November 1869 to 30 November 1870 44 1870 254 Paisley Burgh Police Superintendent's return for the year ending 31 December 1870 44 1870 255 Abstract accounts, charge and discharge, of the intromissions of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley, for the year from 15 May 1869 to 15 May 1870 44 1870 262 Notice to electors to attend at meeting in the Gaelic Church, Oakshaw Street, to vote for the adoption of the General Police Act, to transfer the management of Police matters to the Town Council 44 1870 263 Abstract accounts, charge and discharge, of the Town Council of Paisley and Burgh Road Trustees, from 30 September 1869 to 30 September 44 1870 277 Report of abstract of accounts, 31 December 1870 for Miss Kibble's Reformatory Institution, Paisley, opened 1 August 1859 44 1870 292 Making a road to hell : a petition raised by William Sennatt of Glasgow with the Clerk of the Peace for Renfrewshire, to grant him a license to exhibit stage plays in the Abercorn Street theatre 44 1870 296 Prospectus for the Session 1869 - 1870 of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, under the management of the Provost, Magistrates, Town Council, and a Committee of subscribers to the erection of the Academy buildings 44 1870 302 Ninth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Reclamation of Fallen Women, 1870 44 1870 32 Report for 1870 of the "Sneddon Callans" Association 44 1870 32½ A souvenir of respect to the Brothers Coats, Paisley, 1 October 1870 44 1870 324 Catalogue of the rare and valuable library which belonged to the late John Dunn, writer, Paisley. Being sold by auctioneer Duncan Keith, 61 Renfield Street, Glasgow

25 February 2020 Page 138 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 44 1870 33 Annual examination of pupils of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, 17 June 1870 44 1870 34 Prospectus for session 1869-70 of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy 44 1870 40 Issue one of the Glasgow and Paisley Spyglass, illustrative of the comical, the tragical, and the picturesque, Saturday 9 June 44 1870 41 Report of the eighteenth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 19 July 1870 44 1870 588 State of the public accounts of the County of Renfrew, under the control of the Commissioners of Supply, 1869 - 1870 44 1870 594 Library of the late John Dunn Esq : catalogue of the Paisley books, and a Duncan Keith, Auctioneer variety of miscellaneous literature, to be sold by public auction in the lecture hall of the Artizans' Institution, Paisley, on Monday 25 April, and two following evenings 44 1870 60 Thirty second annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 10 January 1870, with the minutes of the meeting 44 1870 626 Catalogue of the Barrhead Mechanics' Institution Library, opened in April 1825 44 1870 63 Board of Health notice to the inhabitants of Paisley regarding the prevention of the spread of cholera 44 1870 65 Thirty fourth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, with a list of subscriptions and abstract of income and expenditure 44 1870 653 Supplementary catalogue of the Barrhead Mechanics' Institution Library 44 1870 657 Catalogue of books in the Kilbarchan Library, April 1859 44 1870 680 Catalogue of the Congregational Library of the High Church, Paisley 44 1870 704 Sermon and address delivered 11 August 1805 to the West Stirlingshire Volunteer Legion, then upon permanent duty at Stirling, by James Couper D.D., Professor of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow, and Chaplain to the Legion

25 February 2020 Page 139 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 44 1870 73 Verses on the death of William Fulton Esq., who died at his mansion at Glenfield on the 3 November 1868, in the 68th year of his age, written by John MacGregor, Kilbarchan 44 1870 730 Thirtieth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 13 January 1868, with the minutes of the meeting 44 1870 737 Eighth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Reclamation of Fallen Women, 1869 44 1870 75 Fifth annual report of the Paisley Infirmary Dorcas Society, 1869 - 1870 44 1870 755 Report of the sixty first general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1869 44 1870 771 Fifty eighth annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1869 44 1870 779 Thirty sixth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1868 44 1870 787 Fifth annual report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association 44 1870 799 Paisley Ornithological Association : list of exhibitors at the fourteenth annual exhibition on Wednesday 1st & Thursday 2nd January 1868 44 1870 824 Paisley Ornithological Association : list of exhibitors at the fifteenth annual exhibition on Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd January 1869 44 1870 848 Prospectus of the Paisley Abstainers' Union 44 1870 87 The Union Right in Principle : a report of the speeches delivered on this Speeches by the Rev. John Extracted from the Paisley question in the Free Presbytery of Paisley, on Wednesday 2 November Thomson, Free St George's ; and Renfrewshire Gazette of 1870 Rev. J.B. Sturrock, Free High ; 5 November 1870 Rev. Alex. Mackintosh, Free Gaelic ; Daniel Richmond Esq. M.D. ; Rev. David Stewart of 45 1870 1 Paisley Ornithological Association : notice of the sixteenth annual exhibition and competition open to the United Kingdom, on Saturday 1st & Monday 3rd January 1870, in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley 45 1870 103 Report of the sixty first general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1869

25 February 2020 Page 140 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 45 1870 119 Nineteenth annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1856 45 1870 119½ Invitation from the Provost and Magistrates to Robert Brown for a dinner in the George Hotel on Friday 22 July 1870, on occasion of the transfer of the Gas Works to the Corporation 45 1870 121 Report by the deputation appointed by the Board of Police of Glasgow to visit the city of and various towns in England, as to sanitary matters 45 1870 138½ Was Havelock a "Christian Soldier", or Is the soldier's trade compatible An enquiry suggested on reading Profits of sale for benefit of with true Christian principles? the lecture delivered in Paisley Infirmary Abbey by the Rev. Robert Duncan, Minister of the Middle Parish, on "The Soldier : Havelock", on Sunday evening, 13 December 1869, by Philo Humanitatus 45 1870 139 Sketch of a view of Paisley Cross 45 1870 140 Sketch of a front view of the High Church of Paisley, erected 1756 45 1870 141 Report to the Paisley Water Works Commissioners, by their Committee on additional supply of water, presented 24 September 1866, with appendix 45 1870 154½ Invitation from the Interim Committee of the New Club, 46 Renfield Street, Glasgow, to Robert Brown to view the Club House on Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 August 1870 45 1870 155 Central Protestant Defence Association for Ireland, occasional paper no.2 : Mr Gladstone's consistency! 45 1870 158½ Letter by John Crawford regarding the Paisley Corporation Gas Bill, and Provost Murray's statement 45 1870 159 Increase of the Paisley Water Rates, by whom to be paid : discussed in a Second edition first and second series of letters by Archibald Gardner and ex-Baillie McKean

25 February 2020 Page 141 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 45 1870 175 Letter to the electors of Paisley who are members of the Church of With a letter from a Churchman Scotland against voting for Mr Crum Ewing quoting Mr Crum Ewing's comments on the matter at a meeting held in the Rifle Hall on 29 July 1868 45 1870 175½ The appeal of Archibald Hutchison, Fairhill, Paisley, one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Renfrew, to recall the New Public House certificate granted to William Bennett 45 1870 176 Philosophical Society : science and art instruction in connection with the Extracted from the Paisley & Free Library and Museum Renfrewshire Gazette, 30 October 1869 45 1870 187½ Ticket to the laying of the Memorial Stone of the Paisley Free Library and Museum for the central platform, west end 45 1870 188 Letter by the Ministers of Abbey Parish, Middle Parish, and North Church regarding raising funds for the Endowment of the North Church 45 1870 189 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1869 till 14 May 1870 45 1870 198 Four strictures on Provost Murray's Gas Bill, by Archibald Gardner, Nethercommon 45 1870 2 Paisley Ornithological Association : list of exhibitors at the sixteenth annual show on Saturday 1st & Monday 3rd January 1870 45 1870 22 Nineteenth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1869 45 1870 230 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 31 May 1869 till 31 May 1870 45 1870 240½ Notice to the Heritors of the Abbey Parish regarding a circular by certain members of the Parochial Board Committee following a letter requesting mandates 45 1870 241 Tannahill and R.A. Smith : extract from report of meeting held on 19 From the Paisley and March 1868 Renfrewshire Gazette 45 1870 242 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the twenty- fifth Annual General Meeting of the shareholders, 29 March 1870

25 February 2020 Page 142 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 45 1870 250 Letter from Daniel Richmond regarding the formation of an Archaeological Society 45 1870 251 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : catalogue of stock for exhibition at the Paisley Show on Thursday 2 June 1870 45 1870 261½ Invitation to the banquet in honour of Sir Peter Coats, on occasion of the grant by him to the town of Paisley of the Free Library and Museum buildings, in the Abercorn Rooms on Wednesday 28 September 1870 45 1870 262 Twenty fourth annual report of the Paisley Female Schools of Industry, in connection with the Church of Scotland, 1869 45 1870 266 Fifth annual report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association, in connection with the Ladies' Sanitary Association in London 45 1870 278 Paisley Corporation Water Works : special rates and charges, and terms and conditions on which water is supplied by meter, as well as without meter, for other than domestic purposes, on and after 28 May 1864 45 1870 280 United prayer in the present crisis of the Union Question, being the substance of an address delivered in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Paisley, on 2 May 1870, by the Rev. John Thomson, of Free St George's 45 1870 287½ List of toasts made at the banquet in honour of Sir Peter Coats in the Abercorn Rooms on the 28 September 1870 45 1870 288 Reports of the Missionary Association and Dorcas Society in connection with the High Parish Church, Paisley, for the year ending 15 April 1870 45 1870 291½ Menu of the meal in honour of Sir Peter Coats in the Abercorn Rooms on the 28 September 1870 45 1870 292 Observations on the Glasgow, Paisley, and Ardrossan Canal, and the harbour at Ardrossan 45 1870 312 The Protector, or Paisley Penny Paper, No.1, Volume 1, Friday 17 Case of the Paisley Steeple September 1869 45 1870 312½ Programme of the dinner on occasion of the inauguration of the New Water Works, Paisley, 13 April 1870 45 1870 313 First annual report of the Paisley Society for the Blind, being for the year 1859 - 1860

25 February 2020 Page 143 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 45 1870 320 Notice to the electors of the town of Paisley by Archibald C. Campbell stating his intention to come forward as a candidate 45 1870 321 Turkish proverbs translated into English 45 1870 353 A review of the Rev. William Fraser's speech at the Orange soiree 45 1870 365 Notice to the electors of Paisley by Colonel Campbell regarding Mr Crum Ewing and the rating clause 45 1870 366 Report of the seventeenth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 16 July 1869 45 1870 38 The Wife o' Dalry, by Andrew Aitken 45 1870 38½ Toasts at the dinner of the Glasgow Renfrewshire Society, Abercorn Rooms, Paisley, Wednesday 19 January 1870 45 1870 381 Notice to the electors of Paisley by Colonel Campbell of Blythswood regarding objections to Mr Crum Ewing and Mr Kintrea 45 1870 382 Thirty first annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 11 January 1869, with the minutes of the meeting 45 1870 39 The Church of Ireland : a plea in defence, by the Rev. George Campbell, Minister of Eastwood 45 1870 390 Notice to the electors of Paisley regarding reasons for supporting Colonel Campbell 45 1870 391 Reports and accounts, 31 December 1868, of Miss Kibble's Reformatory Institution, Paisley, opened 1 August 1859 45 1870 406 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year, from 15 May 1868 till 15 May 1869 45 1870 407 Thirty third annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, with list of subscriptions and abstract of income and expenditure 45 1870 416 Abstract accounts, charge and discharge, of the Town Council of Paisley and Burgh Road Trustees, from 30 September 1868 to 30 September 45 1870 430 Annual Herring and Potato Dinner at Renfrew From the Edinburgh Chronicle of 31 August 1844

25 February 2020 Page 144 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 45 1870 431 1870 - 1871 Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley ; Water, Gas, and Police Commissioners ; Road, Burgh, and Cart Navigation Trustees ; Committees, etc. 45 1870 432 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1868 till 14 May 1869 45 1870 440 The Inquisitor, No.1 : containing animadversions on the two first numbers of The Wayfarer, by A Player 45 1870 456 Thirty second annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, 1867 - 1868 45 1870 464½ List of toasts at the Incorporation of Old Weavers in Paisley's annual dinner in the George Hotel on Wednesday 26 October 1870 45 1870 465 Conversazione and exhibition of the Paisley Philosophical Society in the Reprinted from the School of Art buildings, January 1867 Renfrewshire Gazette of 26 January and 2 February 1867 45 1870 489 The late Mr John MacGregor of Kilbarchan Reprinted from the Paisley Herald of 18 June 1870 45 1870 496 J. Dobbie's catalogue of choice seeds and flowers for 1870 45 1870 511 Contract of co-partnership of the Paisley Cemetery Company, instituted 28 March 1845 45 1870 532½ Invitation from Lieutenant Colonel Mure and the Officers of the Second Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers for Mr Robert Brown to attend the annual supper and presentation of prizes in the Drill Hall on Friday 16 December 1870 45 1870 533 Colquhoun's Closets ; or, The dry and ventilating system, in lieu of the Addressed to Her Majesty's present water closet and sewage system, by John Colquhoun River Pollution Commissioners 45 1870 549 Plan of Colquhoun's Closets 45 1870 550 An address delivered by William Elder on Monday 7 March 1870, at the soiree of the Eclectic Mutual Improvement Class, meeting in the Trades' Hall, Paisley, J.S. Mitchell in the Chair 45 1870 563 Rules and catalogue of books in the Houston and Killallan Library, Rules, as revised and amended instituted 1824 at a general meeting of the members on 5 July 1860

25 February 2020 Page 145 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 45 1870 575 Catalogue of books in the Houston and Killallan Library, instituted 1824 Managers for 1862 - 1863 45 1870 579 Catalogue of books belonging to the Paisley Canal Street United Presbyterian Church Library, instituted 1815, re-modelled 1835 45 1870 59 Report by the Committee of Management of the Paisley Society for the Blind, instituted 1859 45 1870 619 Catalogue of St George's Parish Church Congregational Library, Paisley, instituted 1829 45 1870 62½ Ticket for the second annual excursion of the workers of Messrs Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie & Shortroods, Saturday 18 June 1870 45 1870 63 Testimonials in favour of Charles Walker Stewart, Lieutenant of Police, Paisley 45 1870 643 Thirty first annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, 1867 45 1870 651 Sixteenth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1866 45 1870 666 Eleventh annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1866 45 1870 678 Third annual report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association, in connection with the Ladies' Sanitary Association in London 45 1870 691 Thirty fourth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1866 45 1870 699 Twenty ninth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 14 January 1867, with the minutes of the meeting 45 1870 707 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the twenty second Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders, 26 March 1867 45 1870 711 Report of the general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1867 45 1870 729 Thirty fifth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1867 45 1870 737 Fourth annual report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association, in connection with the Ladies' Sanitary Association in London 45 1870 74 The power of littles : a New Year address to the young, by the Rev. Andrew G. Fleming, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 146 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 45 1870 748 Twenty second annual report of the Paisley Female Schools of Industry, in connection with the Church of Scotland, 1867 45 1870 752 Seventeenth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1867 45 1870 767 Report of the sixtieth general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1868 45 1870 779 Report of the Paisley Infirmary Dorcas Society, 1868 45 1870 787 Paisley Burgher Session House, 3 February 1815 : proposal of forming a small Congregational Library 45 1870 791 Catalogue of books belonging to the Associate Congregation of Abbey Close, Paisley 45 1870 807 Rotation of presiding Justices of the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District, 1870 45 1870 809 Thirtieth annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1867 45 1870 813 Thirty first annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1869 45 1870 817 Twenty eighth annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1865 45 1870 821 Twenty fifth annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1862 45 1870 825 Twenty fourth annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1861 45 1870 829 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Gas Light Commissioners, from 30 May 1867 till 30 May 1868 45 1870 837 Eighteenth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1868 46 1871 1 Letter on Sabbath drinking by the secretary of the Total Abstinence Society, Paisley 46 1871 101 Lady's ticket to the reception and conversazione at the inauguration of the Paisley Free Library and Museum, Tuesday 11 April, 1871 46 1871 102 Standing orders of the Parochial Board of Paisley 46 1871 106 Tenth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Reclamation of Fallen Women, 1871

25 February 2020 Page 147 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 46 1871 128 A series of four letters in opposition to the erection of the proposed new Reprinted from the Paisley and Lunatic Asylum for the Burgh of Paisley, and in favour of the Renfrewshire Gazette amalgamation of the Burgh and Abbey Parochial Boards, by an old manager 46 1871 140 Report of the meeting of the Burgh Parochial Board, held on Wednesday Reprinted from the Paisley and 20 April , 1871 Renfrewshire Gazette 46 1871 148 Letter from Robert Brown to the editor of the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette, regarding the proposed new Lunatic Asylum 46 1871 152 Correspondence regarding the new Lunatic Asylum 46 1871 153 Proposed new Lunatic Asylum : strictures on the statements of the minority in the Committee of the Burgh Parochial Board, appointed to report on Asylum accommodation, by Robert Brown, Underwood Park 46 1871 169 Letter by Robert Brown regarding the proposed new Lunatic Asylum From the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 46 1871 173 Lunatic Asylum accommodation : strictures scrutinised, by the minority 46 1871 18 Prospectus for Session 1870 - 71 of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, under the management of the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council, and a Committee of Subscribers to the erection of the Academy Buildings 46 1871 183 Statement by Greenock Parochial Board regarding Asylum accommodation 46 1871 190 Paisley Parochial Board :- 1. Report of special committee on improved asylum accommodation ; 2. Report by Mr John Brown and other members of the aforesaid committee ; 3. Inspector's report 46 1871 218 Letter to the editor of the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette regarding the Parochial Asylum and Management 46 1871 219 Twentieth annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1870 46 1871 235½ Ticket for the third annual excursion of the workers of Messrs Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie & Shortroods, on Saturday 17 June 1871 46 1871 236 Eighty fifth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary for the year ending 31 December 1870

25 February 2020 Page 148 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 46 1871 268 Lady's banquet ticket for the centenary celebration of Sir Walter Scott, in the Coffee Room, Paisley, on Tuesday 15 August 1871 46 1871 269 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 31 May 1870 till 29 May 1871 46 1871 274 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 30 November 1870 to 30 November 1871 46 1871 277 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1870 till 14 May 1871 46 1871 28 Sixtieth annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1871 46 1871 285 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Parliamentary Trustees of the Burgh of Paisley, from 30 September 1870 to 30 September 1871 46 1871 288 Gentleman's banquet ticket for the centenary celebration of Sir Walter Scott, in the Coffee Room, Paisley, on Tuesday 15 August 1871 46 1871 289 Notes for the District Board of Lunacy of the County of Renfrew, with an appendix of documents 46 1871 3 Gentleman's ticket for the evening assembly in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley, on Friday 20 January 1871 46 1871 321 Programme of the centenary celebration of Sir Walter Scott, in the Coffee Room, Paisley, on Tuesday 15 August 1871 46 1871 322 Catalogue of the loan exhibition in commemoration of Sir Walter Scott, at Edinburgh in the Galleries of the Royal Scottish Academy, National Gallery, in July and August 1871 46 1871 36 Statement of the managers of Paisley Infirmary soliciting a continuance of the support of the working classes receiving relief from the Institution 46 1871 38 Twenty fifth annual report of the Paisley Female Schools of Industry, in connection with the Church of Scotland, 1870 46 1871 381 Paisley Corporation Water Works, table of rates and charges 46 1871 393 Municipal affairs of the Burgh of Paisley, with reference especially to redemption of Burgh Property, re-erection of Cross Steeple, erection of Town Hall and Municipal Offices, widening of High Street and other streets, etc., by John Crawford

25 February 2020 Page 149 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 46 1871 4 & 14 Meeting of representatives of the Church regarding the proposed new Reprinted from the Paisley Burgh Bill Herald of 11 November 1871 46 1871 409 The Reptile Tumuli of Britain and America : the Great Serpent Mound at Also Exhibition of Early British Loch Nell, Argyllshire (with an illustration), by Miss Constance F. Gordon Pottery at the Institute of British Cumming Architecture, London, by J.S. Phené Esq. 46 1871 42 Report of the sixty second general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution, 1870 - 1871 46 1871 427 Archaeological antiquities in Argyllshire, from the Times, 17 October 1871 46 1871 429 The London Mirror, a weekly journal of National Institutions, No.457, 10 February 1872 : "Serpent Worship" in Britain 46 1871 430 The London Mirror, a weekly journal of National Institutions, No.487, 31 August 1872 : "Serpent Worship" in Britain 46 1871 432 Oxford Architectural & Historical Society, from the Oxford Journal, 2 March 1872 46 1871 433 Serpent Tumuli : lecture delivered by J.S. Phené Esq., delivered under the Reprinted from the Western auspices of the Philosophical Institution in the Free Library, Paisley, 7 Standard of 9 December 1871 December 1871 46 1871 434 Paisley Florists' Society : additional medals to be competed for 46 1871 435 Paisley Florists' Society schedule of prizes for 1871, and dates for the exhibitions in Morrison's New Hall, 11 High Street 46 1871 441 Preparation for the Lord's Table, by the Rev. George Campbell, Minister of Eastwood 46 1871 481 Sixth annual report of the Paisley Infirmary Dorcas Society, 1870 - 1871 46 1871 490 Twenty sixth annual report of the Paisley Female Schools of Industry, in connection with the Church of Scotland, 1871 46 1871 494 The "Photographer" photographed : a rejected "Echo", from the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette, by Free Lance Secundus 46 1871 500 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association, for 1869 - 1870, and 1870 - 1871

25 February 2020 Page 150 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 46 1871 513 Fifteenth annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1871 46 1871 523 Catalogue of valuable library of books in general literature, extensive and Auctioneer - James Reid unique collection of the literature of Renfrewshire, to be sold at auction in Anderson's Hall, 5 St Mirren Street on Monday 27, Tuesday 28, and Wednesday 29 March, 1871 46 1871 537 Rules and regulations of the Rowbank Angling Club, Paisley, as agreed to at a special meeting of members, held on 10 October 1870 46 1871 541 Remarks on the Scotch Education Bill, by a Parish Minister 46 1871 553 Tenant Right in Tipperary, by Tague O'Flannigan Reprinted from the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 46 1871 584 Illustration - The Gospel of Peace : lectures on religious earnestness 46 1871 585 Illustration - The Gospel of Strife 46 1871 586 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1870 till 15 May 1871 46 1871 588 Census of Paisley for 1871 46 1871 589 Report of the "Sneddon Callans" Association for 1871 46 1871 592 Abstract accounts, charge and discharge, of the intromissions of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley for the year from 15 May 1870 to 15 May 1871 46 1871 599 Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley ; Water, Gas, and Police Commissioners ; Road, Burgh, and Cart Navigation Trustees ; Committees ; for the year 1871 - 1872 46 1871 6 Thirty fifth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, with list of subscriptions and abstract of income and expenditure 46 1871 600 Abstract accounts, charge and discharge, of the Town Council of Paisley and Burgh Road Trustees, from 30 September 1870 to 30 September 46 1871 614 Rotation of Presiding Justices of the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District, for 1871

25 February 2020 Page 151 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 46 1871 615 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Water Works, from 28 May 1870 to 28 May 1871 46 1871 620 Report and abstract of accounts, 31 December 1870, of Miss Kibble's Reformatory Institution, Paisley, opened 1 August 1859 46 1871 635 Report of the nineteenth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 20 July 1871 46 1871 653 Report of the High Church Dorcas Society for the year ending in November 1871 46 1871 655 Invitation to Mr Brown to the Evening Assembly 1871, in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 8 December 1871 46 1871 657 Catalogue of books in the congregational library of the United Presbyterian Church, Kilbarchan 46 1871 66 Thirty third annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 9 January 1871, with the minutes of the meeting 46 1871 674 Certificates regarding the quality of fire bricks etc., manufactured by Sketches of Robert Brown & Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley Son's Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley 46 1871 683 Classified catalogue of the books in Free St George's congregational library, Paisley 46 1871 713 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : Catalogue of stock for exhibition at the Paisley Show on Thursday 1 June 1871 46 1871 725 Thirty third annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1871 46 1871 728 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 31 May 1870 till 29 May 1871 46 1871 733 Report of the sixty second general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1870-1871 46 1871 74 Thirty eighth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1870 46 1871 756 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1870 till 14 May 1871

25 February 2020 Page 152 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 46 1871 82 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the twenty sixth Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders, 28 March 1871 46 1871 86 Platform ticket for the inauguration of the Paisley Free Library and Museum, Tuesday 11 April 1871 46 1871 87 A series of five letters in opposition to the erection of the proposed new Reprinted from the Paisley and lunatic asylum for the Burgh of Paisley, and in favour of the Renfrewshire Gazette amalgamation of the Burgh and Abbey Parochial Boards, by an old Manager 47 1872 1 Paisley Ornithological Association eighteenth annual exhibition and competition, open to the United Kingdom, Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 January 1872, in the Drill Hall, High Street 47 1872 100½ Election of Managers of the Poor for the Middle Parish of Paisley : card asking ratepayers to vote for gentlemen who are opposed to the erection of a new Lunatic Asylum 47 1872 101 Prospectus for the Paisley Grammar School and Academy for session 1871-72, under the management of the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council, and a committee of subscribers to the erection of the Academy buildings 47 1872 107½ List of toasts at the dinner to Sir Robert Christison, 23 February 1872 47 1872 108 Sixty first annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1872 47 1872 115½ Menu of the dinner for the Christison Jubilee, 23 February 1872, in the Douglas Hotel 47 1872 116 Thirty fourth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the annual general meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 8 January 1872, with the minutes of the meeting 47 1872 123 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1871 till 15 May 1872 47 1872 124 Eleventh annual report of the Paisley Society for the Reclamation of Fallen Women, 1872 47 1872 140 The Paisley Burgh and Cart Navigation Act, 1872 : Ecclesiastical clauses contained in the Act for regulating the affairs of the Burgh of Paisley, etc.

25 February 2020 Page 153 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 47 1872 155 Paisley Burgh Police Superintendent's annual return for the year ending Showing the number of offences 31 December 1872 investigated, the number of persons apprehended, the nature of the charges, and the result of the proceedings 47 1872 156 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1871 till 14 May 1872 47 1872 164 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1871 till 14 May 1872 47 1872 165½ Meeting of ratepayers who are in favour of a combination of the Burgh Proposed Lunatic Asylum, and Abbey Parishes, and oppose the erection of a new Lunatic Asylum, to election of Managers of the Poor be held in the Hall of the Artizans' Institution on Wednesday 14 February, 1872 47 1872 171½ Ticket for the Glasgow & Paisley Joint Railway, first annual soiree of the employees at Paisley Station, to be held in the Drill Hall on Friday 23 February 1872 47 1872 172 Thirty ninth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1871 47 1872 180 A letter to the people of Paisley regarding the Burgh Churches Job From the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette, 10 February 1872 47 1872 181 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association, 1871-72 47 1872 196½ Lady's ticket for the second annual course of lectures at the Paisley Free Public Library 47 1872 197 Sixteenth annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1872 47 1872 206 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the twenty seventh annual general meeting of the shareholders, 26 March 1872 47 1872 208½ Invitation from Lieutenant Colonel Sir R.J.M. Napier and the Officers of the Prince of Wales Royal Regiment, to Mr Robert Brown & family, at the inspection on Thursday 1 August 47 1872 209 Report of the sixty third general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1871-72

25 February 2020 Page 154 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 47 1872 222 Notice by Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, regarding no smoking of tobacco at work except during 10 minute breaks. Penalty of fines and dismissal. Also covers playing at cards. 47 1872 223 Catalogue of the valuable collection of Greek, Roman, Early British, Anglo- Together with some good Duncan Keith, auctioneer Saxon, English, and Scotch coins and medals, in copper, silver, and gold, numismatic book, antiquities, formed by the late James J. Lamb Esq. etc., to be sold by public auction within saloon, 61 Renfield Street, Glasgow, on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 December, 1872 47 1872 241½ Programme for the Annual Dinner of the Renfrewshire Agricultural Society, 6 June 1872 47 1872 242 Road Reform : a lecture on the Toll System of Town and County, delivered at a public meeting in Craigie Hall, on 23 January 1872, by ex- Councillor Murray 47 1872 25½ Great public meeting in the Old Low Church, Paisley, on Tuesday 13 February 1872, for the advocacy of the continuance of religious instruction in day schools 47 1872 26 Tenant right in Tipperary : a series of humorous epistles bearing on the Second and enlarged edition superstitions of Catholicism, from Tague O'Flannigan, Tipperary, to Mike Collins, Renfrewshire 47 1872 273 Subscription letter of the Glasgow-Paisley Association, 1872 47 1872 274 State of the public accounts of the County of Renfrew, under the control of the Commissioners of Supply, for the year ending Whitsunday 1872 47 1872 280 State of the public accounts of the County of Renfrew, under the control of the Commissioners of Supply, 1871-72 47 1872 282 Form of application for shares of the Cart and Clyde Steam Lighter Company (Limited) 47 1872 283 Prospectus of the Clyde and Cart Steam Lighter Co. (Limited) to be incorporated under the Companies' Acts of 1862 and 1867 : Capital £20,000 in 2000 shares of £10 each 47 1872 285 Second Battalion Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers twelfth annual supper and presentation of prizes, Drill Hall, Paisley, on Friday 19 January 1872

25 February 2020 Page 155 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 47 1872 291½ Ticket for the Paisley Horticultural Society exhibition for 1872, 12 & 13 July in the Fountain Gardens, 30 & 31 August in the Drill Hall 47 1872 292 Proposed new Lunatic Asylum : meeting of ratepayers held in the Hall of Reprinted from the Paisley and the Artizans' Institution on Wednesday 14 February 1872 Renfrewshire Gazette 47 1872 299 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1871 till 15 May 1872 47 1872 299½ Invitation to Mr Brown from the Provost and Magistrates to a dinner in the George Hotel on Monday 30 September 1872, on the occasion of the re-investment of the Corporation in the Burgh Property , under the Paisley Burgh and Cart Navigation Act 47 1872 300 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : catalogue of stock for exhibition at the Paisley Show on Thursday 6 June 1872 47 1872 313½ Programme of the dinner on the occasion of the re-investment of the Corporation in the Burgh Property, Paisley, 30 September 1872 47 1872 314 The Reverend Dr Fraser's lectures on the relations to the Bible of Natural Science, Archaeology, and History, delivered to the Paisley Young Men's Bible Institute 47 1872 318 Vindication of Robert Tannahill and William Motherwell, from aspersions on their characters as men and poets by the Rev. Charles Rogers, by John Crawford, read at the celebration of the ninety seventh Tannahill anniversary, Paisley, 3 June 1872 47 1872 329 Annual report by the Paisley Parochial Sabbath School Association for 1872, established in 1834 47 1872 336 Report on the Paisley Savings Bank, from the Paisley Herald, 13 January 1872 47 1872 340 Shakespearean Bouquet : the flowers and plants of Shakespeare, with their scientific names and quotations from his works wherein allusion is made to them, by William Elder 47 1872 363½ List of toasts at the Merchants Dinner on 3 October 1872 47 1872 364 Pastoral letter written by the Rev. Dr Lees on the Pastors of the Church of Christ in Paisley to the flock committed to their charge

25 February 2020 Page 156 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 47 1872 368 Descriptive sketch of changes in the style of Paisley shawls : being the Reprinted from the Paisley and substance of a lecture delivered by Mr William Cross, Manufacturer, Renfrewshire Gazette, 1872 Glasgow, in the hall of the Free Library and Museum, January 1872 47 1872 390 Paisley Musical Association, instituted 1846 : Handel's Oratorio "Joshua" in the Abbey on Monday 1 April 1872, conductor Mr R. Waterston 47 1872 397½ List of toasts at the Incorporation of Old Weavers in Paisley Annual Dinner, in the George Hotel on Friday 18 October 1872 47 1872 398 Colquhoun's Closets ; or, The dry and ventilating system in lieu of the Addressed to Her Majesty's Second edition present water closet and sewage system, by John Colquhoun River Pollution Commissioners 47 1872 414½ Menu of the Kintyre Club Dinner in the Athole Arms Hotel, on Friday 27 December 1872 47 1872 415 1872-73 Descriptive catalogue of hyacinths and other bulbous roots, etc., offered for sale by Peter McKenzie, Nurseryman, Seedsman, and Fruiterer, 1 Gordon Street, Glasgow 47 1872 435 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 28 May 1871 till 28 May 1872 47 1872 440 Seventh annual report of the Paisley Infirmary Dorcas Society, 1871-72 47 1872 449 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 30 November 1871 to 12 November 1872 47 1872 452 Thirty sixth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, with list of subscriptions and abstract of income and expenditure 47 1872 465 Thirty fourth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the annual general meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 8 January 1872, with the minutes of the meeting 47 1872 472 Twenty first annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1871 47 1872 489 Abstract accounts, charge and discharge, of the Town Council of Paisley and Burgh Road Trustees, from 30 September 1871 to 30 September 47 1872 503 Rotation of Presiding Justices of the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District, for 1872 47 1872 504 1872-73 Magistrates & Town Council of Paisley ; Water, Gas, and Police Commissioners ; Road and Cart Navigation Trustees ; Committees, etc.

25 February 2020 Page 157 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 47 1872 505 Abstract account, charge and discharge, of the intromissions of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley for the year from 15 May 1871 to 15 May 1872 47 1872 517 Eighty sixth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary & Dispensary for the year ending 31 December 1871 47 1872 548½ Programme of the dinner of the Fire clay Works Society in Edinburgh, 20 December 1872 47 1872 549 Report of the twentieth annual examination of the John Neilson Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 23 July 1872 47 1872 567 Catalogue of books belonging to the late James J. Lamb Esq., to be sold at James R. MacFadyen, Auctioneer auction in the hall of the Artizans' Institution on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 December 1872 47 1872 587 Abstract accounts, charge and discharge, of the Intromissions of the Trustees of the Duncan Wright Endowment for Educational Purposes, for the year ending 31 December 1871 47 1872 592 Twenty sixth annual report of the Paisley Female Schools of Industry, in connection with the Church of Scotland, 1871 47 1872 596 New Year song of the Paisley Newsboys 47 1872 89 "Sneddon Callans" Association 17th annual report for 1872 47 1872 91 Paisley Grammar School and Academy annual examination of pupils 47 1872 92 Prospectus for the Paisley Grammar School and Academy for session 1872-73, under the management of the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council, and a committee of subscribers to the erection of the Academy buildings 47 1872 97 List of subscribers to the Ballad Society, corrected to November 1872 48 1873 1 Paisley Ornithological Association : the nineteenth annual exhibition and competition, open to the United Kingdom, Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 January 1873, in the Drill Hall, High Street 48 1873 103 Annual examination of pupils of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 June 1873

25 February 2020 Page 158 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 48 1873 103½ Invitation to Mr Brown from Lieutenant Colonel Mure and the Officers of the Second Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers to the Annual Supper and Presentation of Prizes, in the Drill Hall on Friday 28 February 1873 48 1873 104 Burgh of Paisley, election of School Board, 1873 48 1873 104½ Cartoon depicting Campbell as the victor in the Renfrewshire Election, 9 September 1873 48 1873 105 New Education Act : Mrs Arthur's candidature : Letter to the electors of Paisley 48 1873 107 Letter to the electors of the Burgh of Paisley regarding the School Board Election 48 1873 108 List of polling places for the Election of the School Board 48 1873 110 Acting Committee appointed to promote the Return of Mr Thomas Coats, Bailie Masson, and Rev. James Brown 48 1873 110½ Ticket to the Glasgow & Paisley Joint Railway second annual soiree of the employees at Paisley Station, to be held in the Drill Hall on Friday 21 February 1873 48 1873 111 List of polling places for the Election of the School Board 48 1873 112 Letter to the electors from P. Comyn MacGregor, regarding standing as a candidate in the Paisley School Board Election 48 1873 113 Eighty seventh annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary & Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1872 48 1873 114½ Cartoon depicting William Mure as the victor in the Renfrewshire Election, 1873 48 1873 144 Directors' report of the Glasgow Paisley Association, for the year ending 31 December 1873 48 1873 147 Thirty fifth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 13 January 1873, with the minutes of the meeting 48 1873 153½ Report to the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary, by Professor W.T. Gairdner, M.D., 4 October 1873 48 1873 154 Eighteenth annual report for 1873 of the "Sneddon Callans" Association

25 February 2020 Page 159 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 48 1873 157 Thirty seventh annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, with list of subscriptions, and abstract of income and expenditure 48 1873 165 Verses for the anniversary of the Battle of Stirling Bridge, won by Sir William Wallace on 11 September 1297, by James Ballantine 48 1873 166½ Ticket to Handel's Sacred Oratorio "The Messiah", performed by the Paisley Musical Association in the Abbey on Friday 11 April 1873 48 1873 169 The Renfrewshire Election : Colonel Campbell's expenses 48 1873 178 Plan of proposed street improvements, Paisley 1873 48 1873 178½ Cartoon depicting William Mure as the victor in the Renfrewshire Election, 1873 48 1873 179 Town improvements, and the preservation and restoration of Paisley Abbey, with views of the restored structure and map of street improvements, by Dr Richmond 48 1873 193½ Ticket to the inspection of the 2nd Battalion of the Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers at the Camp of Instruction at Newton Woods on Saturday 20 June 48 1873 194 Report of the sixty fifth general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1873 48 1873 203½ Cartoon depicting William Mure as the victor in the Renfrewshire Election, 1873 48 1873 205 Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Bill, 1873 : Statement by the Local Showing the applicability of the Committee for the County of Renfrew, of the Scottish National Toll Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Bill Abolition Association to the circumstances of that County, and the injustice of the proposal to leave Renfrewshire out of the Bill 48 1873 205½ Report of the Sites Committee of the Paisley School Board 48 1873 206 St Mirren's to Mona : notes of a visit to the Isle of Man, by Richard Watson, editor of the Paisley Herald 48 1873 26 Eighth annual report of the Paisley Infirmary Dorcas Society, 1872-73 48 1873 267 Miss Renfrew's Choice : ballad written in anticipation of the County of Renfrew Election, 10 September 1873

25 February 2020 Page 160 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 48 1873 267½ Cartoon depicting Colonel Muir of Caldwell and Colonel Campbell of Blythswood, on the subject of the Renfrewshire Election 48 1873 273½ Family ticket to the Glasgow & West of Scotland Horticultural Society's exhibitions, on April 1, June 4, and September 10, 1873, in the City Hall 48 1873 274 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 31 May 1872 till 28 May 1873 48 1873 278½ Invitation to Mr Brown by Mr & Mrs Crum Ewing, to dinner on Friday 19 September 1873, at Ardincaple Castle, Helensburgh 48 1873 279 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 12 November 1872 to 30 November 1873 48 1873 280½ Cartoon depicting Colonel Muir of Caldwell, on the subject of the Renfrewshire Election 48 1873 281½ List of toasts at the Merchants Dinner on 2 October 1873 48 1873 282 Paisley Philosophical Institution (Botanical Section) : The flora of Renfrewshire (Paisley and Neighbourhood) 48 1873 301½ Menu for the Merchants Dinner on 2 October 1873 48 1873 302 Financial Report for 1872-73 of the High Church Session and Ecclesiastical Trustees 48 1873 313½ Programme of Consecration of Lodge "Marie Stuart", No.541, in the Hall, Prince of Wales Terrace, Crosshill, on 7 November 1873 48 1873 314 An address to the members and adherents of the High Church 48 1873 317½ Cartoon on the subject of the Fifth Ward Election of 1873 48 1873 318 Winter evening conversations of the Free Kirk Ladies 48 1873 36 Bazaar for the Endowment of Martyrs' Church, Paisley, on the last Thursday of January, 1874 48 1873 36½ List of toasts at the annual dinner of the Glasgow Renfrewshire Society, 9 January 1873 48 1873 368½ Cartoon on the subject of the Fifth Ward Election of 1873 48 1873 369 Plain facts for plain people, being four brief tracts on important social questions, by John McGown, a Savings' Bank Actuary

25 February 2020 Page 161 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 48 1873 37 Sixty second annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1873 48 1873 386½ Ticket for the installation of the Right Hon. B. Disraeli as the Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow on 19 November 1873, at the Kibble Art Palace 48 1873 387 Dinner "A La Russe", by James Cook, printer 48 1873 391 Excelsior ; or, The Grand Local St Leger of 1872, by James Cook, printer 48 1873 394½ Cartoon on the subject of the Fifth Ward Election of 1873 48 1873 394¾ Arrangement of tables and numbers of seats in the City Hall, Glasgow, at the banquet to the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli M.P., 19 November 1873 48 1873 395 The Locher Brig ghost, by William McOscar 48 1873 418½ Cartoon on the subject of the Fifth Ward Election of 1873 48 1873 418¾ Letter sent with Ticket of Admission to the banquet in honour of The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli M.P., on the occasion of his installation as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, in the City Hall, Glasgow on 19 November 1873 48 1873 419 Sound and shallow ; or, Learning and information : a lecture by the Rev. James Cunningham M.A., of Longsight Presbyterian Church, Manchester, formerly of Paisley 48 1873 44½ Cartoon and rhyme on the subject of the Renfrewshire Election, 1873 48 1873 45 Twenty seventh annual report of the Paisley Female Schools of Industry, in connection with the Church of Scotland, 1872 48 1873 462½ Ticket to the banquet in honour of The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli M.P., on the occasion of his installation as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, in the City Hall, Glasgow on 19 November 1873 48 1873 463 Paisley Tannahill Club : Meeting in honour of the ninety ninth anniversary Reprinted from the Paisley and of the birth of Robert Tannahill, in the Globe Hotel on 3 June 1873 Renfrewshire Gazette 48 1873 470½ List of toasts to be made at the banquet in honour of The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli M.P., on the occasion of his installation as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, in the City Hall, Glasgow on 19 November 1873

25 February 2020 Page 162 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 48 1873 471 Secretaryship pf the Glasgow School Board : testimonials in favour of Mr J.G. Thomson 48 1873 48½ Menu for the dinner of the Glasgow Renfrewshire Society, 1873 48 1873 486½ Purveyor ticket to be submitted after dinner for the banquet in honour of The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli M.P., on the occasion of his installation as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, in the City Hall, Glasgow on 19 November 1873 48 1873 487 Performance of Paisley Musical Association, instituted 1846, in the Abbey on Friday 3 January 1873 - Mozart's "Twelfth Mass", and a selection from Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" 48 1873 49 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association, 1873-73 48 1873 493½ Paisley Grammar School and Academy : report and abstract statement of the income and expenditure connected with the erection and furnishing of the new Academy at the Grammar School, Oakshaw Street 48 1873 494 Twelfth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Reclamation of Fallen Women, 1873 48 1873 509 Abstract accounts, charge and discharge, of the Intromissions of the Trustees of the Duncan Wright Endowment for Educational Purposes, for the year ending 31 December 1872 48 1873 514 Paisley Burgh Police Superintendent's Return for the year ending 31 December 1873 48 1873 514½ Ticket for the anniversary meeting of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, Monday 15 December 1873, in the Kelvingrove Park Museum 48 1873 515 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley, for the year ending 15 May 1873 48 1873 522 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1872 till 15 May 1873 48 1873 523 Comparative abstracts of valuation of the County of Renfrew, 1871-72 and 1872-73 48 1873 525 Prospectus of the New Zealand Meat Preserving Company Limited

25 February 2020 Page 163 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 48 1873 528 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Water Works, from 28 May 1872 to 28 May 1873 48 1873 533 Session 1873 - 1874 of the Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley ; Water, Gas, and Police Commissioners ; Road and Cart Navigation Trustees ; Committees, etc. 48 1873 534 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Town Council of Paisley and Burgh Road Trustees, from 30 September 1872 to 30 September 1873 48 1873 548 Rotation of Presiding Justices of the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District, for 1873 48 1873 549 First annual report by the Ecclesiastical Trustees of the Middle Church of With an abstract of the income the Burgh of Paisley, and an abstract of the income and expenditure of and expenditure of the Session the Trust, for the year ending 1 September 1873 and Deacon's Court for the same period 48 1873 557 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church, with other statements, 1872 - 1873 48 1873 569 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1872 till 14 May 1873 48 1873 577 Letter to the editor of the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette regarding the Abbey Parochial Board 48 1873 578 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1872 till 14 May 1873 48 1873 586 Fortieth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1872 48 1873 593½ Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : Ticket to a dinner in honour of Andrew Wilson Esq., in the George Hotel, Paisley on Thursday 11 December 1873 48 1873 594 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the twenty eighth Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders, 25 March 1873 48 1873 596½ List of toasts to be made at the dinner in honour of Matthew Wilson Esq., Blackstoun, in the George Hotel on 11 December 1873

25 February 2020 Page 164 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 48 1873 597 Catalogue of books in the library of the Johnstone Public Hall and Working Men's Institute, with an abstract of the articles prefixed concerning the library 48 1873 62½ Soliloquy of the Old Tower of Caldwell, on the subject of the Soliloquy o' the Auld Tow'r o' Renfrewshire Election Caldwell, anent the Renfrewshire Election 48 1873 63 Opposition to proposed new Lunatic Asylum 48 1873 63½ Ticket for the anniversary meeting of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, Monday 10 February 1873, in the Kelvingrove Park Museum 48 1873 64 Twenty second annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1872 48 1873 80½ Cartoon on the subject of the Renfrewshire Election 48 1873 81 Thirty fifth annual report of the Paisley Educational Association, 1873 48 1873 83½ Cartoon depicting Colonel Muir of Caldwell, on the subject of the Renfrewshire Election, 3 September 1873 48 1873 84 Report of the twenty first annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 16 July 1873 49 1874 1 Paisley Ornithological Association, established 1854 : Catalogue of entries Held in the Drill Hall, High of Poultry, Pigeons, Canary Birds, etc. in connection with the Street, on Thursday 1 and Friday Association's twentieth Grand Annual Exhibition and Competition 2 January 1874 49 1874 112 Statement of the Beith Parochial Board, February 1865, regarding ownership of the Border Farm, the Blair Legacy, and the Gavin Fund 49 1874 114 Thirty Sixth Annual Report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 12 January 1874, with the minutes of the meeting 49 1874 121½ Cartoon on the subject of the Fifth Ward Election of 1873, depicting Sir Peter Coats carrying a "Vote for Mure" placard 49 1874 122 Report and abstract of accounts of Miss Kibble's Reformatory Institution, Paisley, 31 December 1873 49 1874 137 Rotation of Presiding Justices of the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, 1874

25 February 2020 Page 165 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 49 1874 138 Thirteenth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Reclamation of Fallen Women, 1874 49 1874 156 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 30 November 1873 to 30 November 1874 49 1874 159 Financial report of 1873-74 of the High Church Session Ecclesiastical Trustees and benevolent agencies 49 1874 174 Nineteenth annual report for 1874 of the "Sneddon Callans" Association 49 1874 177½ Ticket for the Grand Bazaar for the endowment of Martyrs' Church, Paisley, in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley on Thursday 29 - Saturday 31 January 1874 49 1874 178 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church, with other statements, 1873-74 49 1874 197½ Cartoon on the subject of the Fifth Ward Election of 1873, depicting Colonel Campbell of Blythswood leading a cavalry charge 49 1874 198 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, 1873-74 49 1874 214 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1873 till 15 May 1874 49 1874 214½ Ticket for a Battalion inspection of the 2nd Battalion of Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers Camp of Instruction at Newton Woods, 21 June 1874 49 1874 215 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1873 till 14 May 1874 49 1874 224 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1873 till 14 May 1874 49 1874 236 Paisley Burgh Police Superintendent's Return for the year ending 31 December 1874 49 1874 237 Eighty eighth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1873 49 1874 269 Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, Board of Directors, 1873-74 49 1874 270 Eighteenth annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1874

25 February 2020 Page 166 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 49 1874 27½ List of toasts at the annual dinner of the Glasgow Renfrewshire Society, in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley, on Tuesday 20 January 1874 49 1874 28 Remarks on the Law of Scotland relative to the observance of the Sabbath, and on the proposed legislative measures on that subject, by James Dobie, Writer in Beith 49 1874 281½ Family ticket for the Grand Show and Floral Fete of the Paisley Horticultural Society, in the Drill Hall on Thursday 3 September 1874 49 1874 282 Sixty third annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1874 49 1874 290 The Paisley School Board and the ratepayers Reprinted from the Paisley Herald 49 1874 320 Notice of a Fancy Bazaar for the liquidation of the present debt on the Trinity Episcopal Church, Paisley, in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 April 1874 49 1874 321 Renfrewshire County Funds : state of the public accounts of the County of Renfrew, under the control of the Commissioner of Supply, for the year ending Whitsunday 1874 49 1874 327½ Ticket for the dinner in honour of the ordination of the Rev. David Watson to the Middle Parish Church, Paisley, in the George Hotel on Tuesday 12 May 1874 49 1874 328 Paisley Police Commission : Provost Murray's statement regarding hospital accommodation for infectious diseases, at a meeting of the Local Authority held on 20 July 1874 49 1874 343½ Paisley (Burgh) School Board statutory report to the Board of Education, January 1874 49 1874 344 Plain thoughts on recent scientific theorisings : being the introductory Reprinted from the Paisley and address at the Paisley Philosophical Institution, November 1874, by Hugh Renfrewshire Gazette Cowan, President of the Society 49 1874 365½ Cartoon "Master of the Position" on the subject of the Paisley Election, 31 January 1874, depicting Mr William Holms sitting on a ballot box preparing to fight 49 1874 366 Paisley Horticultural Society schedule of prizes for 1874 ; Exhibition in the Drill Hall on 3 September 1874

25 February 2020 Page 167 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 49 1874 372½ Article on the late John Crawford, from the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette, 3 October 1874 49 1874 373 Eighteenth annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1874 49 1874 384½ List of subscriptions for the proposed Town Hall, Paisley Reprinted from the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette of 8th, 15th and 22nd February 1873 49 1874 385 The Paisley School Board : Explanation of the procedure of the School Board, in reply to resolutions adopted at a public meeting, and to the suggestions of a deputation 49 1874 408 Session 1874 - 1875 of the Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley ; Water, Gas, and Police Commissioners ; Road and Cart Navigation Trustees ; Committees, etc. 49 1874 409 Letter to the Magistrates and Council of Paisley by John Crawford, Writer, on the subject of Burgh Mismanagement 49 1874 421 Meddling, muddling, and mare's nests 49 1874 424 Sentimental Jurymen! 49 1874 426 New scheme of taxation : only a penny a pound, by Richard N. Watson, editor of the Paisley Herald 49 1874 43 Rectified locality of the stipend of the Second Minister of the Abbey Parish of Paisley, modified 16 March 1864, commencing with crop and year 1863 49 1874 447 Bazaar for the endowment of Martyrs' Church, Paisley, on the last Thursday of January 1874 49 1874 448 St John the Baptist : an oratorio. Text selected from Holy writ by E.G. Monk, the music by G.A. MacFarren 49 1874 459½ Menu of the Merchants' Dinner on 1 October 1874 49 1874 462 Constitution and rules of the Paisley Philosophical Institution, revised April 1874 49 1874 470 Report of the sixty sixth general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1874

25 February 2020 Page 168 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 49 1874 476½ List of toasts to be made at the Merchants' Dinner on 1 October 1874 49 1874 477 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 12 November 1872 to 30 November 1873 49 1874 48 Sixty third annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1874 49 1874 480 Thirty eighth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, with list of subscriptions and abstract of income and expenditure 49 1874 491½ Ticket for a meeting of the Glasgow Archaeological Society in the Kelvingrove Park Museum on Monday 7 December 1874 49 1874 492 Report and abstract of accounts of Miss Kibble's Reformatory Institution, Paisley, 31 December 1873 49 1874 507 Report of the twenty second annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 15 July 1874 49 1874 524½ Invitation to Mr Brown from Lieutenant Colonel Mure and the Officers of the Second Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers to the Annual Supper and Presentation of Prizes, in the Drill Hall on Friday 18 December 1874 49 1874 525 Abstract statement of the revenue, expenditure, and balance account of the Trustees of the Duncan Wright Endowment for Educational Purposes, for the year ending 31 December 1873 49 1874 530 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley, for the year ending 15 May 1874 49 1874 541 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Water Works, from 28 May 1873 till 28 May 1874 49 1874 548 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Town Council of Paisley and Burgh Trustees, from 30 September 1873 to 30 September 1874 49 1874 55½ Invitation from the Glasgow Archaeological Society to a lecture by Professor Veitch on "Arthur of the Arthurian Legends in Britain", in the University on Monday 9 February 1874 49 1874 56 Instructions for the Constables of the County of Ayr, printed by Order of the Justices of Peace 49 1874 565½ List of toasts to be made at the Maltmen Dinner on 10 December 1874

25 February 2020 Page 169 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 49 1874 566 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the twenty ninth Annual General Meeting of the shareholders, 3 March 1874 49 1874 569 Twenty third annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1873 49 1874 586 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 28 May 1873 till 28 May 1874 49 1874 591 The Paisley Herald : Printer's Devil's Address to his readers, December 1874 49 1874 73 Report as to the Police of the County, by the Committee appointed for that purpose, at the meeting of Commissioners of Supply, held at Ayr on 5 November 1839 50 1875 1 Paisley Burns Club : Celebration of the one hundred and sixteenth anniversary of the birthday of Robert Burns, Globe Hotel, Paisley, 25 January 1875 50 1875 107 Paisley Grammar School and Academy : Report of the statutory examination on 23 and 24 June 1875, by William Jack and John Kerr 50 1875 107½ Paisley (Burgh) School Board, School Census, November 1875 50 1875 115 Paisley Ornithological Association : notice of the twenty second annual exhibition and competition, open to the United Kingdom, to take place on Saturday 1 and Monday 3 January 1876, in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley 50 1875 115½ Cartoon for the First Ward Election, Paisley, 1875 50 1875 116 Paisley Ornithological Association : Catalogue of entries of poultry, In connection with the pigeons, canaries, home & foreign birds, etc. Association's twenty second grand annual exhibition and competition, held in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley, on Saturday 1 and Monday 3 January 1876 50 1875 146 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Water Works, from 28 May 1874 till 28 May 1875 50 1875 152½ Cartoon for the First Ward Election, Paisley, 1875

25 February 2020 Page 170 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 50 1875 153 Rotation of Presiding Justices for the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District, 1875 50 1875 153½ Programme of the High Parish Church ordination soiree for the Rev. A. Montgomerie Lang, in the Drill Hall on Thursday 4 March 1875 50 1875 154 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 28 May 1874 till 28 May 1875 50 1875 159 List of toasts to be made at the dinner on the occasion of the ordination and induction of the Rev. A. Montgomerie Lang to the High Church and Parish of Paisley, in the George Hotel on Thursday 4 March 1875 50 1875 160 Report of the sixty seventh general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1875 50 1875 176 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association and Sick Fund 50 1875 190 Ticket to the High Parish Church ordination soiree for the Rev. A. Montgomerie Lang, in the Drill Hall on Thursday 4 March 1875 50 1875 191 Fortieth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, with list of subscriptions and abstract of income and expenditure 50 1875 202 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 30 November 1874 to 30 November 1875 50 1875 205 Thirty seventh annual report of the National Security Savings Banks of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 11 January 1875, with the minutes of the meeting 50 1875 212 Report of the twenty third annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 14 July 1875 50 1875 236 Letter by J.D. Marwick to the Commissioners of Supply of Renfrewshire, Paisley, regarding the Glasgow Municipal Extension Bill 50 1875 237 Abstract statement of the revenue, expenditure, and balance account of the Trustees of the Duncan Wright Endowment for Educational Purposes, for the year ending 31 December 1874 50 1875 242 "The Bailie", a poem about Bailie Cochran 50 1875 243 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley, for the year ending 15 May 1875

25 February 2020 Page 171 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 50 1875 25 Report of the sixty seventh general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1875 50 1875 254 List of proprietors eligible as Directors for the Coffee Room, Paisley ; List of shareholders of the Paisley Coffee Room building ; Abstract of accounts of the Paisley Coffee Room from 19 May 1874 till 18 May 1875 50 1875 257 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, 1874 - 1875 Containing statement from the Pastor, the Session and Deacons' Court, the Ecclesiastical Trustees, the Sabbath School Association, the Mission Church, and the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association 50 1875 277 Paisley Street Improvements : Provost Murray's statement regarding Block plan showing proposed street improvements past and present, at a conference of Town Council, improvements Commissioners of Police, Road Trustees, etc., held on 10 September 1875 50 1875 295 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church, with other statements, 1874 - 1875 50 1875 315 Ticket for the presentation of the testimonial to ex-Bailie Scott, to take place in the County Hall on Monday 26 July 1875 50 1875 316 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1874 till 14 May 1875 50 1875 328 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 184 till 14 May 1875 50 1875 340 Forty second annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1874 50 1875 348 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association and Sick Fund 50 1875 361 Eighty ninth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary for the year ending 31 December 1874 50 1875 391 Twenty fourth annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1874 50 1875 40½ Cartoon for the Fifth Ward Election, Paisley, 28 October 1875

25 February 2020 Page 172 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 50 1875 408 Southbar Library : Catalogue of books to be sold by auction in the James R. MacFadyen, Auctioneer Artizans' Institution on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 December 1875 50 1875 41 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association in connection with the With rules and list of tracts Ladies' Sanitary Association in London, and Sick Fund, 1874 - 1875 50 1875 432 "Gazette" Newsboys' New Year's Address, January 1875 50 1875 433 Thirty seventh annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 11 January 1875, with the minutes of the meeting 50 1875 440 Fourteenth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Reclamation of Fallen Women, 1875 50 1875 460 Tenth annual report of the Paisley Infirmary Dorcas Society, 1874 - 1875 50 1875 470 A Pastor's Counsels to his flock, in the prospect of a temporary separation, by the Rev. John Thomson, of Free St George's, Paisley 50 1875 486 A reply to the pamphlet of Mr David King of Birmingham entitled "Why baptise the little ones?", by the author of "A defence of infant baptisms", Alexander Gardner 50 1875 517 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of the High Church of Paisley, With appendix containing 1874 - 1875 Pastoral, and reports of High Church Session, Dorcas Society, Missionary Association, and Sabbath School Association 50 1875 538 Ticket to a dinner in the George Hotel, Paisley on Thursday 16 September 1875, after the induction of Rev. Mr Mitchell to the Second Charge of the Abbey Parish 50 1875 539 Speech of Rev. J. MacNaughtan A.M., on Hymnology, delivered at the Presbytery of Belfast on 19 April 1875 50 1875 555 Paisley School Board : Report by the School Management Committee for the year ending 23 April 1875 50 1875 562 Letter by a County Magistrate regarding plurality in legal offices in Renfrewshire

25 February 2020 Page 173 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 50 1875 563 Paisley Horticultural and Renfrewshire National Leek and Onion Society : Exhibition for flowers, fruits and With an advertisement list Schedule of prizes for 1875 plants on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 September 1875 ; Leeks, onions, hardy fruits, and chrysanthemums on Thursday 4 November 1875, in the Drill Hall 50 1875 58 This history of the Paisley Grammar School from its foundation in 1576, With some notices of subjects With forty nine illustrations the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, and of the other Town's relating to the History of the schools, by Robert Brown of Underwood Park, Paisley Town of Paisley 50 1875 582 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1874 till 15 May 1875 50 1875 584 Paisley Burgh Police Superintendent's return for the year ending 31 December 1875 50 1875 586 The service by the Rev. Frederick C. Niven, Minister of the North Parish, on the occasion of the ordination and induction of the Rev. Andrew M. Lang, to the High Church and Parish of Paisley, on 4 March 1875 50 1875 605 The riven roof-tree, a poem by David Gilmour 50 1875 609 The present agitation for disestablishment inconsistent with Free Church principles : a lecture delivered to the Glasgow Free Church Students'' Constitutional Society on 18 March 1875, by the Rev. William Fraser, Paisley 50 1875 61 Renfrewshire County Funds : State of the public accounts of the County of Renfrew under the control of the Commissioners of Supply, 1874 - 1875 50 1875 63 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the thirtieth Annual General Meeting of the shareholders, 30 March 1875 50 1875 631 Poems by Robert Makfarlan of Johnstone 50 1875 65½ Paisley (Burgh) School Board : First half-yearly report of the School Showing the number of children Attendance Committee attending the various schools in the Burgh in March 1875

25 February 2020 Page 174 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 50 1875 66 Paisley Ornithological Association : notice of the twenty first annual exhibition and competition, open to the United Kingdom, to take place on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 January 1875, in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley 50 1875 66½ Cartoon for the Fifth Ward Election, Paisley, 1875 50 1875 67 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : Catalogue of stock for exhibition at the Paisley Show on Thursday 3 June 1875 50 1875 89 Prospectus of the Paisley Grammar School & Academy, under the management of the School Board, for session 1874 - 1875 50 1875 97 Ticket for a dinner for the ordination of the Rev. A. Montgomerie Lang to the High Church and Parish, Paisley, on Thursday 4 March 1875, in the George Hotel 50 1875 98 Prospectus of the Paisley Grammar School & Academy, under the management of the School Board, for session 1875 - 1876 51 1876 1 Paisley Ornithological Association : notice of the twenty third annual exhibition and competition, open to the United Kingdom, to take place on Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 January 1877, in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley 51 1876 108 Ticket for the presentation to Mr Wingate at the annual meeting in the Paisley Coffee Room on Thursday 13 January 1876 51 1876 109 Catalogue of the Neilston Public Library, instituted in 1852, including bye- laws and regulations 51 1876 125 Fire Bricks : a paper read at the meeting of the British Association, held in Glasgow in September 1876, by James Dunnachie, Glenboig 51 1876 136 Sabbath School Union Hymnal, compiled by a Committee and issued under the authority of the Glasgow Sabbath School Union 51 1876 184 Speech of the Rt. Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart. M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the Working Men's Conservative Association of Edinburgh on Saturday 16 September 1876 51 1876 195½ Paisley Burns Club : Celebration of the one hundred and seventeenth anniversary of the birthday of Robert Burns, at the Globe Hotel, Paisley, 25 January 1876

25 February 2020 Page 175 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 51 1876 197 Abbey Parish School Board election circular, 16 May 1876, Johnstone 51 1876 197½ The Royal Visit to Renfrew : a new Scottish song 51 1876 198 Articles and regulations of the Browns' Society of Glasgow 51 1876 2 Paisley Ornithological Association : Catalogue of entries of poultry, In connection with the pigeons, canaries, home & foreign birds, etc. Association's twenty third grand annual exhibition and competition, held in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley, on Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 January 1877 51 1876 218½ Preachings of Dean Stanley at Paisley Abbey, 21 August 1876 51 1876 219 Twentieth annual report of the "Sneddon Callans" Association, 1875 - 1876 51 1876 220½ Paisley (Burgh) School Board : Fourth half yearly report of the School Attendance Committee 51 1876 226 Letter from Robert Brown & Son with testimonials regarding the quality Crown Plumbago Crucible of Plumbago Crucibles which they manufacture Works, Paisley 51 1876 226½ Constitution of the Paisley Art Institute, constituted 1876 51 1876 227 Letter from Alexander Gardner regarding the reprinting of the Register of the Monastery of Paisley 51 1876 227½ List of toasts to be made at the Corporation Dinner on 10 November 1876 51 1876 228 Prospectus of the reprinting of the Register of the Monastery of Paisley 51 1876 231 Address to the Senatus and General Council of the University of Glasgow, delivered at his installation as Chancellor of the University, on the 27th April 1876, by Sir William Stirling Maxwell, Bart. M.P. 51 1876 252 Paisley Young Men's Christian Association, second session, 1876 - 1877 51 1876 252½ Report of the annual meeting of the Natives of the Newtown of Paisley, in the Paisley Herald on Saturday 26 February 1876 51 1876 252¾ Comparison of taxes paid in Paisley in 1876 and 1860 51 1876 256 Drainage of Paisley : reports by John Paterson, C.E., Edinburgh, 29 November 1865 and 28 May 1868

25 February 2020 Page 176 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 51 1876 271 Prospectus and curriculum of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, under the management of the School Board, for the session 1874 - 1875 51 1876 279 "The Tinkler's Wedding", a poem dedicated to William Gillespie, Paisley, by John Barr, New Zealand 51 1876 280 Prospectus and curriculum of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, under the management of the School Board, for the session 1876 - 1877 51 1876 287 Paisley's share of our National Drink Bill for 1875 51 1876 288 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1875 till 15 May 1876 51 1876 290 Accompanying letter from George Andrew regarding the Hydropathic Company proposed prospectus 51 1876 291 Proposed prospectus of the Rothesay Hydropathic Establishment Limited 51 1876 295 Sixty fifth annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1876 51 1876 303 The School Melodist, arranged by William Anderson A.C., Perth 51 1876 330 The visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Blythswood and Renfrew, Also, The Royal visit to October 16 and 17, 1876, including a notice of the Barons of the Barony Blythswood and Renfrew, a of Renfrew, by David Semple. rough and ready rhyme, by James Cook ; and The Blythswood family by William J. Easton. 51 1876 34 Special family ticket for the Paisley Ornithological Society annual exhibition and competition, 1st and 3rd January 1876 51 1876 35 Report of the twenty fourth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 19 July 1876 51 1876 374 "Talisman" Crew, recited by the author John Cowan at a meeting of the Paisley men belonging to the crew, and their friends, on Friday 28 January 1876 51 1876 375 Paisley Horticultural and Renfrewshire National Leek and Onion Society : Schedule of prizes for 1876, and Exhibition of flowers, fruits, and plants, on Thursday14 and Friday 15 September 1876, in the Drill Hall 51 1876 388 List of toasts at the opening of the Rothesay Aquarium, 29 June 1876

25 February 2020 Page 177 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 51 1876 389 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : catalogue of stock for exhibition at the Paisley Show on Thursday 1 June 1876 51 1876 411 Fifteenth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Reclamation of Fallen Women, 1876 51 1876 426 Thirty eighth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 10 January 1876, with the minutes of the meeting 51 1876 433 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, 1875 - 1876 Contains statements from the Pastor, the Session and Deacons' Court, Ecclesiastical Trustees, the Sabbath School Association, the Mission Church, and the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association 51 1876 452 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church, with other statements, 1875 - 1876 51 1876 470 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1875 till 14 May 1876 51 1876 482 Invitation to Robert Brown to the opening of Riccartsbar Asylum on Friday 16 June 1876 51 1876 483 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1875 till 14 May 1876 51 1876 503 School Board Elections : Messrs Coats & Brown's meeting From the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette of 8 April 1876 51 1876 511 Paisley School Board Election : Messrs Coats and Brown's candidature 51 1876 512 Paisley School Board Election : form of ballot paper 51 1876 514 School Board of the Burgh of Paisley : Letter to the electors from A. Montgomerie Lang 51 1876 515 School Board of Paisley : Letter from Thomas Coats and James Brown 51 1876 518 "The tilting at the Paisley School Board Election, 21 April 1876, after the melee", a poem by "Q" in the corner

25 February 2020 Page 178 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 51 1876 521 School Board of Paisley : Letter to the electors from Thomas Coats and James Brown 51 1876 522 Tannahill anniversary : Part songs for open-air concert at "The Glen", by the Tannahill Choir, Saturday 3 June 1876 51 1876 535 Notice of the show of cattle, horses, butter, etc. by members of the Renfrewshire Agricultural Society for the year 1876, to take place in a field at Craigielea, near Paisley, on Thursday 1 June 51 1876 536 Shall we banish the Bible from our Public Schools? : Being a lecture delivered on behalf of the Paisley Young Men's Bible Institute by the Rev. William Fraser LL.D., on 26 February 1876 51 1876 536½ Funeral of the Rev. Dr William Fraser LL.D., from the Paisley Express, 29 September 1879 51 1876 564 Renfrewshire County Funds : State of the public accounts of the County of Renfrew, under the control of the Commissioners of Supply, 1875 - 1876 51 1876 576 Abstract of the Valuation of the County of Renfrew for the year from Whitsunday 1875 till Whitsunday 1876, and of the Prison, Police, and County General Assessments thereon 51 1876 577 Fourth Ward Election : Letter to the electors of the Fourth Ward from Richard Watson 51 1876 578 Fourth Ward Election : Letter to the electors of the Fourth Municipal Ward from Francis Halden 51 1876 579 Fourth Ward Election : Letter soliciting votes from Francis Halden 51 1876 580 Fourth Ward Election : Letter to the electors of the Fourth Ward from John Cook 51 1876 581 Fourth Ward Election : Letter to the electors of the Fourth Ward from William McGee 51 1876 581½ Bulgarian Atrocities : Letter to Messrs Robert Brown & Son regarding subscriptions for the Relief of the Sufferers, from David Young 51 1876 582 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Town Council of Paisley and Burgh Road Trustees, from 30 September 1875 to 30 September 1876

25 February 2020 Page 179 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 51 1876 601 Invitation to a meeting of the Paisley Burns Club in the Globe Hotel on Thursday 12 October 1876 51 1876 602 Report of the sixty eighth general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1876 51 1876 61 Paisley Burns Club : Programme for the Burns Anniversary, 1876 51 1876 616 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the twenty first Annual General Meeting of the shareholders, 28 March 1876 51 1876 618½ Remembrance card of Alexander Cowan, died 19 November 1876 at 18 Stanley Street West 51 1876 619 Ninetieth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary for the year ending 31 December 1875 51 1876 62 Report of the High Church Ecclesiastical Trustees for 1875 - 1876 51 1876 647 Free North Church, Dunfermline : Proposed bazaar to be held in the Music Hall, Dunfermline on 31 October 1876 for the purpose of clearing the debt on the Manse and raising a sufficient amount to renovate the Church 51 1876 648 South Church Endowment Scheme : A bazaar to be held in the Abercorn Rooms on 14, 15 and 16 December, for the purpose of assisting to raise funds for securing the Endowment of this Church 51 1876 650 Proposed bazaar to be held in aid of the New Govan Baptist Church in March 1877 51 1876 651 Bazaar to be held in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley on Thursday 13, Friday 14, and Saturday 15 April 1876 in aid of clearing the debt on the Manse of Linwood Church 51 1876 655 Notice of the first ordinary meeting of the Philosophical Institution for session sixty eighth to be held in the Hall of the Free Library on Tuesday 7 November 1876 51 1876 656 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association and Sick Fund, 1875 - 1876 51 1876 667 Solicitation to members of the Natural History Society of Glasgow to raise a subscription in aid of Mr Thomas Hutchison 51 1876 669 Rules of the Edinburgh Renfrewshire Association

25 February 2020 Page 180 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 51 1876 673 Edinburgh Renfrewshire Association : Letter accompanying the rules of the Association, soliciting subscriptions 51 1876 675 Testimonials in favour of J. Clark Murray LL.D., Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, McGill College, Montreal, for the Chair of Moral and Political Philosophy in the 51 1876 706 Paisley Musical Association : Programme of a performance of "Elijah", an oratorio, in the Abbey on Thursday 6 April 1876 51 1876 718 On Unitarianism : an expostulation, by the Rev. James Cunningham M.A., Longsight Presbyterian Church, Manchester 51 1876 735½ Invitation to Mr Brown to an evening assembly in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 29 December 1876 51 1876 736 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 28 May 185 till 27 May 1876 51 1876 741 Eleventh annual report of the Paisley Infirmary Dorcas Society, 1875 - 1876 51 1876 751 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley, for the year ending 15 May 1876 51 1876 762 Twenty fifth annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1875 51 1876 778 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Water Works, from 28 May 1875 till 28 May 1876 51 1876 785 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 30 November 1875 to 30 November 1876 51 1876 94 Glasgow & Paisley Joint Railway : Ticket for the fifth annual soiree of the employees at Paisley Station, to be held in the Drill Hall on Friday 21 January 1876 51 1876 95 Semi-Jubilee presentation soiree to the Rev. George Clark Hutton D.D., Canal Street United Presbyterian Church, Paisley, Thursday 16 November 1876

25 February 2020 Page 181 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 52 1877 1 Paisley Ornithological Association : notice of the twenty fourth annual exhibition and competition, open to the United Kingdom, to take place on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 January 1878, in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley 52 1877 108½ Letter to the members of the Abbey Church of Paisley regarding adding Mission Stations to the Communion Roll 52 1877 109 Thirty sixth annual report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, November 1876 52 1877 117 Daniel Barr, a poem, by A.A. 52 1877 119 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association and Sick Fund, 1876 - 1877 52 1877 130 Copy of an old letter (in rhyme) to James Muir of Craigmuir, giving a description of Paisley during the great Commercial crisis of 1841 - 42 52 1877 140½ The prices of butchery meat in Glasgow, by a Special Commissioner, 30 January 1877 52 1877 141 Twenty sixth annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1876 52 1877 157½ Opening of the Brodie Park, Paisley, 26 May 1877 Reprinted from the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 52 1877 160 Truth and Duty : bible text book for 1877 A series of fifty two lessons on the doctrines of precepts of scripture, by M.T.S. 52 1877 191 The worth of wages, by William Denny Second edition 52 1877 2 Paisley Ornithological Association : Catalogue of entries of poultry, In connection with the pigeons, canaries, home & foreign birds, etc. Association's twenty fourth grand annual exhibition and competition, held in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley, on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 January 1878 52 1877 221 Paisley Art Institute : letter regarding a special conversazione to be held on Monday 29 October 1877, and invitation to join as an honorary member

25 February 2020 Page 182 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 52 1877 223 Forty second annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, list of subscriptions, and abstract of income and expenditure 52 1877 235 Thirty sixth annual report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, November 1876 52 1877 243 Letter to Provost Murray from the Committee of the Fund for the Relief of the unfortunate sufferers from the Blantyre Colliery Accident regarding subscription sheets 52 1877 244 Sixty sixth annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1877 52 1877 252 Letter from J. Jack Robertson advertising his services as an Accountant and Factor 52 1877 253 Loving Counsels for a Servant's Daily Life, by Dowager Lady L. Foulis 52 1877 283 The Irish Harp on the Willows, by John Parlane, Printer 52 1877 286 Tannahill anniversary : Part songs for "The Glen" concert, by the Tannahill Choir, Saturday 2 June 1877 52 1877 302½ Advertising card for High Rock Spring Water Company, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 52 1877 303 Statement of the case of the Reformed Presbyterian Church versus the Ferguson Bequest Trustees 52 1877 306 Re-opening of the High Church, Paisley, on Sabbath 18 November 1877 Reprinted from the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 52 1877 321 Programme for the High Parish Church congregational soiree in the Drill Hall on Thursday 22 November 1877 52 1877 322 Ticket for the services at the re-opening of the High Parish Church, Paisley, 18 November 1877 52 1877 323 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of the High Church of Paisley, With appendix containing With financial statements, 1876 - 1877 Pastoral and Reports of the High sessional directory, and Church Session, Dorcas Society, church calendar Missionary Association, Sabbath School Association, and Young Men's Sabbath Morning Association

25 February 2020 Page 183 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 52 1877 33½ Notice to the members and adherents of the Abbey Church of Paisley, regarding the Abbey Church vacancy 52 1877 34 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 30 November 1876 to 30 November 1877 52 1877 358 Paisley Philosophical Association : Accompanying letter of a ticket for a Conversazione in the Free Public Library and Museum buildings on Wednesday 14 November 1877 52 1877 359 Words of Wisdom : bible text book for 1878 52 1877 36 Member's ticket for Kelburne Cricket Club for season 1877 - 1888 52 1877 36½ Forty fourth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1876 52 1877 37 Programme of a grand popular concert of Mr H.A. Lambeth's Choirs, in the Drill Hall, Paisley on Thursday 20 December 1877 52 1877 390 Paisley Philosophical Institution : programme of the Conversazione held on 14 November 1877 in the Free Public Library and Museum buildings 52 1877 391 Philosophical Institution : First ordinary meeting of the sixty ninth Session to be held in the Hall of the Free Library on Tuesday 27 November 1877 52 1877 394 Rules and Commencement List of the Paisley New Book Club's twenty first year, 1877 52 1877 401 Associated Swimming Clubs of Scotland : "The Theory and Practice of Swimming", a lecture by Mr William Wilson in the Paisley Baths, Storie Street, on Friday 21 September 1877 52 1877 402 Associated Swimming Clubs of Scotland : notice of "The Theory and Practice of Swimming", a lecture by Mr William Wilson in the Paisley Baths, Storie Street, on Friday 21 September 1877 52 1877 405 Paisley Baths : The Annual General Meeting of Subscribers to be held at the baths on Thursday 13 December, 1877 52 1877 406 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church, with other statements, 1876 - 1877 52 1877 421 Constitution of the West of Scotland Artillery Association 52 1877 424 West of Scotland Artillery Association : duplicate subscription sheet

25 February 2020 Page 184 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 52 1877 425 West of Scotland Artillery Association : extract from the Glasgow Herald, 24 February 1877 52 1877 426 Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley, Water Commissioners, Burgh Trustees, Cart Navigation Trustees, Committees, etc., 1877 - 1878 52 1877 427 Rotation of Presiding Justices for the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District, 1877 52 1877 428 Poster for the Renfrewshire Agricultural Society annual show for the year 1877, to take place in a field at Craigielea on Thursday 7 June 1877 52 1877 429 The study of political philosophy, by the Rev. J. Clark Murray, Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy : the annual University lecture, McGill College, Montreal, Session 1877 - 1878 52 1877 446 Letter calling a meeting of the valued-rent Heritors of the Abbey Parish to consider a report by the Superintending Committee and to impose an assessment to liquidate the expenses incurred in repairing the Church 52 1877 447 Report of the twenty fifth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 18 July 1877 52 1877 475 Invitation to the twenty third Annual Meeting of the "Sneddon Callans" Association, to be held in the Globe Hotel on Friday 16 November 1877 52 1877 476 "Sneddon Callans" Association twenty first annual report, 1876 - 1877 52 1877 480 Taking the waters or baths and brunnen, by A Wellspring 52 1877 48½ Letter to the members of the Abbey Church of Paisley regarding Mission Communicants 52 1877 49 Paisley Musical Association : rehearsals for the performance of MacFarren's oratorio "The Resurrection" to resume on Tuesday 4 September in the Abercorn Rooms 52 1877 50 "Living Fountains" : a new year's address by the Rev. A.G. Fleming 52 1877 512 Tannahill Bouquet : The flowers and plants of Tannahill, with their scientific names and quotations from his works, wherein allusion is made to them, by William Elder 52 1877 558 Invitation to Mr Brown from the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council, to attend the Inauguration of the new Gas Holder on Wednesday 12 December 1877

25 February 2020 Page 185 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 52 1877 559 "Gazette" newsboys' New Year's Address, January 1877 52 1877 560 Guide to the views from the top of Bunker Hill Monument, 1876 52 1877 577 Toronto Fire Alarm Telegraph, Signal Boxes, etc. 52 1877 588 William Notman, photographer to the Queen, and under the patronage of the Emperor of France : general remarks about photography 52 1877 606 Cunard Line British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, saloon passenger list of R.M.S. Bothnia from New York to , 17 October 1877 52 1877 610 Notice of Talbot & Co.'s Indian Bazaar, in Russell's St Louis Hotel, St Louis Street, Quebec 52 1877 614 Leaflet of a grand new attraction "Whirlpool Rapids Park" now open at Niagara (Canada side) 52 1877 616 Breakfast menu of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, N.Y. 52 1877 619 Breakfast menu of the Continental Hotel, N.Y. 52 1877 620 Set hours for meals, wine list, and dinner menus of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, N.Y. 52 1877 624 Set hours for meals, wine list, and dinner menus of the Lindell Hotel, St Louis, Montreal 52 1877 628 Set hours for meals, wine list, and dinner menus of the Carrollton Hotel, Baltimore 52 1877 632 Menu of Palmer House, Chicago 52 1877 636 Cunard Line British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, saloon passenger list of R.M.S. Scythia from Liverpool to New York, August 4 1877 52 1877 640 Dinner menu of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, saloon passenger list of R.M.S. Scythia, Friday 10 August 1877 52 1877 644 Set hours for meals, wine list, and dinner menus of the New Gibson House, Cincinnati 52 1877 648 Dinner menu of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, saloon passenger list of R.M.S. Scythia, Sunday 5 August 1877

25 February 2020 Page 186 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 52 1877 81 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, 1876 - 1877 Containing statements from the Pastor, the Session and Deacon's Court, Ecclesiastical Trustees, the Sabbath School Association, the Mission Church, and the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association 52 1877 96½ The story of the Bronte family : a lecture Reprinted from the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 52 1877 97 Letter from the President and Treasurer of the Paisley Young Men's Christian Association to raise funds to furnish new premises in the present office of the Commercial Bank at 8 Causeyside Street 52 1877 97½ The first general report of the new and other public schools under the Paisley School Board, adopted on 24 April 1877 52 1877 98 The history of the Paisley Grammar School from its foundation in 1576 ; With some notices of subjects Of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy ; And of the other Town's relating to the history of the school, by Robert Brown, Underwood Park, Paisley Town of Paisley 53 1877 1 Menu and list of toasts to be made at the banquet for the Burns' Monument Inauguration, in the Crown Hall, , Glasgow, on Thursday 25 January 1877 53 1877 100 Twenty first annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1876 53 1877 111½ Paisley (Burgh) School Board : School Attendance Committee fifth half yearly report 53 1877 112 Miss Thompson's Pictures : The Roll Call, Quatre Bras, Balaclava, Inkermann. Exhibition of "Balaclava" : On the Causeyway Heights, after the Charge of the Light Brigade, 25 October 1854 53 1877 116 Meeting of the Paisley School Board, 29 May 1877 From the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 2 June 1877 53 1877 118 The first general report of the new and other public schools under the Paisley School Board, adopted on 24 April 1877

25 February 2020 Page 187 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 53 1877 128½ Decorative 1877 calendar advertising Robert Brown & Son, Paisley, Manufacturers of the Crown Plumbage Crucibles, and Manufacturers of White Enamelled Earthenware for Sanitary Purposes 53 1877 129 Appeal on behalf of a "Bruce Memorial" from the Church at Cambusbarron 53 1877 129¼ Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Company : sixth annual soiree of the employees at Paisley Station, in the Drill Hall on Friday 23 February 1877 53 1877 129½ Memoir of the late Rev. Thomas Adam, 24 February 1877 53 1877 130 Twelfth annual report of the Paisley Infirmary Dorcas Society, 1876 - 1877 53 1877 139½ Sheriff Court of Lanarkshire : return of cases disposed of by Sheriff- Published in the Glasgow News, Substitute for year ending 31 December 1875 Saturday 28 April 1877 53 1877 139¾ Ticket for the induction of the Rev. A.D. Campbell to St George's Church, Paisley , in The George Hotel on Wednesday 2 May 1877 53 1877 140 The Abbey Manse assessment 53 1877 143 Request to call a meeting of the Heritors of the Abbey Parish of Paisley in the Session House of the Parish Church on Tuesday 27 March 1877, regarding the Abbey Manse assessment 53 1877 143½ List of toasts to be read at the dinner on the occasion of the induction of the Rev. A.D. Campbell to St George's Church and Parish, in the George Hotel on 2 May 1877 53 1877 144 Report of the Paisley Discharge Prisoners' Aid Society, and of the proceedings at a public meeting held 11 June 1877 53 1877 152 Proposal to raise subscriptions for a testimonial to Mr John Meikleham of Glen's School, Cathedral Street, being in the post of Head Master there for 25 years 53 1877 154 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association and Sick Fund, 1876 - 1877 53 1877 165 Agenda of the meeting of the Presbytery of Paisley on Wednesday 2 May 1877 53 1877 166 Musical score of "The Banner of Scotland"

25 February 2020 Page 188 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 53 1877 167 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : Catalogue for the annual show at Paisley on Thursday 7 June 1877 53 1877 17½ The Abbey Manse case 53 1877 17¾ Consumptions of spirituous liquors in the United Kingdom during the year Printed in the Evening News, 10 1876 May 1877 53 1877 18 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Town Council of Paisley and Burgh Road Trustees, from 30 September 1876 till 30 September 1877 53 1877 200 Platform ticket for the opening of Brodie Park, Paisley, on 26 May 1877 53 1877 201 Changes in the incidence of Imperial Taxation, and in the proportions borne by the richer and poorer classes, by William Holms M.P. 53 1877 238 Paisley Horticultural and Renfrewshire National Leek and Onion Society : schedule of prizes for 1877 - exhibitions : Spring Show on Friday 23 March 1877, and of Flowers, fruits, and plants on Thursday 30 August 1877, in the Drill Hall 53 1877 252 Invitation from the Provost and Magistrates requesting the attendance of Mr Brown at the opening of the Public Park at Wester Carriagehill, under the will of the late Robert Brodie, on Saturday 26 May 1877 53 1877 253 Advertising booklet for Robert Pinkerton, 67 Back Sneddon Street, Paisley. Plumber and Gasfitter, Tinsmith, Coppersmith, Smith and Bellhanger 53 1877 261 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association and Sick Fund, 1876 - 1877 53 1877 272 Rev. Dr Philip, Missionary to the Jews in Rome, to give an account of the work among the Jews and of the cause of Evangelisation in Rome, at a meeting in the Hall of the Free Library on Tuesday 12 June 1877 53 1877 273 Report and abstract of accounts of Miss Kibble's Reformatory Institution, Paisley, 31 December 1876 53 1877 288 List of subscriptions made in Paisley to the Livingstonia Mission at Lake Nyassa 53 1877 290 List of toasts to be made at a dinner on occasion of the opening of Brodie Park, 26 May 1877

25 February 2020 Page 189 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 53 1877 291 The Battle of the Standards ; or, The Rev. David Macrae versus the confession of faith, by William Bennett 53 1877 299 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the thirty second Annual General Meeting of the shareholders, 27 March 1877 53 1877 302 & 304 Thirty ninth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers held 8 January 1877, with the minutes of the meeting 53 1877 302½ Paisley (Burgh) School Board : third educational census, July 1877, with appendix 53 1877 309 Church of Scotland's Home Mission Scheme : Annual General Collection on Sabbath 18 March 1877 53 1877 314 Ticket to the thirty seventh Annual General Meeting of the Paisley Iceland Curling Club, to be held in the George Hotel on Tuesday 2 October 1877. Business - annual election and audit 53 1877 315 Notice of meeting of the Paisley Iceland Curling Club will meet in the George Hotel on Friday 13 April 1877. Business - supper and initiation of new members 53 1877 319 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 28 May 1876 till 28 May 1877 53 1877 324 Letter from R.G. Lowndes regarding the "Conservative Registration of Voters in Renfrewshire" 53 1877 325½ Paisley (Burgh) School Board : School Attendance Committee sixth half- yearly report on School Attendance 53 1877 326 Report of the statutory examination of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy for Session 1876 - 1877, conducted by the University of Glasgow Local Examination Board, with a supplementary report on singing, by John A. Brown 53 1877 341 Ticket to the Congregational Soiree of the High Parish Church, Paisley, to be held in the Drill Hall on 22 November 1877, on the occasion of the re­ opening of the Church after renovation 53 1877 342 Paisley School Board : notice of the statutory (private) examination of the Grammar School and Academy to take place on Monday 25 June 1877

25 February 2020 Page 190 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 53 1877 343 "Knowledge is Power" ; or The Sage, the King, the Prince, the Princess, Reprinted from the Paisley and the wicked fairy, Bully-A, and her dragons "Prejudice" and Herald "Ignorance" : a fairy tale by William Elder 53 1877 36½ Death of Mr William Murdoch, a Paisley poet Printed in the Paisley Daily Express, 17 May 1877 53 1877 37 Paisley Improvement Bill : schedule of properties in the Middle Church Parish of Paisley 53 1877 390 Invitation to attend a meeting of gentlemen favourable to the continuance of the Board of Education for Scotland, to be held in the Council Chambers on Thursday 15 March 1877 53 1877 391 Thirty eighth annual report of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society 53 1877 414 Illustration : The Gospel of Strife 53 1877 415 Illustration : The Gospel of Peace 53 1877 416 Advertisement poster of Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley, Robert Brown, Proprietor. Paisley Depot - Sneddon Bridge 53 1877 417 Programme of Service of Sacred Music in George Street United Presbyterian Church, Friday 16 March 1877 53 1877 420 Trades-Unionism : the blight on British Industries and Commerce, by John Honeyman, member of the Council of the Royal Institute of British Architects 53 1877 42½ Burgh of Paisley : analysis of valuation roll for 1877 - 1878, and estimated population 53 1877 43 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Water Works, from 28 May 1876 till 28 May 1877 53 1877 451 Paisley Tonic Sol-Fa Institute : Programme of a concert consisting of Glees, Madrigals, Part songs, etc., in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 20 April 1877

25 February 2020 Page 191 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 53 1877 452 Invitation to Mr Robert Brown by Lieutenant Colonel Mure and the Officers of the Second Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers, to the annual supper and presentation of prizes in the Drill Hall on Friday 30 November 1877 53 1877 453 The Scotch Education Department and a Board of Education for Scotland : a few words to School Boards by a School Manager 53 1877 472 Paisley School Board : correction of Mr Clark's statistics 53 1877 473 Letter by Alexander Gardner, publisher, accompanying the prospectus of the New Club Series, of which the "Registrum Monasterii de Passelet" forms the first issue 53 1877 474 Letter by Alexander Gardner, publisher, regarding concerns over the cost of the publication of the New Club Series 53 1877 475 Prospectus of the New Club Series 53 1877 476 Opening of the Brodie Park, Paisley, 26 May 1877 53 1877 49½ Platform ticket for the Glasgow & Paisley Joint Railway re-union in the Drill Hall, Paisley, on 23 February 1877 53 1877 5 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley, for the year ending 15 May 1877 53 1877 50 Easy reading lessons from scripture 53 1877 515 Paisley Musical Association : performance of Mr John Francis Barnett's sacred cantata "The Good Shepherd" in the Abbey on Thursday 5 April 1877 53 1877 517 The Paisley Herald's Printer's Devil's Address to his readers 53 1877 82 Cunard Track Chart 53 1877 83 Report of the sixty ninth general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Society, 1877 53 1877 98 Proposal of publication by subscription of a series of one hundred photographic views of "The old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry" photographed by John Annan, with letter-press descriptions 53 1877 99½ Decorative 1877 calendar / business card of Robert Brown & Son, Paisley, manufacturer of plumbage crucibles, Crown Plumbago Works, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 192 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 54 1878 1 Paisley Burns Club : Celebration of the one hundred and nineteenth anniversary of the birthday of Robert Burns, in the Globe Hotel on 25 January 1878 54 1878 137 The Crown of Life, poem by John Barr, Craigielea 54 1878 140 Paisley Burns Club : List of toasts to be made at the Burns Anniversary 1878 54 1878 141 Ticket for the third annual dinner of the Master Masons of Paisley, in the Artizans' Institution on Thursday 24 January 1878 54 1878 143 Church of Scotland Endowment Scheme : District III - Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, B Division - Presbyteries of Greenock, Paisley, Irvine, and Ayr 54 1878 147 Invitation to attend the United Annual Meeting of the Glasgow Mission to the Outdoor Blind and Ladies' Auxiliary Society, to be held within the Merchants' Hall, , Glasgow on Tuesday 29 January 1878 54 1878 151 The National Bible Society of Scotland : annual sermon to be preached by the Rev. Andrew Henderson in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Oakshaw Street, on Sabbath First, 27th inst. 54 1878 153 Invitation to ex-Provost Brown to dinner with Mr Holms on Wednesday 9 January 1878 54 1878 156 Letter by the Rev. George C. Hatton 54 1878 157 Letter by William Easton regarding the formation of a Conservative Association for the County of Renfrewshire 54 1878 161 "Gazette" Newsboys' New Year's Address 54 1878 164 The Paisley Herald's Printer's Devil's Address to his readers, 1878 54 1878 165 Invitation to attend a committee meeting of the Glasgow Mission to the Outdoor Blind in the Religious Institution Rooms, 172 , Glasgow on Monday 14 January 1878 54 1878 170 Paisley Burns Club : invitation to attend a meeting in the Globe Hotel on Thursday 10 January 1878 54 1878 177 Fortieth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 14 January 1878, with the minutes of the meeting

25 February 2020 Page 193 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 54 1878 185 Forty fifth annual report of the Paisley Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1877 54 1878 193 Thirty seventh annual report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, December 1877 54 1878 201 Advantages of scriptural education : a sermon preached in Falkirk Parish Church on 1 August 1819, for the benefit of the Charity School in that town, by the late Rev. John Reid, Minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Laurieston 54 1878 225 The Family Fairy, by the Rev. Archibald Bell, Paisley 54 1878 237 Temperance lyrics, part 4 : Good songs for the young 54 1878 289 Programme of a grand concert in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley, on Friday 11 January 1878, by the members of Her Majesty's Opera 54 1878 291 Special Family Ticket to the Paisley Ornithological Association show, 1 and 2 January 1878 54 1878 293 Facsimiles of signatures of the successive Sheriff's Depute of Facsimiles of signatures of Renfrewshire from 1748 when Heritable Jurisdictions were abolished, to Renfrewshire Landowners to 1877 Oath of Allegiance, 1818 and 1830 54 1878 299 Petition from the inhabitants of Barrhead against Sunday drinking 54 1878 301 The Established Church and the Free : in what do they differ? An answer to the articles of Mr Taylor Innes in the "Contemporary Review" 54 1878 337 The Church of Scotland not Erastian : a reply to a letter from a Free Church Minister as to the Stewarton Case, by the author of "An answer to Dr Buchanan's speech in the Presbytery of Glasgow 54 1878 357 Highland Parishes : Secession from the Church of Scotland in 1843 54 1878 369 Twenty second annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1877 54 1878 386 An exact copy of a bill for 10s. 10d. Sent by a bricklayer who could not write, to a gentleman for whom he had worked (with explanation) 54 1878 387 Facsimile of Sheriff's precept for summoning freeholders to elect Member for County, 1741

25 February 2020 Page 194 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 54 1878 389 Plan of Paisley, 1490 till about 1545, reduced from plan based on the Abbot's Chartulary 54 1878 391 Sketch of the Yett House at Paisley Abbey 54 1878 394 Stable economy : showing how to keep a horse at a cost of £10 to £12 a Concluding with an essay on the year, in fine condition to ride and drive general management of the Milch Goat for the domestic use of amateurs and cottagers, by Kinard B. Edwards 54 1878 41 Revised rules of the Paisley Burns Club, instituted 1805 54 1878 417 Letter to Robert Brown from Edwin Stuart, of Leary & Co. Bookseller, Philadelphia, 11 March 1878 54 1878 419 Business card of Edwin Stuart, of Leary & Co. Bookseller, Philadelphia 54 1878 421 Price list with illustrations of white enamelled items made by Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley 54 1878 425 High Parish Church : scheme of Church - Door collecting, elders and trustees, 1877 - 1878 54 1878 427 Decorative 1877 calendar / business card of Robert Brown & Son, Paisley, manufacturer of plumbage crucibles, Crown Plumbago Works, Paisley 54 1878 429 Life in death : a funeral sermon preached in the Free Church, Tongland, In Memoriam to Janet Ellen on Sabbath 5 August 1877, by the Rev. Alexander Skene, Trinity Montgomerie Neilson, who died Presbyterian Church, Canonbury, London 25 July 1877 54 1878 45 The twenty fourth annual exhibition and competition of the Paisley Ornithological Association, open to the United Kingdom, to take place on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 January 1878 in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley 54 1878 453 Billboard of the Renfrewshire Agricultural Society annual show on Thursday 6 June 1878 54 1878 455 The higher or specific subjects in the Board Schools of the Burgh of Paisley Extracted from the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette, 2 February 1878 54 1878 459 Antwerp delivered in 1577 : a passage from the history of the troubles in the Netherlands, by Sir William Stirling Maxwell, Bart. K.T.

25 February 2020 Page 195 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 54 1878 461 Annual report of the Riccartsbar Asylum, Paisley, 1877 54 1878 47 Ninety second annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary for the year ending 31 December 1877 54 1878 475 Paisley New Book Club : twenty second year, 1878 : rules and commencement list for 1878 54 1878 483 Peace or War! Britain's true position : a poem by H. Kilpatrick 54 1878 485 Reply to Mr George Hay's lecture on the Rule of Faith, delivered in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley, 1876 ; or, An answer to the question "Is the Bible a perfect Rule of Faith?" by Mr Thomas James O'Rorke 54 1878 515 Annual meeting of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland to be held in the Hall of the Free Library on Tuesday 26 February 54 1878 517 Letter from William Woodrow advertising his book of poems, with an order form 54 1878 525 Paisley Burgh Police Superintendent's Return for the year ending 31 December 1877 54 1878 527 Voting slip of the High Church Parish for the election of Missionary Election between J.C. Thomson of Glasgow, J.B. Service of Strono, and J.A. Abernethy of Bute 54 1878 529 Letter regarding the seventy third anniversary dinner of the Paisley Burns Club to be held in the Globe Hotel on Friday 25 January 1878 54 1878 531 Church of Scotland's Home Mission Scheme : annual general collection on Sabbath 10 February 1878 54 1878 537 Programme of "A night with the Jacobites" : songs and stories of the Jacobite Rebellions in 1689, 1715, and 1745 54 1878 539 Advertisement for a lecture on the Russo-Turkish war, by Mr Archibald With extracts from the press Forbes, in the Lecture Hall, Paisley on Monday 25 February 1878 54 1878 541 List of toasts to be made at the Maltmen Dinner on 14 February 1878 54 1878 543 Twenty seventh annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1877 54 1878 563 "Mary", a poem by C.J. Evans

25 February 2020 Page 196 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 54 1878 575 Select catalogue of garden, flower, and agricultural seeds for John Macfee, seedsman, 1 St Mirren Street, Paisley 54 1878 596 Paisley Horticultural and Renfrewshire National Leek and Onion Society : schedule of prizes for grand exhibition of spring flowers on Friday 22 March 1878, and of fruits, flowers, and vegetables on Thursday 5 September 1878, in the Drill Hall 54 1878 612 Letter from Alexander Gardner regarding the New Club Series edition of "The Abbey of Paisley" is now ready, and the next work to be issued is "Hamilton's Description of Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire" 54 1878 614 Letter from the Paisley Young Men's Christian Association requesting attendance at the opening of The New Rooms, 8 Causeyside Street, on Monday 25 March 1878, with their meeting taking place that evening 54 1878 616 Notice by the Paisley Horticultural Society of the exhibition of spring flowers in the Drill Hall on Friday 22 March 1878 54 1878 619 Letter from Thomas Reid & Sons, St Mirren Engine Works, intimating that they have moved premises to Thread Street, lately occupied as a Flour Mill 54 1878 622 Notice of the Paisley Musical Association's production of G.A. Macfarren's oratorio "The Resurrection", to be performed in the Abbey on Wednesday 3 April 1878 54 1878 632 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the thirty third Annual General Meeting of the shareholders, on 26 March 1878 54 1878 634 Booklet produced by Brown & Polson, manufacturers and purveyors, Patent corn flour. Includes recipes and a calendar for 1878 54 1878 666 Second annual report of the Paisley Women's Christian and Abstinence Association, 1877 - 1878 54 1878 674 Programme of the St Cecilia Society, Paisley 1877 - 1878, concert for the benefit of the Sick Fund of the Ladies' Sanitary Association, in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 29 March 1878 54 1878 690 Letter requesting attendance at a meeting of the General Committee of the Paisley Conservative Association at 3 County Place, Paisley, on Monday 22 April 1878

25 February 2020 Page 197 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 54 1878 693 Business card of Taylor & Cook, Terrace and Newtown Warehouses, Paisley 54 1878 695 Ticket to a dinner for the ordination of the Rev. Alexander F. Fraser to the Middle Church and Parish of Paisley, in the George Hotel on Wednesday 20 March 1878 54 1878 696 List of toasts to be made at the dinner for the ordination of the Rev. Alexander F. Fraser to the Middle Church and Parish of Paisley, in the George Hotel on Wednesday 20 March 1878 54 1878 698 Paisley Conservative Association, session 1878 : rules and membership form 54 1878 702 Notice of the monthly conversazione of the Paisley Art Institute to be held in the School of Art on Thursday 25 April 1878, the Rev. J.B. Johnstone of Glasgow to read a paper on "Landscape Painting" 54 1878 706 Notice of a change of treasurer of the Paisley Infirmary 54 1878 708 Ninety first annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary for the year ending 31 December 1876 54 1878 745 The Christian Press, 28 March 1878 54 1878 750 Letter by James Winning requesting people to for a deputation to wait upon the Provost and Magistrates, asking them to refuse all applications for new licenses and to reduce the number of licensed houses 54 1878 752 Letter from Mr Abercrombie jnr regarding an invitation to the opening services of the Mission Hall of the Middle Parish Sabbath School Association, on Sabbath First, 13 current 54 1878 754 The late Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Bart., K.T., M.P. 54 1878 759 Opening services of the Middle Parish Mission Hall, New Sneddon Street, on Sabbath First, the 13th current 54 1878 762 Church of Scotland Endowment Scheme : collection on Sabbath 21 April 1878 54 1878 766 Thirteenth annual report of the Paisley Infirmary Dorcas Society, 1877 - 1878 54 1878 778 Sketch of the George A. Clark Town Hall, Paisley. Presentation supplement issued by the Paisley Herald, April 1878

25 February 2020 Page 198 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 54 1878 780 The Mayor's Message, together with reports of City Officers of the City of Quincy, Illinois, for the year ending 31 March 1878 54 1878 82 Memoir of the late Robert Love Esq., of Threepwood, Beith, and Braehead, Lochwinnoch, printed in the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 22 September 1877 54 1878 83 Catalogue of the library of the late Robert love Esq., Braehead, Auctioneer - Messrs T. Chapman Lochwinnoch, to be sold Monday 21 January to Thursday 24 January 1878 & Son, 11 Hanover Street, Edinburgh 54 1878 878 Testimonials in favour of Mr John Rae, a candidate for the post of Governor of the Kibble Reformatory Institution, Paisley 54 1878 898 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh School Board, from constitution of Board till 15 May 1878 54 1878 900 Paisley Burgh School Board : School attendance report, 24 April 1878 54 1878 902 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association and Sick Fund, 1877 - 1878 54 1878 914 High Church Ecclesiastical Trustees : seat lettings for the ensuing half year on Monday 22, Saturday 27 and Monday 29 April 1878 54 1878 916 Barrhead Hotels : objections to licensing laws 54 1878 918 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 28 May 1877 till 28 May 1878 54 1878 926 First annual report of the Paisley Art Institute, constituted 1876 54 1878 937 Fifty seventh annual report of the Glasgow Society for the Education of Deaf and Dumb, 9 May 1878, and incorporated by Seal of Cause from the Magistrates of Glasgow 54 1878 975 Renfrewshire County Funds : State of the public accounts of the County of Renfrew, under the control of the Commissioners of Supply, for the year ending Whitsunday 1878 54 1878 979 Comparative abstracts of valuation of the County of Renfrew, 1877-78 and 1878-79 54 1878 981 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1877 till 15 May 1878

25 February 2020 Page 199 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 54 1878 981½ Letter regarding organising subscriptions to raise the shortfall for building the Good Templar Halls in Dyers' Wynd 54 1878 983 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Water Works, from 28 May 1877 till 28 May 1878 54 1878 Page764 Poster for the Ayrshire Festival in Paisley : the first annual festival of the natives of Ayrshire resident in Paisley, to be held in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 12 April 1878 55 1878 1 & 21 Tannahill Anniversary : Part songs harmonised for "The Glen" concert to be sung by the Tannahill Choir, on Saturday 8 June 1878 55 1878 152 Third musical celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Robert Reprinted from the Paisley and Tannahill, at "The Glen" near Paisley, on Saturday 15 June 1878 Renfrewshire Gazette 55 1878 202 Paisley Amateur Florist Society prize schedule 1878 55 1878 209 Ticket for the Paisley Amateur Grand Open Floral Competition in the hall of the Free Public Library on 19 July 1878 55 1878 210 Report of the statutory examination of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy for session 1877 - 1878, conducted by the University of Glasgow Local Examination Board 55 1878 230 Report of the twenty sixth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 17 July 1878 55 1878 258 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh School Board, from Constitution of Board till 15 May 1878 55 1878 260 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh Road Trustees, from 30 September 1877 till 15 May 1878 55 1878 268 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley for the year ending 15 May 1878 55 1878 285 Advertisement for Robert Brown & Son, manufacture at the Ferguslie Fire Clay Works ; Caledonia & Shortroods Drain Pipe & Tile Works ; The Paisley Sanitary Earthenware Works ; The Crown Plumbago Crucible Works, all Paisley 55 1878 289 Paisley Race Meeting, Thursday 8 August 1878 55 1878 293 Paisley Race Meeting, Friday 9 August 1878

25 February 2020 Page 200 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 55 1878 296 Letter regarding the retirement of Mr L. Hoeck of the Musical Academy 55 1878 299 Letter to the editor of the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette regarding the Argyleshire Election : Statistics of the Established Church, 10 August 1878 55 1878 300 Accompanying letter of four invitations to the opening ball of the Dunblane Hydropathic Company Limited on Friday 13 September 1878 55 1878 302 Oakshaw Memorial Sabbath School : floral and industrial competition, in With a poem "The Use of the Memorial School, West Brae, on Tuesday 3 September 1878 Flowers" by Mary Howitt 55 1878 308 The Established Church, what is it? : a lecture delivered in South Parish Church, Paisley, by the Rev. C.C. MacDonald 55 1878 328 Paisley Grammar School and Academy, under the management of the School Board, Session 1878 - 1879 55 1878 340 Paisley Burns Club : invitation to meet at the Railway Station on Friday 27 September, to visit Loch Doon, near Dalmellington 55 1878 344 Quarterly Record of the National Bible Society of Scotland, No.15, The Society at the Paris September 1878 Exhibition 55 1878 350 New Club Series : Accompanying letter of "Hamilton's Description of the Sheriffdoms of Lanark and Renfrew", the third volume of the series, sent by Alexander Gardner, 12 September 1878 55 1878 352 Testimonials in favour of Mr David Donaldson F.E.I.S. 55 1878 368 Report of the seventieth general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution, 1878 55 1878 390 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of the High Church of Paisley, With appendix containing With financial statements, 1877 - 1878 Pastoral, and reports of High sessional directory, and Church Session, Dorcas Society, Church calendar Missionary Association, Sabbath School Association, and Young Men's Sabbath Morning Association 55 1878 41 Tannahill Anniversary Celebration : Programme of grand concerts of Performances by the Band and vocal and instrumental music at "The Glen", Gleniffer Braes, on Saturday Pipers of the 79th (Queen's 8 June 1878 Own) Cameron Highlanders and the Tannahill Choir

25 February 2020 Page 201 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 55 1878 431 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, 1877 - 1878 Containing statements from the Pastor, Session and Deacon's Court, Ecclesiastical Trustees, Sabbath School Association, mission Church, and Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association 55 1878 45 Luncheon Toast List of the Renfrewshire Agricultural Society Annual Show, 6 June 1878 55 1878 450 Church of Scotland Small Livings Fund - Collection on Sabbath 15 September 1878 55 1878 454 Third annual report of the Paisley Young Men's Christian Association, 1878 55 1878 46 Paisley subscribers to the Liberation Society, taken from the Paisley Express, 5 March 1878 55 1878 466 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church, with other statements, 1877 - 1878 55 1878 47 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : Catalogue of annual show at Paisley, on Thursday 6 June 1878 55 1878 486 Burgh of Paisley : Rules as to warning Fire Brigade in cases of fire 55 1878 488 The case for Disestablishment in Scotland, by the Rev. G.C. Hutton D.D., Paisley 55 1878 560 Report by John Frederic Bateman C.E., as to collection and disposal of Glasgow sewage, 7 October 1878 55 1878 576 Programme of a grand amateur concert in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley, on Tuesday 22 October 1878, in aid of the Parsonage Fund of Trinity Episcopal Church 55 1878 584 Programme of a grand evening concert in the Good Templars' Hall, Lesmahagow, on Friday 25 October 1878 55 1878 588 Invitation to the laying of the Memorial Stone of the new Abbey Bridge on Monday 21 October 1878

25 February 2020 Page 202 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 55 1878 592 Paisley Iceland Curling Club : ticket for the thirty eighth Annual General Meeting to be held in the George Hotel on Thursday 24 October 1878 55 1878 594 Paisley Young Men's Christian Association, Central Rooms, 8 Causeyside Street, fourth session, 1878 - 1879 55 1878 602 Moffat Hydropathic Establishment and Sanatorium : booklet and sketch 55 1878 614 Paisley Art Institute : Opening Conversazione to take place in the School of Art on Thursday 31 October 1878 55 1878 618 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Town Council of Paisley, from 30 September 1877 till 30 September 1878 55 1878 634 Programme of a grand amateur concert in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley, on Tuesday 22 October 1878, in aid of the Parsonage Fund of Trinity Episcopal Church 55 1878 638 Sixty seventh annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1878 55 1878 646 Letter from the Paisley Musical Association regarding rehearsals resumed in the Congregational Church, Gilmour Street on Tuesday evenings 55 1878 650 Letter from Provost David Murray requesting attendance at a private conference in the Council Chambers to discuss the propriety of raising a fund for the relief of the sufferers by the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank 55 1878 654 Advertising booklet of Linoleum floor cloth : what it is and where to get it Linoleum Manufacturing Company (Limited), Staines 55 1878 666 Advertisement for David Murray & Son, House Decorators & Glass Gilders, 15 Gilmour Street 55 1878 667½ Notice of co-partnery of Abercorn Carriage-hiring & Posting Establishment, Paisley, between Ebenezer Anderson and William Young 55 1878 668 Catalogue of goods of James Parlane, General Drapery Establishment, The Cross, Paisley, November 1878 55 1878 669 Advertisement of Robert Brown & Son, Paisley Sanitary Earthen Ware Works, for a baptismal font in porcelain 55 1878 670 The Grampian Club : annual meeting to be held in the Rooms, 16 Grafton Street East, Gower Street, London, on Thursday 14 November 1878

25 February 2020 Page 203 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 55 1878 674 City of Glasgow Bank : list of shareholders, portraits of directors, etc. 55 1878 722 Newspaper article on The Health of Paisley 55 1878 730 Newspaper article on the Inauguration of the Liberal Association, Friday 15 November 1878 55 1878 748 Programme for a grand sacred concert in the Abbey on Friday 15 November 1878 : Mr Pattison's choir 55 1878 756 Paisley Conservative Association : meeting of members to be held in the Abercorn Rooms on Monday 25 November 1878 55 1878 758 Coloured 1878 calendar advertising Robert Brown & Son, Paisley, manufacturer 55 1878 762 Letter of invitation to attend a meeting of the General Committee of the Association for the Improvement of the Poor, to be held in the Artisans' Hall on Tuesday 24th December 1878 55 1878 766 Invitation from Colonel Holms to a meeting in the Drill Hall to address the electors of Paisley 55 1878 768 In Memoriam card in memory of Archibald McFadyen, who died at 31 Calside, Paisley on Thursday 19 December 1878, aged 45 years 55 1878 772 Letter from William Collins, Lord Provost of Glasgow, regarding the City Bank Relief Fund 55 1878 776 Paisley Art Institute : catalogue of third exhibition, opened Monday 23 December 1878 55 1878 790 In Memoriam card in memory of David Semple, who died at Townhead, Paisley on Monday 23 December 1878, in his 71st year 55 1878 792 Letter from Alexander Gardner with an update on the New Club Series publications 55 1878 795 Paisley Art Institute : Honorary Members' ticket of Robert Brown, 1878 55 1878 796 In Loving Remembrance card of Helen Urie Henderson, widow of the late John Henderson of Paisley, who died at Ferguslie, on 29 November 1878, aged 80 years, interred in the Cemetery of Paisley on 3 December 1878

25 February 2020 Page 204 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 55 1878 797 Letter from William A. Lochhead, Secretary of Interim Committee, Regarding the propriety of requesting attendance at a public meeting of the Inhabitants called by forming a Society for improving the Provost, in the Court Hall, County Buildings, on Monday 23 December the condition of the poor, 1878 similar to the Associations existing in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Perth, and other places 55 1878 801 The Great Barrhead Bell-Ringing Case : correct portrait of Robert Huntly, sole proprietor of the Glasgow Tea Company 55 1878 803 Paisley Burns Club : order form for new publications 55 1878 809 Programme of select readings from popular authors by Mr Walter Bentley, in the Abercorn Rooms on Wednesday 18 December 1878 55 1878 814 Paisley Women's Christian and Abstinence Association : Ticket for a conversazione in the Drill Hall on Tuesday 17 December 1878 55 1878 815 Programme of a conversazione in the Drill Hall on Tuesday 17 December 1878 55 1878 817 Letter from William A. Lochhead requesting attendance at a meeting in the Artizans' Institution on Wednesday 18 December 1878 to consider the destitution at present and to provide a Benevolent Society for the assistance of the poor 55 1878 821 Paisley Young Men's Christian Association : Course of lectures : Letter of invitation to meet in the Vestry of St George's Parish Church to accompany the Lecturer and Chairman to the platform 55 1878 823 Paisley Young Men's Christian Association : Ticket for popular Monday evening lectures in St George's Parish Church 55 1878 827 Harrogate Private Assemblies, 1878 - 1879 55 1878 831 Paisley Ornithological Association : notice of the twenty fifth annual exhibition and competition open to the United Kingdom, on Wednesday 1st & Thursday 2nd January 1879, in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley 55 1878 87 Paisley Burns Club : blank invitation to attend a meeting in the Globe Hotel 55 1878 90 Paisley Burns Club : invitation to the annual excursion to Loch Doon, by Dalmellington, on Wednesday 19 June 1878

25 February 2020 Page 205 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 55 1878 91 Invitation to a meeting in the Council Chambers on Thursday 20 June 1878 with regards to sending skilled Artizans to the Paris Exhibition 55 1878 95 Twenty second annual report of the "Sneddon Callans" Association, 1877 - 1878 55 1878 96½ List of toasts to be made at the Maltmen Dinner, 14 February 1878 55 1878 97 Position and prospects of the Church of Scotland : Address delivered at the close of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 3 June 1878, by the Moderator J. Tulloch D.D., Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews 56 1850 - 1870 1 Annual report of the Managers of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1850 56 1850 - 1870 129 Annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1854 56 1850 - 1870 161 Annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1855 56 1850 - 1870 185 Annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1856 56 1850 - 1870 213 Seventy second annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1857 56 1850 - 1870 241 Seventy third annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1858 56 1850 - 1870 269 Seventy fourth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1859 56 1850 - 1870 297 Seventy fifth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1860 56 1850 - 1870 325 Seventy sixth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1861 56 1850 - 1870 355 Seventy seventh annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1862 56 1850 - 1870 383 Seventy eighth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1863

25 February 2020 Page 206 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 56 1850 - 1870 407 Seventy ninth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1864 56 1850 - 1870 431 Eightieth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1865 56 1850 - 1870 45 Annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1851 56 1850 - 1870 455 Eighty first annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1866 56 1850 - 1870 487 Eighty second annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1867 56 1850 - 1870 519 Eighty third annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1868 56 1850 - 1870 557 Eighty fourth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1869 56 1850 - 1870 589 Eighty fifth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1870 56 1850 - 1870 73 Annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1852 56 1850 - 1870 99 Annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary and Dispensary, for the year ending 31 December 1853 57 1832 - 1833 1 Letter First to the Editor of the Glasgow Free Press regarding Sir John Maxwell standing as a prospective representative in the Paisley Election 57 1832 - 1833 10 Letter to the electors of the Second Ward of the Burgh of Paisley, by John Neil 57 1832 - 1833 1½ Cartoon on the subject of the Paisley Election 1832 57 1832 - 1833 11 Excerpt from the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Health, held 31 October 1833 57 1832 - 1833 12 Letter by James Stirrat to the editor of the Glasgow Chronicle on Church Affairs 57 1832 - 1833 13 Address to the electors of the Fourth Ward, by James Caldwell, Convener 57 1832 - 1833 14 Notice to Electors, Friends of the Scottish Church Establishment

25 February 2020 Page 207 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 57 1832 - 1833 15 Notice to Electors of Paisley regarding voting for the candidates brought forward by the Public Meetings 57 1832 - 1833 16 Notice to the Electors of the Fourth Ward 57 1832 - 1833 17 The Kirk in danger, and the lamentation of its Ministers and Elders, by Robert Brookes, Moderator 57 1832 - 1833 18 Notice to the Independent Electors of the Burgh of Paisley 57 1832 - 1833 19 Notice to the Electors of the Fourth Ward 57 1832 - 1833 2 Sir John Maxwell's second address to the free and independent electors of Paisley 57 1832 - 1833 20 Notice to Electors regarding the present contest for the Office of Councillors 57 1832 - 1833 2½ Cartoon on the subject of the Fifth Ward Election of 1873 : The Knight Errand in quest of votes 57 1832 - 1833 21 Notice to Electors backing Hendry, Bisset, and Dunlop 57 1832 - 1833 22 Article from The Free Press of 2 November 1833 regarding the Paisley Election 57 1832 - 1833 23 Election of Councillors for the Fifth Ward : shortlist of six candidates to stand for election 57 1832 - 1833 24 Notice to the Independent Electors of the Burgh of Paisley 57 1832 - 1833 25 Letter by Robert Patison to the Editor of the Glasgow Chronicle 57 1832 - 1833 26 Notice to the Electors of the Fourth Ward, backing Mr Farquharson 57 1832 - 1833 27 Notice addressed to the Intolerant Churchmen caught in their own trap 57 1832 - 1833 28 A sheep race in Paisley : an election squib 57 1832 - 1833 29 Notice to the Manly Electors of the First Ward, by "Rectus" 57 1832 - 1833 3 Letter Second to the Editor of the Glasgow Free Press on the subject of the Law of Parliament versus the Law of Town Clerks 57 1832 - 1833 30 Free Press report of Mr McKerrell's speech at the meeting of Independent Electors in Paisley, 6 November 1832

25 February 2020 Page 208 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 57 1832 - 1833 31 Notice of Mr Langmuir's meeting : address to the electors of the New Town Ward 57 1832 - 1833 32 Representation of Paisley : Free Press report of Mr Pollok's speech at the meeting of Independent Electors in Paisley, 6 November 1832 57 1832 - 1833 34 Letter by "A Watchman" addressed to John McKerrell Esq., of Hillhouse 57 1832 - 1833 35 Article from the Glasgow Free Press regarding Mr Barr's taxes 57 1832 - 1833 36 Notice to the Penny Trumpet, by a retired bugler : an election squib 57 1832 - 1833 37 Paisley Representation : letter to William Barr Esq., of Drums, from "Another Unintimidated Elector", regarding the use of intimidation prior to the approaching election 57 1832 - 1833 37½ Cartoon depicting the 1832 Parliamentary Election of the County of Renfrew 57 1832 - 1833 38 Report of a meeting regarding election pledges from the County of Renfrew candidates 57 1832 - 1833 39 A Glorious Bargain! The County of Renfrew to Let, Richard Knockdown, Auctioneer : an election squib 57 1832 - 1833 4 Letter Third to the Editor of the Glasgow Free Press regarding Sir John Maxwell and the Paisley pledges 57 1832 - 1833 40 Address to the Electors of the County of Renfrew by Archibald Speirs 57 1832 - 1833 41 Correspondence regarding statements made by Mr Bontine of Ardoch and Mr William Campbell of Johnstone regarding the Renfrewshire Election 57 1832 - 1833 42 Article regarding Mr Bontine's meetings with the Electors of Renfrewshire Extracted from the Glasgow Free Press of 3 November 57 1832 - 1833 44 Announcement letter addressed to the worthy and independent Electors of Renfrewshire, Fellow Electors and Reformers, 17 November 1832 57 1832 - 1833 45 County Election : Report of a meeting of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart's Central Election Committee, in the Hall of the Saracen's Head Inn on 22 November 1832

25 February 2020 Page 209 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 57 1832 - 1833 46 County Election : Report of a meeting of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart's Central Election Committee, in the Hall of the Saracen's Head Inn on 22 November 1832 57 1832 - 1833 47 Renfrewshire Election : Notice to fellow electors regarding Intimidation of voters 57 1832 - 1833 48 Renfrewshire Election : Sir Francis Burdett on pledges 57 1832 - 1833 49 Cajolery! : Article written regarding the discrepancy of the number attending a meeting of Mr Bontine's Friends at Mearns 57 1832 - 1833 5 Address to the independent electors of Paisley, from their Committee 57 1832 - 1833 50 Representation of Renfrewshire : report of a meeting of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart's Central Election Committee on 29 November 1832 57 1832 - 1833 51 Letter to R.C. Bontine, Esquire of Ardoch, by Philo-Dad Cobbett, M.P. 57 1832 - 1833 52 County Elections : Letter to Archibald James Hamilton, Esq. Younger of Dalzell, and R. Cunningham Graham Bontine, Esq. Younger of Gartmore 57 1832 - 1833 52½ Letter to Robert C. Bontine, Esq. of Ardoch, by Philo Dad Cobbett, M.P. 57 1832 - 1833 52¾ Notes on "Philo Dad's" letter, collected from the records of the Rump, of the political union, showing how the intimidation business is going on, and also showing the great wisdom of the Rump 57 1832 - 1833 53 Political notice : Ambition versus political integrity ; or Sir Michael serving two masters again 57 1832 - 1833 54 Report of meetings of Mr Bontine at Neilston, Barrhead, and Pollokshaws 57 1832 - 1833 55 Notice of Sir M.S. Stewart to meet with his Committee in Frazer's Inn, this day at one o'clock 57 1832 - 1833 56 The Rump, The Rump! : sample of an Independent Member for the County : placard regarding Mr Bontine being the nominee of the Rump of the Political Union 57 1832 - 1833 57 Renfrewshire Election : Letter to the Editor of the Glasgow Free Press, by Robert Patison, regarding Mr Gardner's letter 57 1832 - 1833 58 Renfrewshire Election : correspondence between William Carlile, Esquire, Houston, and Mr George Gardner, Law Agent for Mr Bontine 57 1832 - 1833 59 Political Career Again : Notice to the honest Electors of Renfrewshire

25 February 2020 Page 210 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 57 1832 - 1833 6 Paisley Reform Jubilee : extracted from the Glasgow Free Press of Wednesday 26 September 1832 57 1832 - 1833 60 Complete exposure of the tricks adopted by the friends of W.C. Bontine Esq. : Letter to the editor of the Paisley Advertiser by "A Lochwinnoch Elector" 57 1832 - 1833 61 Renfrewshire Election : Report of a meeting of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart's Central Election Committee on 6 December 1832 57 1832 - 1833 62 Renfrewshire Election : Report of a meeting of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart's Central Election Committee on 6 December 1832 57 1832 - 1833 63 Renfrewshire Election : Letter to the Editor of the Glasgow Free Press, by Robert Patison 57 1832 - 1833 64 Renfrewshire Election : Letter to the Editor of the Glasgow Free Press, by Robert Patison 57 1832 - 1833 65 Notice of a dinner to Sir M.S. Stewart in the Tontine Assembly Room, 13 December 1832 57 1832 - 1833 65½ Renfrewshire Election : Report of a meeting of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart's Central Election Committee on 13 December 1832 57 1832 - 1833 66 Renfrewshire Election : "Sir Michael For Ever!" : Report of a meeting of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart's Central Election Committee on 20 December 1832 57 1832 - 1833 67 Renfrewshire Election : Article from the Scots Times of 18 December 1832 57 1832 - 1833 68 Renfrewshire Election : Correspondence relating to the Renfrewshire Election 57 1832 - 1833 69 Address by "An Enemy to Intimidation" to the Electors of Renfrewshire, on the subject of intimidation 57 1832 - 1833 7 Notice to the electors of Paisley to read and reflect 57 1832 - 1833 70 Address to the Electors of the County of Renfrew by M. Shaw Stewart 57 1832 - 1833 71 Renfrewshire Election : "Sir Michael For Ever!" : Report of a meeting of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart's Central Election Committee on 20 December 1832

25 February 2020 Page 211 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 57 1832 - 1833 72 Letter to the honest, independent, and reflecting Electors of the County of Renfrew, by "An Independent Voter" 57 1832 - 1833 73 Notice to the Electors of Renfrewshire by "A Christian Elector" entitled : Horrible profanity and abominable falsehood, regarding Sir M. Shaw Stewart 57 1832 - 1833 74 County Election : Cross state of the Poll, Monday 24 December 1832 at 4 o'clock, showing voting figures for Sir Michael Shaw Stewart and Mr Bontine 57 1832 - 1833 8 Expense of the Church Establishment : letter by James Stirrat in response to a Public Meeting of the Electors in the Old Low Church 57 1832 - 1833 9 Representation of Paisley : another letter to Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, by an unintimidated elector of Paisley 58 1817 - 1877 1 Notice of a grand performance of devotional music in the Abbey Church, Paisley on Wednesday 4 June 1817 58 1817 - 1877 100 Ticket for the Paisley Musical Association's Oratorio, for the benefit of the Ragged Schools, in the Abbey Church on Friday 29 March 1850. West part of area 58 1817 - 1877 101 Article on Winter Concerts, by J. Lorimer 58 1817 - 1877 102 Programme of the first of a series of Winter concerts in the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, Monday 14 November 1853 58 1817 - 1877 103 Programme of the second of a series of Winter concerts in the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, Thursday 17 November 1853 58 1817 - 1877 104 Programme of a grand evening concert in the Exchange Room, Moss Street, on Wednesday 25 November 1857 58 1817 - 1877 105 Newspaper article advertising the next of a series of Winter concerts in the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, 24 November 1853 58 1817 - 1877 106 Programme of the third of a series of Winter concerts in the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, 21 November 1853 58 1817 - 1877 107 Programme of the fourth of a series of Winter concerts in the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, Thursday 1 December 1853 58 1817 - 1877 108 Programme of the fifth of a series of Winter concerts in the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, Thursday 8 December 1853

25 February 2020 Page 212 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 109 Programme of the sixth of a series of Winter concerts in the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, Thursday 15 December 1853 58 1817 - 1877 11 Notice of a concert under the patronage of the Paisley Volunteer Rifle Corps, in the Assembly Room, Renfrewshire Tontine, on Friday 9 May 1817 58 1817 - 1877 110 Programme of the eighth and last of a series of Winter concerts in the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, Thursday 22 December 1853 58 1817 - 1877 111 Programme for a grand fashionable night in the Exchange Rooms, Moss Street, on Monday 28 February 1853 : performances by Miss Mordan, Mr Alexander Milne, Mr David Gibson, Mr W.T. Critchfield, Mr John McEwen, and The Instrumental Band 58 1817 - 1877 113 Programme of the first of a series of Winter evening concerts in the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, on Thursday 20 November 1856 58 1817 - 1877 114 Programme of the second of a series of Winter evening concerts in the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, on Thursday 4 December 1856 58 1817 - 1877 116 Programme of a grand benefit concert in the Royal Exchange Rooms, Performances by Mr David Moss Street, on Saturday 10 April 1857 Gibson, Mrs Hamilton Nimmo (nee Miss Jane Kelly), Mr Robert Square, Mr Robert Lei, Mr Thomas Callander, Mr John McBarnes, The Great Adair, Mr J. McEwen, and Mr W.L. Dobson's Quadrille Band 58 1817 - 1877 117 Gentleman's ticket for the Paisley Vocal Music Association, course of lessons, session 1857-1858, on Friday evenings 58 1817 - 1877 118 Programme of a farewell concert by The Misses Cumming, in the Exchange Rooms on Thursday 8 December 1858 58 1817 - 1877 12 Grand Musical Treat : His Majesty's Servants of the Hill Company to perform a serio-comico entertainment of vocal and instrumental music, on Friday 20 February 2018, in the large Assembly Room behind the Jail 58 1817 - 1877 120 Programme of Paisley Musical Association's grand oratorio Handel's "Messiah", in the Abbey Church on Friday 29 March 1861 for the benefit of the Ragged Schools

25 February 2020 Page 213 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 128 Ticket for Paisley Musical Association's concluding practice, in the Exchange Rooms on Tuesday 15 March 1859 58 1817 - 1877 128 Ticket for front seats at William Fletcher's benefit concert 58 1817 - 1877 129 Ladies' ticket for a soiree of Paisley Musical Association, in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 25 March 1859 58 1817 - 1877 129 Programme for a performance of the Paisley Glee Club at the dome of the Neilson Institution on Saturday 5 March 1859 58 1817 - 1877 13 Programme of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's second concert on Wednesday 20 January 1836 58 1817 - 1877 130 Programme for a performance by the Paisley Musical Association of a selection of music from the oratorios "Judas Maccabaeus" and the "Messiah", in the Abbey Church on Tuesday 3 January 1860 58 1817 - 1877 131 Programme of Saturday evening concerts in the Exchange Rooms on 5 February 1859 : performances by Miss Hamilton, Miss Lorimer, Mr R.M. Walker, Mr A. Oprie, Mr R. Square, Master J. Rialcnis, and R. Connor 58 1817 - 1877 132 Speech in the London Times delivered by Lord Brougham in the House of Lords regarding the Bleachers' Short Time Movement 58 1817 - 1877 133 Programme for the Paisley Vocal Music Association's Classes public night, in the Abbey Close U.P. Church on Friday 11 February 1859 58 1817 - 1877 134 Tri-Centenary of the Reformation : Lecture on the Church Music of the Reformation, by the Rev. Andrew Henderson, in the Abbey on Friday 21 December 1860 58 1817 - 1877 14 Programme of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's third concert on Wednesday 23 March 1836 58 1817 - 1877 145 Programme of music to be performed by the Paisley Musical Association in the Abbey Church on Wednesday 21 March 1860 58 1817 - 1877 146 Members' ticket for an oratorio in the Abbey Church on Wednesday 2 January 1861 58 1817 - 1877 146 Members' ticket for a performance of an oratorio for the benefit of the Infirmary, in the Abbey Church on Thursday 11 April 1861

25 February 2020 Page 214 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 147 Programme of Paisley Musical Association's performance of an oratorio in the Abbey on Thursday 11 April 1861, in aid of the funds of the Paisley Infirmary 58 1817 - 1877 15 Programme of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's first concert on Friday 18 November 1836 58 1817 - 1877 153 Programme of a performance of the Paisley Harmonic Union on Friday 15 June 1860 58 1817 - 1877 154 Programme of the Paisley Tonic Sol-Fa Institute : Choir practice in the Central Hall of the Neilson Institute on Friday 27 July 1860 58 1817 - 1877 155 Programme of a grand musical entertainment in the Music Hall, Glengarnock, on Friday 22 November 1861 : performances by Mrs Stevens, Mr McDonald, Mr Gibson, Mr Hugh Boyle, and the Glengarnock Brass Band 58 1817 - 1877 156 Programme of Miss Augusta Thomson's evening concert in the Exchange Rooms, Paisley, on Wednesday 18 December 1861 58 1817 - 1877 159 Programme for a performance of the Paisley Glee Club at the dome of the Neilson Institution on Friday 3 May 1861 58 1817 - 1877 16 Programme of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's second concert on Tuesday 31 January 1837 58 1817 - 1877 160 Programme for a performance of the Paisley Glee Club at the dome of the Neilson Institution on Friday 14 March 1862 58 1817 - 1877 161 Programme for the Paisley Musical Association's performance of a selection of sacred music in St George's Church, on Thursday 2 January 1862 58 1817 - 1877 164 Society of Arts Preliminary Examination 1862 : Practical examination in music. Private - for the use of examiners only 58 1817 - 1877 166 Programme of a grand literary and musical entertainment in the Exchange Rooms, Moss Street, on Wednesday 16 April 1862 : performances by Miss Roxburgh, Mr Alfred Milner, Mr John Dunsmore, Mr Roxburgh, and Mr James Wilson 58 1817 - 1877 167 New song "Come Tell Me My Heart", words and music by Edward Boyle

25 February 2020 Page 215 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 168 Advert for The Paisley Musical Association's performance of sacred music Proceeds to be applied in aid of at the re-opening of the Abbey on Thursday 24 April 1862 : performances the Abbey Restoration Fund by Miss Augusta Thomson, Miss C. Campbell, and Mr Stembridge Ray 58 1817 - 1877 169 Ticket of the Paisley Musical Association for the session 1861-1862 58 1817 - 1877 17 Programme of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's third and last concert for the season on Thursday 23 March 1837 58 1817 - 1877 170 & 178 Programme and tickets for The Paisley Musical Association's Proceeds to be applied in aid of performance of sacred music at the re-opening of the Abbey on Thursday the Abbey Restoration Fund 24 April 1862 : performances by Miss Augusta Thomson, Miss C. Campbell, and Mr Stembridge Ray 58 1817 - 1877 177 Programme of Mr William Mitchell's grand musical entertainment in the Performances by Signor C. Exchange Rooms, Moss Street, on Friday 14 November 1862 Operti, Miss M.A. Smith, Mr John Crooks, Mr David Gibson, Mr William Goldie, Mr John Waterson, Mr Robert Waterson, Mr Thomas Callander, a Glee Party, with Mr John McEwen accompanist 58 1817 - 1877 179 Programme for a grand musical entertainment in aid of the Barkip Works Performances by Jane Kelly, Mr Friendly Society, in the Kersland Barony School Room, on Thursday 10 James Roxburgh, Mr David April 1862 Gibson, Mr H. Boyle, Mr J. Williamson, and Mr John McEwan 58 1817 - 1877 18 Programme of Paisley Harmonic Society private concert in the Saracen's Head Inn on Thursday 26 October 1837 58 1817 - 1877 181 Programme of concert in the Exchange Rooms, Moss Street, on Saturday 10 January 1863 : performances by Miss Bessie Aitken, Miss Jenny Vane, Mr M.A. Shields, and Mr A.G. Vance 58 1817 - 1877 182 Programme of Signor G. Operti's concert in the Exchange Rooms on Monday 8 December 1862 58 1817 - 1877 183 Information regarding Mr Hoeck's Instrumental Classes, and a programme for a performance by his pupils in the Abercorn Rooms on Monday 2 March 1863

25 February 2020 Page 216 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 184½ Programme of the Social Reform Society's Concerts on Saturday 20 December 1862 58 1817 - 1877 185 Programme of the Paisley Musical Association's performance of a selection of sacred music in the Abbey on Thursday 19 March 1863 : performances by Mrs Sunderland, Miss Carrodus, Mr Wilbye Cooper, and Mr Lewis Thomas 58 1817 - 1877 186 Programme of the Paisley Musical Association for March 1863 58 1817 - 1877 187 Invitation for a seat on the platform at a soiree in the High Church on Tuesday 10 March 1863, in honour of the marriage of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark 58 1817 - 1877 188 Newspaper cutting of : The Paisley Musical Association's performance of And of a Grand soiree in the a selection of sacred music in the Abbey on Thursday 19 March 1863 ; High Church on Tuesday 10 Rejoicings of the marriage of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of March 1863 Denmark 58 1817 - 1877 189 Notice of the Paisley Musical Association's performance of a selection of sacred music in the Abbey on Thursday 19 March 1863 : performances by Mrs Sunderland, Miss Carrodus, Mr Wilbye Cooper, and Mr Lewis Thomas 58 1817 - 1877 19 Letter of invitation to Paisley Philharmonic Society's first concert for the season in the New Exchange Assembly Rooms, Moss Street, on Thursday 14 December 1837 58 1817 - 1877 190 Newspaper cutting of Concerts in the Exchange Rooms on Saturday 3 October 1863 and Monday 19 October 1863 58 1817 - 1877 191 Advertisement for Mr James R. Fraser's Musical Academy, 4 New Smithhills 58 1817 - 1877 192 Newspaper cutting of concerts in the Exchange Rooms 58 1817 - 1877 193 An interval of five minutes : The Rocky Road, or, Going Home to Dixey 58 1817 - 1877 194 Newspaper cutting of a grand opening concert in the Exchange Rooms on Saturday 3 October 1863 : performances by Madame Rossi, Miss Bessie Aitken, Mr J.P. Willey, Mr Percy Williams, Professor Devon, and Mr W.H. King 58 1817 - 1877 195 Society of Arts Examinations, 1864 : Theory of musical grammar

25 February 2020 Page 217 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 197 Notice of Paisley Musical Association's performance of a selection of sacred music in the Abbey on Friday 18 March 1864 : performances by Miss Augusta Thomson and Mr Alberto Laurence 58 1817 - 1877 198 Programme of Miss Emma Stanley's entertainment of "The Seven Ages of Woman" in the Abercorn Rooms on Thursday 9, Friday 10, and Saturday 11 March 1865 58 1817 - 1877 2 Tonic sol-fa figures 58 1817 - 1877 20 Letter of invitation to Paisley Philharmonic Society's second concert for the season in the New Exchange Assembly Rooms, Moss Street, on Thursday 25 January 1838 58 1817 - 1877 202 Ticket for the Paisley Harmonic Union, in the dome of the Neilson Institution, on Friday 27 March 1863 58 1817 - 1877 203 Poster of the Paisley Musical Association's annual concert of sacred music in the Abbey on Friday 18 March 1864 : performances by Miss Augusta Thomson and Mr Alberto Laurence 58 1817 - 1877 204 Programme of the Paisley Musical Association's annual concert of sacred music in the Abbey on Friday 18 March 1864 : performances by Miss Augusta Thomson and Mr Alberto Laurence 58 1817 - 1877 21 Programme of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's second concert for the season on Wednesday 24 January 1838 58 1817 - 1877 211 Programme of an oratorio of the Johnstone Choral Union in the Established Church on Friday 13 Mary 1864 : principal vocalists - Mrs Lindsay, Miss Helen Kirk, Mr John Boyd, and Mr Duncan K. Smith 58 1817 - 1877 22 Programme of Paisley Harmonic Society private concert in the Renfrewshire Tontine Assembly Rooms on Thursday 20 March 1838 58 1817 - 1877 223 Programme for the lecture by the Rev. Henry Calderwood of Glasgow, for the benefit of the Infirmary, in the High Church, on Thursday 22 December 1864, on the subject of the Genius and Music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 58 1817 - 1877 224 Programme of the Paisley Musical Association's production of Handel's grand oratorio "The Messiah" in the Abbey on Friday 14 April 1865 : Principal vocalists - Miss Edith Wynne, Miss C. Campbell, Mr D. Whitehead, and Mr R. Waterston

25 February 2020 Page 218 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 23 Programme of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's third and last concert for the season on Friday 6 April 1838 58 1817 - 1877 231 Tickets for the Paisley Musical Association's soirees in the Abercorn Rooms, on Tuesday 3 January 1865 and Friday 14 April 1865 58 1817 - 1877 232 Tickets : The St. Cecilia Society, Paisley, in the dome of the Neilson Paisley Thistle v. Officers of the Institution, Monday 29 May 1865 ; and Paisley Thistle Cricket Club's 59th Regiment grand match and promenade on the Greenhill grounds on Saturday 3 June 1865 58 1817 - 1877 233 Programme of a grand rehearsal of sacred music in the Middle Church on Wednesday 21 June 1865 58 1817 - 1877 234 Programme with words of vocal music to be sung at the annual rehearsal of the St Cecilia Society, Paisley, Session 1865-66, in the Abercorn Rooms on Monday 23 April 1866. Conductor - Mr Hoeck 58 1817 - 1877 24 Letter of invitation to Paisley Philharmonic Society's third concert for the season in the New Exchange Assembly Rooms, Moss Street, on Friday 6 April 1838 58 1817 - 1877 242 Notice of the Paisley Musical Association's first meeting of the season, to take place in the Church, 12 George Street, on Tuesday 19 September 1865 58 1817 - 1877 243 Notice of a performance by Harry Templeton's African Opera Troupe in the Abercorn Rooms on Saturday 23 December 1865 58 1817 - 1877 244 Programme of the Paisley Musical Association's production of Haydn's oratorio "The Creation", in the Abbey on Thursday 5 April 1866 : principal vocalists Madame Tonnelier, Mr Montem Smith, and Mr David Lambert 58 1817 - 1877 25 Notice of a vocal and instrumental concert of Messrs Holts' unrivalled Cornopean Band in the Exchange Assembly Rooms on Friday 28 September 1838 58 1817 - 1877 252 Tickets for Paisley Thistle Cricket Club's grand cricket match and And a Musical Demonstration by promenade at the grounds of Greenhill on Saturday 9 June 1866, Paisley 800 pupils of the John Neilson Thistle v. Officers of 21st R.N.B. Fusiliers Educational Institution in the Free Middle Church on Friday 29 June 1866

25 February 2020 Page 219 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 253 Poster of a concert in the Exchange Rooms for the benefit of Messrs Performances by : Miss Bessie Hayes & Haydock, on Monday 21 May 1866 Aitken, Mrs Jackson, Miss Mary Simpson with Mr Harry Corbett, Mr Charles Stewart, Mr Alfred Milner, Mr Bryson, Mr Templeton, Mr A. Burns, and a celebrated Glee Party 58 1817 - 1877 254 Poster of a grand fashionable concert in the Abercorn Rooms, Bank Performances by Miss Hoffman, Street, on Monday 17 September 1866, in aid of Mr John Tannahill Messrs Wilson and Rankin, Mr A. McArthur, Mr Alex. Yuill, Mr A. Burns, Two Gentleman Amateurs, and Messrs Elliot and Gilmour 58 1817 - 1877 255 Society of Arts Examination, 1866 : Theory of Music 58 1817 - 1877 257 Notice of Paisley Musical Association's performance of Handel's oratorio "Judas Maccabaeus" in the Abbey Church on Friday 29 March 1867 : Principals - Madame Rudersdorff, Miss Nalton, Mr Leigh Wilson, and Me Lewis Thomas 58 1817 - 1877 258 Honorary Member's Ticket of the Paisley Musical Association for session 1866-1867 ; and A ticket for David Gibson's grand concert in the Abercorn Rooms on Monday 15 October 1866 58 1817 - 1877 259 Ticket of the Paisley Musical Association for session 1866-1867 ; and A ticket for a rehearsal in the Storie Street Baptist Church on Wednesday 9 January 1867 58 1817 - 1877 26 Programme for a grand concert of Mr Strauss, the celebrated waltz composer from Vienna, in the New Assembly Rooms, Moss Street, on Thursday 8 November 1838 58 1817 - 1877 260 Programme of a grand benefit concert in the Abercorn Rooms, Bank Performances by : Miss Street, on Friday 16 March 1866 Robertson, Miss Maggie Murray, Mr R.F. McGibbon, Mr R. Waterson, Mr Thomas Callender, Mr Alex. Burns, Two Gentlemen Amateurs, A Select Party of Amateurs, and Mr J. McEwen

25 February 2020 Page 220 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 261 Programme of a grand concert in the Rifle Volunteer Hall 58 1817 - 1877 262 Programme of Paisley Musical Association's performance of Handel's oratorio "Judas Maccabaeus" in the Abbey Church on Friday 29 March 1867 : Principals - Madame Rudersdorff, Miss Nalton, Mr Leigh Wilson, and Me Lewis Thomas 58 1817 - 1877 27 Notice of a vocal and instrumental concert of Messrs Holts' unrivalled Cornopean Band in the Exchange Assembly Rooms on Friday 28 September 1838 58 1817 - 1877 272 Ticket for the third annual rehearsal of the St Cecilia Society, Paisley, in the Abercorn Rooms on Tuesday 30 April 1867 ; and a Ladies' Ticket of the Paisley Musical Association for session 1866-1867 58 1817 - 1877 273 Programme for a musical demonstration by 300 pupils of the John Neilson Educational Institution, in the Free Middle Church on Thursday 18 July 1867 58 1817 - 1877 274 Programme of the music selected to be performed at Greenhill Park on Saturday 23 July 1864, by the band of the Gordon (920) Highlanders 58 1817 - 1877 277 Letter by the Paisley Musical Association regarding subscriptions 58 1817 - 1877 278 Programme of the Abbey Asylum concert and ball on 20 February 1868 58 1817 - 1877 279 List of items for practice of the Glee Club, session 1867-1868 58 1817 - 1877 280 Ticket for the Paisley Musical Association for session 1867-68 ; and a Ticket of John Lorimer for the St Cecilia Society, Paisley, session 1876-77 58 1817 - 1877 281 Notice of the Paisley Musical Association's annual concert of sacred music, in the Abbey on Friday 18 March 1864 : Principal vocalists - Miss Augusta Thomson and Mr Alberto Laurence 58 1817 - 1877 284 Programme of a vocal and piano forte recital by the Young Ladies of Mr Hoeck's Academy, in the Abercorn Rooms on Wednesday 11 March 1868 58 1817 - 1877 286 Programme of Paisley Musical Association's performance of Mozart's : Principal vocalists - Miss "First Service in C", in the Abbey on Thursday 9 April 1868 Herbert, Miss Fennell, Mr Peel, and Mr Grattan Kelly 58 1817 - 1877 29 Programme of a grand concert of Mr D. Cowan's twenty sixth annual concert, in the Exchange Assembly Rooms, Moss Street, on Friday 5 October 1838

25 February 2020 Page 221 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 296 Music and lyrics to the song "The Alabama" 58 1817 - 1877 297 Ticket for the Paisley Stave Sol-Fa Harmonic Union's grand choral concert for the benefit of the Infirmary, in the Abercorn Rooms on Tuesday 14 April 1868 ; and an Honorary Members Ticket of the Paisley Musical Association, session 1868-69 58 1817 - 1877 298 Notice of J. Roy Fraser's fifth annual orchestral concert in the Drill Hall on Thursday 30 November 1876 58 1817 - 1877 299 Programme of the St Cecilia Society, Paisley's fourth annual rehearsal, in the Abercorn Rooms on Tuesday 19 May 1868 58 1817 - 1877 3 Programme for a grand performance of devotional music in the Abbey Church, Paisley on Wednesday 4 June 1817 58 1817 - 1877 30 Programme of a grand musical treat in the Exchange Assembly Rooms, Moss Street, on Saturday 13 October 1838 : performances by Mr G. Shearer, Mr Goodlet, Messrs Cockburn, Robertson, and Allan, and Mr Morrison 58 1817 - 1877 31 Programme of a grand concert in the Exchange Assembly Rooms, Moss Street, on Saturday 20 October 1838 : performances by Mr Fyfe, Mr Bowman, Messrs Cockburn, Robertson, and Messrs H. and A. Allan 58 1817 - 1877 310 Programme of a philharmonic concert on Tuesday 22 November 1859 58 1817 - 1877 311 Programme of a musical demonstration by 300 pupils of the John Neilson Educational Institution, in the Free Middle Church on Thursday 16 July 1868 58 1817 - 1877 312 Notice by Miss Augusta Thomson announcing she will be performing at the Royal Exchange Rooms, Paisley for six nights with Mr Morrison Kyle, commencing Monday 14 December 1868 58 1817 - 1877 313 Programme of Mr David Gibson's grand benefit concert in the Abercorn Performances by : Miss Fletcher, Rooms, Bank Street, on Monday 28 December 1868 Mr Robert Square, Mr Robert Lee, Mr T. Callander, Mr John Waterson, Mr James Fulton, Mr McLachlan, Mr John McEwen, and Mr W.L. Dobson's Quadrille Band

25 February 2020 Page 222 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 317 Handwritten musical score of Burns' song "O' Willie Brew'd a Peck O' Maut" 58 1817 - 1877 318 Programme of Paisley Musical Association's grand secular concert in the Drill Hall on Monday 4 January 1869 58 1817 - 1877 32 Programme of a grand concert in the Exchange Room, Moss Street, on Saturday 3 November 1838 : performances by Mr A. McAuley, Mr Goodlet, Mr C. Hervey, and Messrs Robertson, Gibson, and Allan 58 1817 - 1877 329 Letter by the Paisley Tonic Sol-Fa Institute regarding a rehearsal of classical music in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 22 January 1869 58 1817 - 1877 33 Notice of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's first concert for the season, in the Exchange Assembly Rooms, on Friday 21 December 1838 58 1817 - 1877 331 Honorary Member's Ticket of the Paisley Tonic Sol-Fa Institute for session 1868-69 58 1817 - 1877 332 Programme of the Paisley Tonic Sol-Fa Institute's rehearsal of classical music in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 22 January 1869 58 1817 - 1877 34 Manuscript criticism by Mr Lorimer of a Philharmonic Concert in the Exchange Rooms 58 1817 - 1877 344 Letter of invitation to a musical demonstration by the members of the Abstainers' Union "Band of Hope", in the Drill Hall on Saturday 27 March 1869 58 1817 - 1877 345 Criticism and programme of Mrs Chadwick's (late Miss Falkland) "A Night with the Great Poets!", in the Old Low Church, Paisley, on Tuesday 20 April 1869 58 1817 - 1877 347 Programme of a concert by the Paisley Orpheus Choir for the benefit of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association, in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 16 April 1869 58 1817 - 1877 355 Programme of Mr J.E. Welsford's first grand piano-forte recital, in the Abercorn Rooms on Tuesday 23 March 1869, assisted by Mr C. Stewart and Mr F.W. Allwood 58 1817 - 1877 358 Newspaper report of the Paisley Tonic Sol-Fa Institute's rehearsal of music in the Abercorn Rooms

25 February 2020 Page 223 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 359 Programme of the Paisley Musical Association's performance of Handel's sacred oratorio "The Messiah", in the Abbey on Friday 26 March 1869 : performances by - Miss Anna Hiles, Miss Annie Anyon, Mr D. Whitehead, and Mr David Lambert 58 1817 - 1877 36 Notice of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's first concert for the season, in the Exchange Assembly Rooms, on Friday 21 December 1838 58 1817 - 1877 37 Notice of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's second concert for the season, in the Exchange Assembly Rooms, on Friday 22 February 1839 58 1817 - 1877 370 Programme of the St Cecilia Society's fifth annual rehearsal in the Baptist Includes receipt for the sum of Church, Storie Street, on Tuesday 4 May 1869 10/6 made out to Mr Lorimer for his subscription to the St Cecilia Society for season 1868­ 69 58 1817 - 1877 378 Programme of the Paisley Tonic Sol-Fa Institute's service of sacred music, in the Baptist Church, Storie Street, on Tuesday 18 May 1869 58 1817 - 1877 38 Subscription list for the Abbey Soiree and Ball 58 1817 - 1877 39 Programme for a grand concert by The Misses Smith, in the New Exchange Assembly Rooms, on Monday 25 February 1839 58 1817 - 1877 391 Programme of words to be sung at Rev. A. Henderson's lecture on the hymns and hymn-writers of the German Reformation 58 1817 - 1877 40 Programme of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's second concert on Thursday 21 February 1839 58 1817 - 1877 407 Selections from Church melodies for psalmody classes 58 1817 - 1877 41 Programme of a grand evening concert of Mons. Bluhmé, under the patronage of the Philharmonic Society, in the Exchange Rooms on Monday 28 October 1839 58 1817 - 1877 42 Programme for Promenade Concerts a la Musard, in the Assembly Rooms, Moss Street, on Friday 17 May 1839 58 1817 - 1877 43 Programme of a grand concert of vocal and instrumental music for the Performances by Misses benefit of the unemployed, in the Exchange Rooms, on Tuesday 10 Cumming, and Messrs Hart, December 1839 Locke, Marshall, Drummond, and Goodlet

25 February 2020 Page 224 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 437 Programme of Paisley Tonic Sol-Fa Institute's sacred concert in the Abbey on Thursday 24 February 1870 : Principals - Miss Jane Stephen, Miss Jessie Blair, Mr John Murray, and Mr Duncan Smyth 58 1817 - 1877 44 Programme for Promenade Concerts a la Musard, in the Trades' Hall, on Monday 16 December 1839 58 1817 - 1877 441 Book of words of St Cecilia Society, Paisley's sixth annual rehearsal, in the Neilson Institution on Wednesday 16 March 1870 58 1817 - 1877 45 Programme of a grand evening concert in the Exchange Rooms on Friday 7 February 1840 : performances by the Distin Family, assisted by the Misses Hyland 58 1817 - 1877 46 Poster advertising Scherman's Novelty and Attraction at the Renfrewshire Tontine. Musical Promenade and sale of fancy articles. Performances by Miss Julia Carr, Master F. Boulland, and Master A. Boulland 58 1817 - 1877 461 Programme of Paisley Musical Association's performance of Mendelssohn's sacred oratorio "St Paul", in the Abbey on Thursday 7 April 1870 58 1817 - 1877 47 Poster advertising a grand soiree at West Sandyford on Friday 1 May 1840, to celebrate the opening of the Teetotal Tower 58 1817 - 1877 48 Programme of a Juvenile Concert : the annual performance of Mr Thomson's pupils, in Mr Cochrans's dancing saloon, Smithhills, on Saturday 2 May 1840 58 1817 - 1877 483 Programme of the first annual soiree of the workers of Messrs J. & P. Coats, in the Drill Hall on Friday 20 January 1871 58 1817 - 1877 484 Programme of the St Cecilia Society, Paisley's seventh annual rehearsal, in the Abercorn Rooms on Tuesday 18 April 1871 58 1817 - 1877 49 Poster advertising another soiree to be held at the Teetotal Tower on Saturday 2 May 1840 58 1817 - 1877 496 Book of words of the Tonic Sol-Fa Institute's concert in the Abbey on Thursday 27 April 1871 58 1817 - 1877 50 Programme of a grand concert in the Exchange Rooms on Saturday 12 September 1840 : performances by Mr Ross, Mr W. Locke, Warden & Chesney, and Bennie's Band

25 February 2020 Page 225 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 504 Programme of the Philharmonic Society's concert in aid of the Ragged School, in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 29 April 1870 58 1817 - 1877 505 Words to the song "The Silver Lined Cloud", by James Vallance 58 1817 - 1877 506 Book of words of the Paisley Tonic Sol-Fa Institute's performance of Principal vocalists : Maddle Handel's oratorio "Samson", in the Abbey on Wednesday 31 January 1872 Liebhart, Madame Demeric- Lablanche, Mr Edward Lloyd, and Mr Joseph Lander 58 1817 - 1877 51 Programme of a splendid entertainment in the Exchange Rooms on Saturday 26 September 1840 : performances by Mr Stewart King, Mr W. Locke, Mr J. Locke, Mr T. Goodlet, Mr W. Ross, and Messrs Bennie, Reid, McHutcheon, Templeton, McCoul, and Robertson 58 1817 - 1877 517 Programme of a concert on behalf of the Infirmary, in the Abercorn Rooms on Monday 3 March 1873 58 1817 - 1877 518 Admission programme of a service of sacred music in Oakshaw Street U.P. Church, by the United Choirs of Thread Street and Oakshaw Street U.P. Churches, on Thursday 21 March 1872 58 1817 - 1877 52 Programme of Mr D. Cowan's twenty eighth annual concert to take place in the Saracen's Head Inn large room, on Friday 2 October 1840 58 1817 - 1877 526 Programme of the Tannahill Centenary Festival in the Drill Hall on Wednesday 3 June 1874 58 1817 - 1877 527 Music scores of sacred pieces to be sung on the occasion of the opening of the Grand Organ in the Abbey, Paisley, 1874 58 1817 - 1877 53 Programme of a grand concert and ball in Mrs Walker's Hall, Barrhead, on Tuesday 6 October 1840 : performance by Andrew Kinloch, assisted by Mr Goodlet and Mr McAusland 58 1817 - 1877 531 Programme of an organ recital by Miss Hoeck in St George's Church, Paisley, on 13 November 1874 58 1817 - 1877 532 A hymn of dedication of the grand organ in Paisley Abbey 58 1817 - 1877 534 Programme of a grand concert in the Drill Hall on Monday 9 November 1874 : performances by - Miss Edith Wynne, Madame Patey, Mr W.H. Cummings, Mr Patey, Miss Mary Hoeck, and Mr Charles Ewing

25 February 2020 Page 226 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 536 Paisley Sabbath School Union : pieces for competitive examination in singing 58 1817 - 1877 54 Programme for a performance by Mr H. Johnson's Company, in the Exchange Rooms, Moss Street, on Monday 5 October 1840 : performances by Mademoiselle E.L. Grobecker, Miss Hilpert, and Mr H. Hudson 58 1817 - 1877 549 Programme of a grand concert in the Abercorn Rooms on Thursday 4 February 1875 : Performances by - Mr J.T. Carrodus, Mr Gibson, Mr Hann, Mr E. Howell, Mrs Smith, and Miss Mary D. Hoeck 58 1817 - 1877 55 Programme of a grand concert in the Exchange Rooms on Monday 26 October 1840 : performances by Mrs McMinn, Mr Stewart King, Mr W. Locke, and Mr Drummond 58 1817 - 1877 552 Programme of a grand sacred concert by Mr Lambeth's Select Choir in the Abbey on Monday 12 April 1875 58 1817 - 1877 553 Programme of J. Roy Fraser's fourth annual orchestral concert in the Drill Hall on Thursday 23 December 1875 58 1817 - 1877 554 Notice of Mr Harry Liston's treasury of mirth "Merry Moments", for one With opinions of the press night only in the Abercorn Rooms, on Thursday 18 March 58 1817 - 1877 558 Programme of an organ recital by Miss Hoeck in the Baptist Church, Storie Street on Thursday 2 March 1876 58 1817 - 1877 558½ Subjects of address of the Abbey Church, Tuesday evening service 58 1817 - 1877 559 Programme of the Paisley Musical Association's production of Mendelssohn's grand oratorio "Elijah", in the Abbey on Thursday 6 April 1876 : Principals - Miss Anna Williams, Miss Coyte Turner, Mr Alfred Kenningham, and Mr Pyatt 58 1817 - 1877 56 Concert programme for the Lyceum Rooms, Paisley, on Monday 23 November 1840 58 1817 - 1877 57 Programme for a grand evening concert by Mr Wilson, in the Exchange Rooms on Thursday 5 November 1840, in conjunction with the Misses Smith 58 1817 - 1877 572 Memoir of the late Mr David Lochhead. Manuscript

25 February 2020 Page 227 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 577 Paisley Sabbath School Union : Pieces for competitive examination in singing 58 1817 - 1877 58 Programme for a grand evening concert in the Assembly Rooms, Ingram Street, Glasgow on Thursday 3 December 1840 : performances by Miss Birch, Mrs Fiddes, Mr Hobbs, Mr Lindley, and Mr Blagrove 58 1817 - 1877 59 Scheme of the grand evening concert in the Assembly Rooms, Ingram Street, Glasgow on Thursday 3 December 1840 : performances by Miss Birch, Mrs Fiddes, Mr Hobbs, Mr Lindley, and Mr Blagrove 58 1817 - 1877 591 Programme of Mr Joseph Eldred's entertainment entitled "Pickings from Performances by : Mr Joseph Dickens" in the Royal Exchange Rooms on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 June Eldred, Mr R. Barker, Mr Duncan 1876 Smyth, and Miss Agnes Wilson 58 1817 - 1877 593 Programme of the service of song by the Jubilee Singers of Fisk American Missionary University, Nashville, Tennessee Association of New York, and Freedmen's Missions Aid Society of London 58 1817 - 1877 597 First verse of "Down in a Flowr'y Vale" 58 1817 - 1877 602 "Awake Sweet Love" 58 1817 - 1877 603 Programme of select readings in the Abercorn Rooms on Wednesday 7 November 1877, by Mr T. Harrower, Teacher of Elocution in Glasgow, assisted by his pupil Mr G.A. Scott 58 1817 - 1877 604 Programme of a grand concert in the Rifle Volunteer Hall 58 1817 - 1877 67 Programme for a concert of the Paisley Philharmonic Society in aid of the House of Recovery, in the Exchange Rooms on Tuesday 6 April 1841 : performance by Mrs Bushe 58 1817 - 1877 68 Programme of a farewell concert of Mr Templeton, in the City Hall on Monday 7 February 1842, assisted by Mrs Bushe and Mrs D.W. King 58 1817 - 1877 69 Programme of a grand musical attraction in the Exchange Rooms, Moss Street, on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 September 1842 : performances by Von Hartman, Miss Hartman, and Miss E. Hartman 58 1817 - 1877 70 Programme for Mr Dohler's Grand Concert in the Renfrewshire Assembly Rooms, Paisley, on Thursday 30 April 1840 : performances by Madame Stockhausen, Mlle. Bildstein, Mr Machin, M. Stockhausen, and M. Dohler

25 February 2020 Page 228 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 71¼ Programme of a farewell concert of Mr Thomson, in the Renfrewshire Tontine Assembly Room, Bank Street, on Monday 15 August 1842 ; performances by The Abbey Church Band, Mr McCulloch, Mr Kerr, Mr T. Goodlet, A Glee Party, and Bennie's Band 58 1817 - 1877 71½ Programme of a great musical attraction in the Exchange Rooms, Moss Street, on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 and Friday 9 September 1842 : performances by Von Hartman, Miss Hartman, and Miss E. Hartman 58 1817 - 1877 72 Programme of a great musical attraction in the Exchange Rooms, Moss Street, on Friday 9 September 1842 : performances by Von Hartman, Miss Hartman, and Miss E. Hartman 58 1817 - 1877 73 Programme of a grand concert by Mr Templeton, in the Assembly Rooms, Paisley, on Tuesday 29 September 1840 : performances by Mr Turnbull, Mr Thomson, Mr Brown, and other performers 58 1817 - 1877 74 Notice of Mr Purdie's intention to start classes teaching sacred music based Wilhelm's Method of Singing, adapted to English use by Mr John Hullah, in the Baptist Meeting House, Storie Street, commencing Wednesday 12 October 58 1817 - 1877 75 Programme of a grand concert in the St James Street Church on Monday 31 October 1842 : performances by Mr J.R. Marshall, Mrs Craig, and The Paisley Total Abstinence Instrumental Society 58 1817 - 1877 76 Programme of Mr Turnbull's Scottish Entertainments, in the Exchange Rooms on Monday 28 November 1842, entitled "A Night with Tannahill and R.A. Smith" 58 1817 - 1877 77 Programme of a grand concert by The Unemployed Operatives, in the Exchange Rooms on Monday 12 December 1842 : performances by Messrs W. & J. Locke, Mr T. Goodlet, Mr J. Andrew, and Bennie's Band & The Paisley Band 58 1817 - 1877 78 Church Psalmody, No.1 by Mr John Fraser, Johnstone 58 1817 - 1877 79 Church Psalmody, No.2 by Mr John Fraser, Johnstone 58 1817 - 1877 80 Programme of a concert in the Exchange Assembly Rooms on Monday 8 July 1844 : performances by The Misses Smith, with Miss Maria Smith and Frederick Smith

25 February 2020 Page 229 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 58 1817 - 1877 81 Programme of a farewell concert of Mr Bain, in the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, Bank Street on Tuesday 20 April 1847 : performances of The Abbey Church Band, Miss McBeth, Mr R. McCulloch, Mr T. Grant, and a select Glee Party 58 1817 - 1877 82 Programme for the fifth concert at the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, on Thursday 27 January 1853 58 1817 - 1877 83 Programme of a series of Winter concerts in the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, 1852-1853 58 1817 - 1877 85 Notice of a soiree and presentation in honour of Mr and Mrs Caldwell, a token of respect for their services to the Temperance Movement, on 17 June 1851 58 1817 - 1877 86 Notice of Mr Henry Pitt's grand concert in the Tontine Arms on Tuesday 21 December 1852 58 1817 - 1877 87 Programme for the fourth concert at the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, on Thursday 20 January 1853 58 1817 - 1877 90 Programme for the fifth concert at the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, on Thursday 27 January 1853 58 1817 - 1877 91 Programme for the sixth concert at the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, on Thursday 3 February 1853 58 1817 - 1877 96 Programme for the seventh concert at the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, on Thursday 10 February 1853 58 1817 - 1877 97 Programme for the eighth and last concert at the Abercorn Assembly Rooms, on Thursday 17 February 1853 58 1817 - 1877 Page314 Letter by the Paisley Musical Association regarding session 1868-69 59 1879 1 Portrait of Charles Fleming, poet 59 1879 126 Forty sixth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1878 59 1879 13 Notice of J. & J. Cook, publishers, regarding the publication of the Poems, songs, and essays by the late Charles Fleming, edited by Robert Brown 59 1879 134 List of newspapers and periodicals to be sold in the Paisley Coffee Room on Saturday 22 December 1877, Auctioneer - Robert Paterson

25 February 2020 Page 230 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 59 1879 135 Toast list of the Paisley Burns Club Anniversary Dinner in the Globe Hotel on Saturday 25 January 1879 59 1879 136 Design for lottery ticket : A Dream of the Great Scheme, 1879 59 1879 137 Cartoon of the Glasgow City Bank, entitled "Past and Present" 59 1879 138 Cartoon No.2 of the Glasgow City Bank, entitled "The Wreck", and verses 59 1879 139 Cartoon No.3 of the Glasgow City Bank, entitled "The Pursuit of Gain or Beware False Profits" 59 1879 14 "Better Than Gold", a New Year's address by the Rev. Andrew G. Fleming 59 1879 140 Opinions of the Press on The history of the Paisley Grammar School from With some notices of subjects its foundation in 1576 ; of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy ; relating to the history of the and the other Town's schools, by Robert Brown, Underwood Park, Paisley town of Paisley 59 1879 151 Report of the Scottish Mission of the Seamen and Boatmen's Friend Being an extract from the Society, to promote the social, moral, and religious welfare of seamen Society's thirty third annual and canal boatmen report 59 1879 167 Part one of The Lay of the Bogle Stone, an erratic poem by the author of Revivalist Letters 59 1879 191 The prospects of trade : the substance of an address by Charles Scott Esq., Edinburgh, delivered under the auspices of the Paisley Conservative Association, Thursday 19 December 1878 59 1879 2 Letter from J.A. Caldwell stating that his assistant John Muir is now his business partner, the business now operating under J.A. Caldwell & Muir 59 1879 205 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh School Board, from Constitution of Board till 15 May 1878 59 1879 206 Paisley Burgh Police Superintendent's return for the year ending 31 December 1878 59 1879 207 Programme of upcoming events to be held over nine days in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley, from Monday 13 to Wednesday 22 January 1879 59 1879 211 Programme of select readings by Mrs J.L. Bunten (formerly Miss Aitken), in the Free Library Hall, on Monday 27 January 1879

25 February 2020 Page 231 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 59 1879 212 Notice of a great Burns concert by the Glasgow Select Choir, to take place in the Drill Hall, Paisley, on Saturday 25 January 1879 59 1879 212½ Special family ticket for the Paisley Ornithological Association show on 1 and 2 January 1879 59 1879 213 Paisley Ornithological Association : Catalogue of entries of poultry, In connection with the pigeons, canaries, home & foreign birds, etc. Association's twenty fifth grand annual exhibition and competition, held in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley, on Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 January 1879 59 1879 245 Daily Express calendar for 1879, depicting John Wilson, Robert Tannahill, and Alexander Wilson 59 1879 246 The Paisley Herald's Printer's Devil's address to his readers 59 1879 247 The "Gazette" Newsboys' New Year's address, January 1879 59 1879 248 The Evening News Newsboy's Ditty, 1879 59 1879 249 Report of the Paisley Burns Club annual trip, 1878 : Glen Ness, Loch Doon, and Auchendrane 59 1879 257 Christmas Chimes, with the compliments of Brown Bros. & Co., wholesale confectioners and cracker manufacturers, Quincy, Illinois, 25 December 1878 59 1879 267 Letters from the Rev. William Buchanan to the editor of the Kilmarnock Journal regarding the Kilmaurs Libel case 59 1879 281 Fifty third annual report of the Paisley Sabbath and Weekday Evening School Society 59 1879 288½ In memoriam card of Robert Wilson, who died on Sunday 11 May 1879, aged 52 years 59 1879 289 Second report of the Paisley Industrial School for Destitute Children, 1851-52 59 1879 3 Order form for the Paisley Burns Club publications : Poems, songs, and essays by the late Charles Fleming, with memoir and notes by Robert Brown of Underwood Park. Includes opinions of the Press

25 February 2020 Page 232 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 59 1879 300 Fifteenth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 3 January 1853, with the minutes of the meeting 59 1879 307 Twenty first annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1853 59 1879 315 Seventeenth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 8 January 1855, with the minutes of the meeting 59 1879 322 First report of the Paisley Auxiliary Bible Society, 1856 59 1879 330 Sixth annual report of the Paisley Ragged School, 1856 59 1879 345 Twenty third annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1855 59 1879 361 Twelfth annual report of the Paisley Female Educational Society, under the superintendence of Ministers of various Evangelical denominations, 1857 59 1879 368 Second annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary Bible Society, 1857 59 1879 376 Paisley Parliamentary Election, 10 December 1857 : alphabetical list of Together with the states of the voters who polled respectively for H.E. Crum Ewing and W.T. Haly ; also poll at all the Paisley elections Names of electors who did not vote since the passing of the Reform Bill in 1832 59 1879 402 Third annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary Bible Society, 1858 59 1879 410 Paisley (Burgh) School Board, School Attendance Committee. Eighth half yearly report of school attendance, 1878 59 1879 414 Rotation of presiding Justices of the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District, 1879 59 1879 415 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Trustees for the Creditors of the Burgh of Paisley, from 30 September 1851 to 30 September 1852 59 1879 417 Correspondence relating to a Gaelic Missionary for Paisley and its neighbourhood 59 1879 420 Notice to the Electors of Paisley stating that Mr Crum Ewing will stand again as a candidate for the Representation of the Burgh

25 February 2020 Page 233 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 59 1879 421 Preliminary prospectus of Dunblane Hydropathic Establishment, August With a map of the District of 1878 Dunblane and surroundings 59 1879 439 The Man on the Top of the Ark, by the Rev. William Symington 59 1879 443 Invitation to Mr Robert Brown to a conversazione of Members and Friends of the Paisley Art Institute on Tuesday 25 February 1879, by Mr and Mrs Polson 59 1879 445 Letter regarding presenting a testimonial to the Rev. William Fraser, in recognition of his long and eminent public services to the community 59 1879 448 In Memoriam card of John Hodgart, engineer, Colaba House, Milliken Park, who died suddenly on Tuesday 11 February 1879 59 1879 449 Medical conference on the high death rate of Paisley : Report presented to the Sanitary Committee of Police Commissioners, 6 February 1879 59 1879 453 In Memoriam : notes of sermons preached in the Free St George's With additional notices of Church, Paisley, on Sunday 16 February 1879, by the Rev. Dr. Davidson Christian character and and the Rev. James Dodds ; also on Sunday 2 March 1879 by the Rev. Dr correspondence with regards to Thomson the late Mrs Thomson 59 1879 46 Rules of the Paisley Liberal Association, instituted 1878 59 1879 483 Twenty eighth annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1878 59 1879 502 Thesis by James Dodds, Minister of St. George's, Glasgow, entitled "Doctrine of Immortality in the Old Testament" 59 1879 533 Price list of Weir & Jack (successors to William Gibson), genuine tea, coffee and foreign wine warehouse, Cross, Paisley 59 1879 540 Programme of the Paisley Musical Association's performance of Handel's Principals performers : Madame grand oratorio "Judas Maccabaeus", in the Abbey on Thursday 20 March Ernst, Madame E. Frith, Mr 1879 Verney Binns, Mr Edwin Frith, Mr W.H. Cole, Mr Thomas Berry, and Mr Alex. Thomson 59 1879 544 Paisley Horticultural Society : Intimation of the Directors to hold an exhibition of spring flowers in the Drill Hall on Friday 21 March 1879 59 1879 546 Church of Scotland Endowment Scheme : collection to be made on Sunday 16 March 1879

25 February 2020 Page 234 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 59 1879 548 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the thirty fourth Annual General Meeting of the shareholders, 25 March 1879 59 1879 551 Abercorn Livery Stables : Notice by William Young that the partnership of Anderson & Young is dissolving, and he will carry on the Carriage Hiring and General Posting Business in his own name 59 1879 552 Decorative menu from the New Public Halls, Glasgow, 25 March 1879, Purveyors - Queen's Restaurant Company 59 1879 553 Advertisement brochure of the Glenburn Hydropathic Establishment, Rothesay, Island of Bute : history and price list 59 1879 556 Paisley School Board of 1873 and 1876, illustrated with the election Founded on reports in the cartoons of Mr James Elder Christie, etc. Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 59 1879 56 Forty first annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 13 January 189, with the minutes of the meeting 59 1879 63 Rules of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor in Paisley 59 1879 653 Paisley Horticultural Society : schedule of prizes for the grand Spring exhibition on Friday 21 March 1879, and grand Autumn exhibition on Friday 5 September 1879, in the Drill Hall 59 1879 668 Constitution and Rules of the Paisley Art Institute, constituted 1876 59 1879 67 Postcard depicting the Directors of the City of Glasgow Bank, 1878 : Mr Innes Wright, Mr Stronach, Mr Inglis, Mr Potter, Mr Salmond, Mr Stewart, and Mr Taylor 59 1879 676 Twenty third annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1878 59 1879 68 Membership card of the Paisley Liberal Association, established 1878 59 1879 688 Notice of the St Cecilia Society, Paisley's concert for the benefit of the Sick Fund of the Ladies' Sanitary Association, in the Abercorn Rooms on Tuesday 4 March 1879 59 1879 689 Programme of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's orchestral concert in the Abercorn Rooms on Thursday 27 March 1879 59 1879 702 Board of Directors of the Paisley Infirmary, 1878-79

25 February 2020 Page 235 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 59 1879 703 Board of Directors of the Paisley Infirmary, for the year commencing 1 April 1879 59 1879 704 Ninety third annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary for the year ending 31 December 1878 59 1879 71 Paisley Art Institute Honorary Member's Admission ticket and syllabus for session 1878-79 59 1879 73 Proposal by the Western Burns Club to establish in the a collection of the Poetry of Scotland under the name of "The Poets' Corner" 59 1879 77 Nineteenth annual report of the Glasgow Mission to the Outdoor Blind, and fourteenth annual report of the Ladies' Auxiliary Society, read at the meeting held in the Religious Institution Rooms, Glasgow, on Monday 27 January 1879 60 1879 257 Abstract of the accounts of Ayrshire and Wigtonshire Archaeological Association, from 19 October 1877 to 24 July 1879 60 1879 1 Portrait of E. Picken 60 1879 10 Paisley School Board : important comparison of Paisley with other towns 60 1879 100 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley, for the year ending 15 May 1879 60 1879 115 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh Improvement Trust, from 15 May 1878 till 15 May 1879 60 1879 12 Paisley Burgh School Board : second general report, regarding the new and other public schools, adopted at the meeting of the Board on 25 March 1879 60 1879 120 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Water Works, from 28 May 1878 till 28 May 1879 60 1879 127 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh Road Trustees, for year ending 15 May 1879 60 1879 132 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 28 May 1878 till 28 May 1879

25 February 2020 Page 236 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 60 1879 137 "Present relations of Great Britain with Europe and America" : a lecture delivered in the City Hall, Perth, by W.C. Maughan, of Kilarden, Roseneath, on Friday 10 May 1878 60 1879 159 Tannahill Anniversary : programme of part songs harmonised for "The Glen" concert, to be sung by the Tannahill Choir on Saturday 7 June 1879 60 1879 178 Tannahill Anniversary : programme of part songs harmonised for "The Glen" concert, to be sung by the Tannahill Choir on Saturday 7 June 1879 60 1879 197 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association and Sick Fund, 1878-79 60 1879 2 Portrait of Andrew Picken 60 1879 210 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : catalogue of annual show at Paisley on Thursday 5 June 1879 60 1879 254 Poster advertising the opening of Lipton's Great Irish Butter and Ham Market, 21 High Street, Paisley, on Saturday 28 June 1879 60 1879 255 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : List of toasts to be made at the luncheon for the annual show, 5 June 1879 60 1879 256 Notice by William Barbour Morrison stating he is no longer a partner of Robert Brown & Son, manufacturers of fire clay goods at Ferguslie and Shortroods, Paisley, as of 31 March 1879 60 1879 260 Sketch of Provost David Murray, born 12 October 1807, died 29 July 1879 Supplement to the Paisley Daily Express, 4 August 1879 60 1879 261 Twenty third annual report of the "Sneddon Callans" Association, 1878-79 60 1879 264 Invitation of the Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley to anyone wishing to attend the Public Funeral of Provost David Murray on Saturday 2 August 1879 60 1879 265 In Memoriam card and Order of Procession of Provost David Murray, born 12 October 1807, died 29 July 1879 60 1879 268 Brochure of the Athole Hydropathic Establishment, Pitlochry, Perthshire 60 1879 279 Report of the twenty seventh annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 16 July 1879 60 1879 3 & 8 Paisley Burgh School Board, School Attendance Committee : Ninth half yearly report on school attendance

25 February 2020 Page 237 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 60 1879 307 Statement by the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of the City To consider the whole question and Royal Burgh of Glasgow of the grounds on which they urge the of the extension of Municipal appointment of a Royal Commission, or Select Committee of the House Areas in Scotland, for all of Commons purposes of Municipal, Police, and Sanitary administration 60 1879 36 Article from the Renfrewshire Gazette of 12 April 1879, regarding the School Board Election 60 1879 371 Skeleton map of Glasgow and the suburban Police Burghs and Districts, 189 60 1879 372 Paisley Race Meeting, Thursday 14 and Friday 15 August, 1879 60 1879 373 Letters to the editor of the Glasgow Herald on the subject of Progress of Voluntaryism in Scotland 60 1879 380 Letter by the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland regarding supply of accommodation for Ministers and Delegates attending the Autumnal Session in Glasgow, Monday 6 October to Thursday 9 October 1879 60 1879 382 Plain words and simple facts about the Church of Scotland and her With an appendix containing assailants, addressed to the people of Scotland, by "Defensor" results of Parliamentary returns 60 1879 461 Judicial Records of Renfrewshire, by William Hector Illustrative of the Administration With notes introductory and of the laws in the County, and explanatory, facsimiles of manners and condition of the old documents, plan of inhabitants in the 17th and 18th Paisley 1490-1545 centuries 60 1879 477 Paisley Grammar School and Academy : Report of the statutory examination, held on 20, 21, 25, and 26 June 1879, by John Birrell and John Black 60 1879 487 Articles from the Paisley Herald and Renfrewshire Advertiser, Saturday 2 August 1879, regarding the death of David Murray, Provost of Paisley, died 29 July 1879 60 1879 5 Letter by Alex. Cattanach regarding the candidature of the Rev. Mr Gentles for the School Board Election 60 1879 502 Christ the Resurrection and the Life : a sermon preached on the occasion of the Death of Provost Murray by the Rev. J. Thomson, 1879 60 1879 524 Menu of the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, written in French

25 February 2020 Page 238 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 60 1879 525 Second annual report of the Paisley Art Institute 60 1879 536 Glasgow Asylum for the Blind : souvenir of the laying of the foundation stone by Col. W. Montgomerie Neilson of Queen shill, Provincial Grand Master of Glasgow, on Tuesday 5 August 1879 60 1879 537 Forty fourth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, 1879 60 1879 549 Paisley Art Institute : Opening conversazione in the School of Art on Thursday 2 October 1879, with Mr Thomson Kirkwood reading the first of a series of papers on Art Subjects 60 1879 550 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Town Council of Paisley, from 30 September 1878 till 30 September 1879 60 1879 567 Service on the occasion of the funeral of the Rev. William Fraser, in the Free Middle Church, on Saturday 27 September 1879 60 1879 570 Paisley Burns Club Papers : Annual trip, 1878, to Glen Ness, Loch Doon, and Auchendrane 60 1879 6 Letter by Thomas Muir accepting the candidature for a seat in the Paisley School Board Election 60 1879 66 Article reprinted from the Paisley Daily Express of Monday 14 April 1879, addressed to the School Board electors of Paisley, entitled "The truth about Mr Coats' gift, and what it costs the ratepayers" 60 1879 7 Letter by James Brown regarding the nomination of Mrs Arthur for the Paisley School Board Election 60 1879 70 Report of a meeting in the Drill Hall regarding Mr Charles D. Wason's candidature, taken from the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette of 12 April 1879 60 1879 74 School Board Election : Letter from Alex. Cattanach requesting the recipient to meet the Rev. Thomas Gentles before a meeting in the Drill Hall on Friday 18 April, 1879, to accompany him to the platform 60 1879 75 School Board Election : Letter from D. MacKenzie requesting the recipient to meet Mr Charles D. Wason before a meeting in the Drill Hall on Friday 11 April 1879, to accompany him to the platform 60 1879 76 Letter from William Foulds regarding an application for a license for 4 School Wynd

25 February 2020 Page 239 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 60 1879 77 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election Race, April 1879 60 1879 78 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 : "1st entertainment" 60 1879 79 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 60 1879 80 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 : "Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth" 60 1879 81 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 : "The Lesson in Arithmetic" 60 1879 82 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 : "8 Square Feet" 60 1879 83 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 60 1879 84 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 : "The Cart and Its Hero" 60 1879 85 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 : "The Result (as it should be for the working man)" 60 1879 86 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 : verses 60 1879 87 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 : "The Chosen and The Rejected" 60 1879 88 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 60 1879 89 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 : "The Incantation", verses 60 1879 90 Cartoon of the Paisley School Board Election, April 1879 : "Grand Balloon Ascent" 60 1879 91 Result of the poll of the Paisley School Board Election : gratis supplement to the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 60 1879 92 Letter calling for a meeting of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor to be held in the Hall of the Baptist Church, Storie Street, on Friday 9 May 1879 60 1879 93 In Memoriam card of Robert Wilson, of Hanna, Donald, and Wilson, Engineers and Iron Founders, Abbey Works, Paisley, who died at his residence of Underwood Road, on Sunday 11 May 1879

25 February 2020 Page 240 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 60 1879 94 Programme of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Crystal Palace, Glasgow, Advertised heavily by Clark & for a grand farewell promenade concert of the Band and Pipers 79th Co.'s Anchor Cottons Highlanders previous to leaving for Foreign Service, Saturday 31 May 1879 60 1879 98 Letter by John Henning Wilson, inviting recipient to attend the funeral of his father Robert Wilson, on Thursday 15 May 1879 60 1879 99 General abstract of the School Board of the Abbey Parish of Paisley (Landward), from 15 May 1873 to 15 April 1879 61 1879 1 Eighty first anniversary of the Royal Renfrew Potato and Herring Incorporation, to be held in Miss E. Adam's, 28 Canal Street, Renfrew, on Wednesday 1 October 1879 61 1879 114 Ticket, menu, and list of toasts to be made at the dinner for the induction of the Rev. James Paton to St George's Church, in the George Hotel on Thursday 30 October 1879 61 1879 117 Letter to the electors of the fourth ward from Mr John Young, accepting the nomination to run as a candidate for re-election 61 1879 119 Letter of thanks from Archibald MacKenzie to Provost Brown with regards to his kindness and support shown prior to the fourth ward election 61 1879 120 Paisley Musical Association : practice has resumed in the Congregational Church, Gilmour Street, on Tuesday evenings, studying Haydn's "Creation" and Mendelssohn's "St Paul" for public performances 61 1879 121 Sixty eighth annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1879 61 1879 129 Menu 61 1879 130 Foreign Affairs : Speech of the Most Honourable The Marquis of Salisbury K.G. at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester on 17 October 1879 61 1879 151 Re-opening of the High Church, Paisley, on Sabbath 18 November 1877 Reprinted from the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 61 1879 166 Paisley Burns Club Publications : Opinions of the Press on the publication "Poems, songs, and essays" by the late Charles Fleming, weaver in Paisley, with memoir and notes by Robert Brown of Underwood Park

25 February 2020 Page 241 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 61 1879 174 A special collection to be made at the services in connection with the Anniversary of the High Church Renovation (at all three diets of worship), on Sabbath 23 November 1879, to defray the cost of the New Mission Hall 61 1879 176 Paisley Young Men's Christian Association : Course of lectures : Invitation to meet in the vestry of St George's Parish Church on Wednesday 5 November 1879, to accompany the lecturer and chairman to the platform 61 1879 178 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 30 November 1877 to 30 November 1878 61 1879 180½ Terms of the Strathearn Hydropathic Establishment Company, Limited, Crieff, and a map of the area 61 1879 181 Committee of the Paisley Free Library and Museum, 1879-80 61 1879 182 Address to the Paisley Philosophical Institution at the commencement of Includes course of lectures for the Winter Season, November 1879, by Hugh Cowan, Sheriff Substitute session 1879-80 of Renfrew and Bute, President of the Institution 61 1879 19 Letter by James Bryce on the subject of Voluntaryism in Scotland 61 1879 200 Paisley Burgh School Board, School Attendance Committee : tenth half- yearly report on school attendance 61 1879 201 Programme of a grand evening concert by Mr Pattison's choir in the Abercorn Rooms on Monday 22 December 1879 61 1879 203 Glasgow Archaeology Society : Agenda for the Annual General Meeting to be held in St Andrew's Halls on Thursday 27 November 1879 61 1879 204 Paisley Conservative Association : letter looking for subscription of members to prepare for the coming Parliamentary General Election 61 1879 205 Corporation of Paisley Gas Department : catalogue of gas cooking stoves, gas engines, heating, and other appliances and inventions, exhibited in the Drill Hall from 16 to 26 December 1879 61 1879 22 Article on Clark & Co.'s Anchor Thread Mills 61 1879 240 Paisley Art Institute : catalogue of fourth exhibition, opened Monday 29 December 1879 61 1879 25 Article from the Glasgow News, 3 November 1879, on the Death of the Rev. Dr. Gillan

25 February 2020 Page 242 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 61 1879 256 Policy and operations of the Glasgow School Board, with results on school attendance 1873-79, by A.G. Collins, member of Glasgow School Board 61 1879 277 Ticket for the first annual conversazions of the Office-Bearers and Workers, in connection with the Abbey, in the Lawn Street Mission Hall on Friday 16 February 1877 61 1879 278 Programme of the High Church Congregational Soiree (anniversary of re­ opening), in the Drill Hall on Thursday 4 December 1879 61 1879 279 Representation of the County of Renfrew representation in Parliament since 1832, with voting 61 1879 282 Ticket for the Paisley Art Institute exhibition to be opened on Monday 29 December 1879 by Colin Campbell of Blythswood 61 1879 283 High Parish Church scheme of church door collecting, Elders and Trustees, 1879-80 61 1879 284 The Paisley Herald's printer's devil's address to his readers 61 1879 285 On the utility of the medicines called the Digitalis, Squill, and Strychnine, combinations in diseases of the mucous membrane, by William Kerr, formerly of Paisley 61 1879 3 Menu and list of toasts to be made at the Merchants' Society annual dinner on 2 October 1879 61 1879 302 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association and Sick Fund, 1878-79 61 1879 313 Account of Mary Adelaide Gilbert, who died of cholera after a few hours illness, aged 19 : in a letter addresses to her former companions in the bible class, by their teacher Mrs Burns, Toronto 61 1879 33 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, 1878-79 : containing statements from the Pastor, Session and Deacons' Court, Ecclesiastical Trustees, Sabbath School Association, Mission Church, Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association 61 1879 345 Report of the seventy first general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution, 1879 61 1879 359 Programme of the High Church Congregational Soiree (anniversary of re­ opening), in the Drill Hall on Thursday 4 December 1879

25 February 2020 Page 243 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 61 1879 360 Ticket for the High Church Congregational Soiree (anniversary of re­ opening), in the Drill Hall on Thursday 4 December 1879 61 1879 361 Thoughts on lost health, by W.C. O'Neil, Paisley 61 1879 362 Order form for the Paisley Burns Club publication of "Memoirs of Ebenezer Picken, poet, and of Andrew Picken, novelist, natives of Paisley" by Robert Brown of Underwood Park, with two portraits 61 1879 364 Burns Monument Inauguration : meeting of the General Committee and To hear reports regarding the Admirers of Burns to be held in the Hall of the Artizans' Institution on subscription sheets, to consider Thursday 18 January 1877 holding a musical entertainment in the Drill Hall on 25 January, and for the despatch of business 61 1879 365 Communion token for the Abbey, Paisley 61 1879 367 Attendance card of the Abbey Parish bible class 61 1879 368 Ticket to the laying of the memorial stone of the Paisley Free Library and Museum, for the central platform, west end 61 1879 369 Circular addresses to the members of the Abbey Church of Paisley regarding the election of a Minister 61 1879 371 History of the Lairds of Glenfield, part of Thornle Lands, alias Thornlie Walas, alias Thornlie Blair - part of the lands of Passeleth (Paisley) in the Barony of Reinfru (Renfrew), from King David I, 1124, to William Fulton, 1860 61 1879 4½ Paisley Art Institute : Honorary Member's Admission ticket and syllabus for session 1879-80 61 1879 442 A Burns Bouquet : the flowers and plants of Burns, with their scientific names and quotations from his works wherein allusion is made to them, by William Elder 61 1879 501 Miltonian Bouquet : the flowers and plants of Milton, with their scientific names and quotations from his works, wherein allusion is made to them, by William Elder 61 1879 51 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church (Low Parish), with other statements, 1878-79 61 1879 547 Lines on Tannahill's centenary, 3 June 1874, by William Elder

25 February 2020 Page 244 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 61 1879 558 Shakespearean Bouquet : the flowers and plants of Shakespeare, with their scientific names and quotations from his works, wherein allusion is made to them, by William Elder 61 1879 580 Tannahill anniversary : Part songs for “The Glen” concert, by the Tannahill Choir, Saturday 2 June 1877 61 1879 598 The Abbey Parish Church : first annual report on the Church, Schools, and other congregational agencies, 1874-75 61 1879 6 Map of the country round Strathearn House, Crieff, and route map to Strathearn House, Crieff, resident physician Thomas H. Meikle 61 1879 613 The Abbey Parish Church : annual congregational report, 1876 61 1879 632 Forty first annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, with list of subscriptions, and abstract of income and expenditure 61 1879 647 The Apostolic Commission applied to present circumstances : a sermon preached in the open air at Kirkbride, near Sanquhar, on Sunday 2 July 1876 by James Begg 61 1879 671 Report of the twenty fourth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 19 July 1876 61 1879 69 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of the High Church of Paisley, With appendix containing With financial statements, 1878-79 Pastoral, Reports of High Church sessional directory, and Session, Dorcas Society, church calendar Missionary Association, Sabbath School Association, Young Men's Sabbath Morning Association and Literary Institute 61 1879 697 A melodrama entitled "The Abbey Patrons, or The King and All His Men", by "Diogenes" 61 1879 7 Young Men's Christian Association : Mr Archibald Forbes will deliver a lecture on his experiences of the Zulu War, in St George's Church on Monday 20 October 1879 61 1879 702 Farewell sermon by the Rev. James Dodds 61 1879 705 Annual report by the Paisley Parochial Sabbath School Association, 1873

25 February 2020 Page 245 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 61 1879 713 Correspondence between Archibald Gardner and Messrs McInnes and MacFarlane, writers, Paisley 61 1879 720 Service of United Prayer, at Oakshaw United Presbyterian Church on Friday 20 December 1872 61 1879 725 The Seestu' Cynic, "Fools are my theme", No.1 Saturday 22 October 1853 61 1879 728 Letter by James Christie regarding £25 received for a picture 61 1879 8 Photograph of St Fillans Hotel by James Valentine, wholesale Department, 154 Perth Road, Dundee 61 1879 9 Newspaper article on the Water Supply : inauguration of Glenburn water works, Friday 17 October 1879 62 1880 1 Paisley Ornithological Association : Catalogue of entries of poultry, In connection with the pigeons, canaries, home & foreign birds, etc. Association's twenty sixth grand annual exhibition and competition, held in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley, on Thursday 1 and Friday 2 January 1880 62 1880 113 Letter regarding organising a bazaar to help the funds of the High Church renovation 62 1880 115 The annual sermon of the Paisley Auxiliary of the National Bible Society of Scotland to take place in the Free High Church on Sunday 1 February 1880, by the Rev. James Culross of Glasgow 62 1880 116 Paisley Tonic Sol-Fa Institute : Book of words for performance of Handel's oratorio "Messiah" in the Abbey on Friday 30 January 1880 62 1880 122 Sketch of the Burns Monument, Kilmarnock Supplement to the Kilmarnock Standard, 31 January 1880 62 1880 123 Original statement of the "Poets' Corner" in the Mitchell Public Library, Glasgow 62 1880 127 Obituary biography of the late Malcolm McLaren 62 1880 130 Annual return of the Paisley Burgh Police for the year ending 31 December 1879

25 February 2020 Page 246 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 62 1880 131 Report of the third annual festival of the natives of Ayrshire resident in Paisley in the Abercorn Rooms 62 1880 138 Annual drink statistics, 1879 : table showing consumption of spirituous liquors in the United Kingdom 62 1880 141 Membership ticket of the Paisley Conservative Association 62 1880 142 Paisley Free Library and Museum : Committee of Management, 1878-79 62 1880 143 Opinions of the Press for the Paisley Burns Club publication of Poems, With memoirs and notes by Songs, and Essays, by the late Charles Fleming, weaver in Paisley Robert Brown of Underwood Park 62 1880 151 Paisley Burns Club : Celebration of the one hundred and twentieth anniversary of the birthday of Robert Burns, in the Globe Hotel, Paisley, 25 January 1879 62 1880 169 Special appeal of the Glasgow Mission to Outdoor Blind 62 1880 170 Twentieth annual report of the Glasgow Mission to the Outdoor Blind, Read at the meeting held in the and Fifteenth annual report of the Ladies' Auxiliary Society, 1880 Religious Institution Rooms, Glasgow on Thursday 22 January 1880 62 1880 217 Paisley Ornithological Association : notice of the twenty sixth annual exhibition and competition open to the United Kingdom, on Thursday 1st & Friday 2nd January 1880, in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley 62 1880 218 Rotation of presiding Justices of the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, 1880 62 1880 219 First annual report of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor in Paisley 62 1880 227 Report of the first annual meeting of the Association for Improving the From the Paisley Daily Express, 8 Condition of the Poor in Paisley, held in the Court Hall, 8 December 1879 December 1879 62 1880 241 Addresses on the subject of "God's Holy Word" delivered at a Christian Conference, held in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley on Saturday 7 April 1877, by Mr Henry Groves of Kendal, Mr Henry Dyer of Bath, and Mr Alex. Stewart, Glasgow 62 1880 263 Price list of Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Clay Works, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 247 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 62 1880 267 The Free Libraries of Scotland, by an Assistant Librarian : giving a brief sketch of the progress of the Free Library Movement in Scotland 62 1880 298 Programme of an orchestral concert of the Paisley Philharmonic Society, in the Drill Hall on Thursday 11 December 1879 62 1880 301 Paisley New Book Club : Rules and commencement list, twenty third year, 1879 62 1880 306 "Should Christians commemorate the birthday of Robert Burns?" : a discourse by the Rev. Fergus Ferguson, Dalkeith 62 1880 33 Paisley Burns Club : letter regarding the anniversary dinner to take place in the Globe Hotel on Monday 26 January 1880 62 1880 333 Address on the coming election, by Moir T. Stormonth Darling Esq., advocate, Edinburgh : delivered under the auspices of the Paisley Conservative Association on Friday 13 February 1880 62 1880 34 Invitation to Robert Brown by Lieutenant Colonel Mure and the Officers of the Second Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers to the conversazione and presentation of prizes in the Drill Hall on Friday 23 January 1880 62 1880 35 Dinner invitation to ex Provost Robert Brown by Mr Holms on Friday 16 January 1880 in the St Enoch Station Hotel, Glasgow 62 1880 359 Notice of a special general meeting of the Glasgow Archaeological Society to be held in St Andrew's Halls on Friday 20 February 1880 62 1880 36 Letter by William Holms with invitation to accompany him to the platform on the occasion of his addressing the Electors of Paisley in the Drill Hall on Wednesday 28 January 1880 62 1880 360 Twenty ninth annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1879 62 1880 38 Letter from the Paisley Conservative Association requesting the recipient to accompany Colonel Campbell of Blythswood to the platform in the Drill Hall on Wednesday 7 January 1880 62 1880 380 Article on the laying of the memorial stone of the New Good Templar Halls in Dyer's Wynd, taken from the Paisley Herald

25 February 2020 Page 248 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 62 1880 39 Paisley Ornithological Association : notice of and entry form for the twenty sixth annual grand exhibition and competition of poultry, pigeons, canary birds, etc., open to the United Kingdom, in the Drill Hall, on Thursday 1 and Friday 2 January 1880 62 1880 391 Article on the death of the editor of the Paisley Herald, Richard Norval Watson, in his sixty eighth year, on Tuesday 25 February 1879, at his residence 4 Gauze Street 62 1880 396 Marriage rejoicings of Mr John Hodgart, partner of the firm Messrs Fullerton, Hodgart & Barclay, and Miss Maclure, at Wellwood, New Kilpatrick 62 1880 397 Death of ex-Baillie Watson of the Paisley Herald, printed Wednesday 25 February 1880 62 1880 402 Biographical sketch of the late Professor Thomson, from the Paisley Express 5 February 1880 62 1880 404 Notice of the seventh ordinary meeting of the Philosophical Institution for the seventy first session to be held in the hall of the Free Library on Tuesday 10 February 1880 62 1880 405 Programme of a grand concert by Mr H.A. Lambeth in the Drill Hall on Friday 20 February 1880 62 1880 407 Letter regarding attendance at a meeting to raise subscriptions for the Relief of the Distress in Ireland, to be held in the Council Chambers on Thursday 5 February 1880 62 1880 408 Letter regarding the establishment of a Conservative Club for Glasgow and the West of Scotland 62 1880 410 Abstract of the Agricultural returns for the year 1879, and total for 1878 62 1880 411 The Paisley Ephemera, No.1 June 1855 62 1880 420 The Paisley Ephemera, No.2 November 1855 62 1880 425 The Paisley Ephemera, Vol.2 No.1 June 1856 62 1880 43 "Gazette" Newsboys' New Year's Address 62 1880 433 The Johnstone Comet, Saturday 4 May 1861

25 February 2020 Page 249 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 62 1880 44 An address by Colonel Campbell of Blythswood, delivered under the Reprinted from the Paisley and auspices of the Paisley Conservative Association, Wednesday 7 January Renfrewshire Gazette 1880 62 1880 455 The Johnstone Comet, No.2 Saturday 19 October 1861 62 1880 470 Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Glasgow Browns' Society to be held on Thursday 11 March 1880 62 1880 471 Letter inviting the recipient to accompany the Rev. Mr Lang to the platform in the Abercorn Rooms on Thursday 11 March 1880, regarding a High Parish Church Sabbath School Soiree 62 1880 472 Thirty ninth annual report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, November 1879 62 1880 480 Paisley Philosophical Society : ticket for the lecture by George J. Romanes of London on the subject of "Scientific Evidence of Organic Evolution", in the hall of the Free Library on Friday 5 March 1880 62 1880 481 Letter by William Mure to the Electors of Renfrewshire, offering himself as a candidate 62 1880 482 Paisley Horticultural Society : intimation of holding an exhibition of spring flowers in the Drill Hall on Friday 26 March 1880 62 1880 483 Letter to the electors of Paisley from William Holms 62 1880 484 Paisley Conservative Association : Letter regarding the Annual General Meeting to be held in the Abercorn Rooms on Thursday 18 March 1880 62 1880 486 Letter to the electors of the County of Renfrew from A.C. Campbell, consenting to become a candidate in the Conservative interest for the representation of the County in Parliament 62 1880 487 Burgh of Paisley valuation and population : analysis of the valuation roll for 1879-80, and estimated population in 1879 prepared by Mr Nisbet, assessor for the Burgh 62 1880 488 Paisley Infirmary, Board of Directors for 1879-80 62 1880 489 Programme of a grand vocal and instrumental concert in St Andrew's Assisted by Mr E.J. Hopkins, Hall, on Thursday 18 March, by the pupils of the Royal Normal College organist of the Temple Church, and Academy of Music for the Blind, Upper Norwood, London London

25 February 2020 Page 250 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 62 1880 496 Letter inviting recipient to accompany Colonel Campbell to the platform to address the electors in the Exchange Rooms on Thursday 1 April 1880 62 1880 497 Programme of Paisley Musical Association's production of Haydn's oratorio "The Creation", in the Abbey on Tuesday 23 March 1880 62 1880 499 In Memoriam card of Walter Whitehead of Paisley, who died at Battery Place, Rothesay, on Wednesday 31 March 1880 62 1880 502 Defect of the cerebellum occurring in a brother and sister, by Donald Reprinted from the Glasgow Fraser M.D., Medical Officer to Riccartsbar Asylum, Paisley Medical Journal for March 1880 62 1880 513 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the thirty fifth Annual General Meeting of the shareholders, 30 March 1880 62 1880 515 Scottish National Constitutional Association : instructions to agents in polling station 62 1880 517 Daily Canvass Return sheet for the Renfrewshire Election, 1880 - Colonel Campbell 62 1880 519 Canvass Book - instructions to canvassers 62 1880 523 Twenty fourth annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1879 62 1880 535 United Presbyterian Church, Oakshaw Street, Paisley : Services on With report of the proceedings occasion of the ordination of Mr John Porteous B.D., as colleague of the at the dinner to the Presbytery Rev. William France, 13 April 1880 and other friends, and at the Congregational Soiree 62 1880 580 Letter from C. Bine Renshaw regarding raising a subscription list for a testimonial for Colonel Campbell in recognition of his valuable services to the Conservative cause in the County of Renfrew 62 1880 581 Letter by Robert Kerr inviting recipient to attend a meeting of subscribers to the proposed Club, in the Council Chambers, on Saturday 17 April 1880 62 1880 582 Programme of the Paisley Philharmonic Society's second orchestral concert in the Drill Hall on Friday 16 April 1880, in aid of the funds of the Museum 62 1880 584 Annual returns of the number of communicants and adherents on the roll Printed in the Paisley Daily of the Free Presbytery Express 8 April 1880

25 February 2020 Page 251 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 62 1880 585 Complimentary admission ticket for a bazaar in connection with Bridge of Weir Established Church, Abercorn Rooms, Paisley, on Thursday 22, Friday 23, and Saturday 24 April 1880 62 1880 585 In Memoriam card of John Harkness, who died at 14 High Street, Paisley on 19 April 1880 62 1880 586 Letter from the Town Clerk's Office requesting Robert Brown Esq. to attend a meeting in the Council Chambers on Monday 26 April 1880, regarding the extension to the Library and Museum buildings 62 1880 587 Paisley Sabbath School Union : Examination of the competitive Singing Classes in the Neilson Institution on Saturday 24 April 1880 62 1880 588 Genealogy of Colonel Sir Archibald Campbell of Blythswood 62 1880 589 New Negro Comic Song - "Billy Pearce's Manifesto" 62 1880 590 New Comic Song - "Granny's Advice to Jamie" 62 1880 591 Glasgow Parliamentary Election : United Liberal Candidature - scheme of voting 62 1880 592 Programme of the Bridge of Weir Established Church Bazaar in the Abercorn Rooms, Paisley on 22, 23, and 24 April 1880 62 1880 596 Extract from the twentieth Annual Report of the Glasgow Mission to the A special collection for this Out-Door Blind, read at a public meeting in the Religious Institution Mission to be held in the High Rooms on 22 January 1880 Church, Paisley on Sunday 2 May 1880 62 1880 600 Renfrewshire Conservative Association : ticket for a banquet to Colonel Campbell of Blythswood in MacLean's Hotel, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, on Wednesday 28 April 1880 62 1880 601 Renfrewshire Conservative Association : toast list and menu for a banquet to Colonel Campbell of Blythswood in MacLean's Hotel, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, on Wednesday 28 April 1880 62 1880 602 Renfrewshire Conservative Association : wine list for a banquet to Colonel Campbell of Blythswood in MacLean's Hotel, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, on Wednesday 28 April 1880 62 1880 602½ Genealogy and Baronetcy of Colonel Sir Archibald Campbell of Blythswood

25 February 2020 Page 252 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 62 1880 603 Paisley Burns Club : official reports of the two Anniversary Meetings of 1879 and 1880 are now in type and ready to be printed 62 1880 604 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Water Works, from 28 May 1879 till 28 May 1880 62 1880 604½ The Bailie Volume 16, No.394, Glasgow, Wednesday 5 May 1880 : "My Includes sketch of Mr James Conscience" Caldwell, clerk to the Commissioner of Supply of Renfrew 62 1880 607½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 28 May 1879 till 28 May 1880 62 1880 608 Catalogue of the valuable library of books which belonged to the late Richard Watson, editor of the Paisley Herald, to be sold in the Artizans' Institution, Paisley on Thursday 6, Friday 7, and Saturday 8 May 1880, Robert Paterson, Auctioneer 62 1880 626 Letter from the Conservative Club, Glasgow inviting the recipient to be nominated as a representative for Paisley in their committee 62 1880 626½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh Road Trustees, for year ending 15 May 1880 62 1880 627 Third annual report of the Paisley Art Institute, session 1879-80 62 1880 637½ Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley, for the year ending 15 May 1880 62 1880 638 Paisley (Burgh) School Board, School Attendance Committee : eleventh half yearly report on school attendance, 1880 62 1880 64 High Church Renovation : a bazaar to be held in the Drill Hall in October to assist in meeting the expenses of the renovation of the High Church 62 1880 643 Letter on behalf of the directors of the Beaconsfield Club, including statement of income and expenditure 62 1880 644 Advertisement and testimonials for lessons by Mr J. Barratt, Professor of Music, Organist and Choirmaster of Paisley Abbey 62 1880 647 "Sneddon Callans" Association : twenty fourth annual report, 1879-80

25 February 2020 Page 253 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 62 1880 648 Brochure of the Shandon Hydropathic Establishment, on the Gareloch, by Includes sketch Helensburgh, Dumbarton 62 1880 649 Invitation to a calico ball in the recreation room of the Athole Printed on fabric Hydropathic Establishment, Pitlochry, on Friday 28 May 1880 62 1880 649½ Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh Improvement Trust, from 15 May 1879 till 15 May 1880 62 1880 651 Rules for the government of The Club, Paisley, with bye-laws and an alphabetical list of members 62 1880 66 Forty second annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 12 January 1880, with the minutes of the meeting 62 1880 667 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1879 to 15 May 1880 62 1880 667½ Renfrewshire County Funds : state of the public accounts of the County of Renfrew, under the control of the Commissioners of Supply, for the year ending Whitsunday 1880 62 1880 75 Menu of the dinner hosted by Colonel Holms M.P., on Friday 16 January 1880 in the St Enoch Station Hotel, Glasgow 62 1880 76 Forty seventh annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1879 62 1880 84 List of toasts to be made at the Paisley Burns Club Burns' anniversary, in the Globe Hotel on Monday 26 January 1880 62 1880 85 Paisley Burns Club : Celebration of the one hundred and twenty first anniversary of the birthday of Robert Burns, Globe Hotel, Paisley, 26 January 1880 63 1880 1 Tannahill Anniversary : part songs harmonised for "The Glen" Concert, to be sung by the Tannahill Choir on Saturday 5 June 1880 63 1880 100 Advertising leaflet for "To Rothesay and Back for 3d", the best illustrated annual of the season, by Widdy Wen Esq. 63 1880 101 Advertisement leaflet of Copland and Lye, Caledonian House, Glasgow 63 1880 101½ Thank you card of Mrs Hutchison for kind sympathy following the death of her husband Archibald Hutchison

25 February 2020 Page 254 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 63 1880 102 The Beaconsfield Club : constitution, rules and bye-laws 63 1880 103 Supplement to The Glasgow Weekly Citizen, 3 July 1880 Illustrations of The Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone and twelve of his Liberal Cabinet 63 1880 104 Various advertisements for Glasgow businesses 63 1880 105 Rothesay and back for 3d : a serio-comic summer annual, by Widdy Wen, R.A.S.C.A.L., 1 July 1880 63 1880 110 Menu of the Incorporation of Merchants Dinner, 7 October 1880 63 1880 111 Price list of the refreshment stall at the High Church Bazaar 63 1880 112 Toast list of the Merchants' Society annual dinner, October 1880 63 1880 113 Notice of a grand bazaar in aid of the Paisley High Church Renovation Fund, to be held in the Drill Hall, Paisley on Thursday 14, Friday 15, and Saturday 16 October 1880 63 1880 114 Report by the deputation appointed by the Magistrates and Council of With an appendix by Dr. Glasgow to inquire into the treatment of sewage in various towns in Wallace, 7 October 1880 England, 1 September 1880 63 1880 156 Receipt for annual subscription for membership of the Paisley Musical Festival Choir 63 1880 157 "Valse Vanduara" musical score composed for the Paisley High Church Bazaar, and dedicated to John Clark Esq., by A. Montgomerie Lang 63 1880 159 1881 Calendar advertising James Jack, genuine tea, coffee, and foreign Image of The Right Honourable wine warehouse, The Cross, Paisley The Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G. 63 1880 160 Philosophical Institution : Letter regarding an excursion of the members to Leven Castle (the residence of John Polson Esq.), on Friday 23 July 1880 63 1880 161 Brochure for Caversbank House Ladies School, Oakshaw Street, Paisley for session 1880-81 63 1880 163 Newspaper article on the late ex-Bailie Hutchison 63 1880 165 Report of the twenty eighth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 16 July 1880 63 1880 192 "The Day of Rest" : practical sermon on the proper method of observing the Sabbath, the subject viewed from a layman's standpoint

25 February 2020 Page 255 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 63 1880 197 In Memoriam article from The Quincy Daily Whig, Saturday 31 July 1880 regarding the death of William Brown Senior, who died at sea on the steamer "State of Georgia" on Thursday 8 July 1880 63 1880 204 Article from the Chicago Standard relating to the voyage on board the steamer "State of Georgia", and the death of Mr William Brown senior, on Thursday 8 July 1880 63 1880 209 Glasgow Archaeology Society : notice of the annual excursion to North Berwick, and Dirleton and Tantallon Castles on Tuesday 10 August 1880 63 1880 21 Tannahill Anniversary : part songs harmonised for "The Glen" Concert, to be sung by the Tannahill Choir on Saturday 5 June 1880 63 1880 210 Paisley Musical Festival : invitation to become a member of the united choir to perform at the inauguration of the George A. Clark Town Hall, Paisley 63 1880 212 Notice that The Club will be open for the use of the members on 31 August 1880 63 1880 213 Portrait of The Right Honourable The Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G. 63 1880 214 Programme for the Paisley Race Meeting, Thursday 12 August 1880 63 1880 215 Programme for the Paisley Race Meeting, Friday 13 August 1880 63 1880 216 Card with portraits of the Royal Family 63 1880 217 Card with portraits of Gladstone's Liberal Cabinet, 1880 63 1880 218 The Club, Paisley : sale of newspapers and periodicals for the year ending 31 December 1880, on Tuesday 31 December 1880 63 1880 220 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church (Low Parish), with other statements, 1879-80 63 1880 250 Ticket for a bazaar in the High Church, Paisley, renovated at a cost of £6000 63 1880 251 Forty fifth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society 63 1880 259 Information leaflet of Messrs J. & M. Craig, regarding their new range of enamelled Petrozone baths 63 1880 259½ Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Town Council of Paisley, from 30 September 1879 till 30 September 1880

25 February 2020 Page 256 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 63 1880 261 Prospectus of the Young Ladies' College, Townhead House, Paisley for session 1880-81 63 1880 262 Note of the fortieth Annual General Meeting of the Paisley Iceland Curling Club to be held in the George Hotel on Wednesday 29 September 1880 63 1880 263 Advertisement and testimonials for lessons by Mr J. Barratt, Professor of Music, Organist and Choirmaster of Paisley Abbey 63 1880 265½ Report of the High Church Ecclesiastical Trustees for 1879-80 63 1880 266 Paisley Philosophical Institution : four lectures on the terminal organs and the senses, by John G. McKendrick, Professor of Physiology in the University of Glasgow 63 1880 267 Report of the seventy second general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution, 1880 63 1880 282½ Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, 1879-80 : containing statements from the Pastor, Session and Deacons' Court, Ecclesiastical Trustees, Sabbath School Association, Mission Church, Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, etc. 63 1880 283 Postcard depicting the High Church, Paisley 63 1880 284 Portrait of the Rev. A. Montgomerie Lang of the High Church, Paisley 63 1880 286 Letter regarding organising a bazaar to augment the High Church Renovation Fund 63 1880 287 Newspaper article from the Paisley Herald 23 October 1880, reporting on the High Church bazaar in aid of the renovation fund 63 1880 289 Ticket for a grand bazaar in aid of the Paisley High Church Renovation Fund, to be held in the Drill Hall on Thursday 14, Friday 15, and Saturday 16 October 1880 63 1880 292 History of the High Church, Paisley, by Robert Brown of Underwood Park, Paisley 63 1880 378 The Bazaar Acrostic, Paisley High Church renovation bazaar, 1880 63 1880 381 Paisley High Parish Church Bazaar : fine art catalogue, 1880

25 February 2020 Page 257 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 63 1880 386 The Bazaar Times : programme of the bazaar in aid of the Paisley High Church Renovation Fund, to be held in the Drill Hall on Thursday 14, Friday 15, and Saturday 16 October 1880 63 1880 41 In Memoriam card of Archibald Hutchison of Fairhill, Paisley, died at With photograph Silver Bank, Whiting Bay, Arran on 24 June 1880, aged 75 years 63 1880 42 Glasgow Archaeology Society : invitation to attend a special general meeting in the Natural History Classroom of the University on Friday 25 June 1880 63 1880 44 Paisley Burns Club : invitation to attend a meeting on the south side railway platform on Tuesday 29 June 1880 63 1880 45 The Beaconsfield Club : request to attend the opening of the Beaconsfield Club on Thursday 1 July 1880 63 1880 476 Newspaper article from the Paisley Gazette 16 October 1880, reporting on the High Church bazaar in aid of the renovation fund 63 1880 480 Newspaper article on Robert Browns "History of the High Church" 63 1880 481 Newspaper article from the Paisley Herald 23 October 1880, reporting on the High Church bazaar in aid of the renovation fund 63 1880 483 Literary Notice from the Paisley Herald regarding Robert Brown's "History of Paisley" 63 1880 484 Newspaper article from the Paisley Herald 23 October 1880, on Robert Browns "History of the High Church" 63 1880 485 Literary Notice from the Paisley Daily Express 14 October 1880, regarding Robert Brown's "History of Paisley" 63 1880 486 Ticket for a grand literary and musical entertainment by Thomas Harrower and select choir, in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 22 October 1880, in aid of the High Church Renovation Fund 63 1880 487 Comparative abstracts of valuation of the County of Renfrew, 1879-80 and 1880-81, Including estimates and assessments 63 1880 489 Letter from the Parliamentary Debating Association to the members of the Beaconsfield Club regarding joining the Association 63 1880 49 Young Ladies School, Caversbank House : admission ticket to distribution of prizes on Friday 25 June 1880

25 February 2020 Page 258 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 63 1880 490 Programme of a grand literary and musical entertainment in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 22 October 1880, by Thomas Harrower and a select choir 63 1880 492 Census of weavers in Paisley, 1880 63 1880 493 Programme of a grand concert of sacred music in the Abbey on Friday 5 November 1880, by Mr J. Barratt 63 1880 495 Sixty ninth annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1880 63 1880 50 Letter from Archibald Hutchison jnr requesting recipient to attend at Fairhill on the day of his father's funeral 63 1880 504 "Sneddon Callans" Association : invitation to attend the twenty fifth Annual Meeting on Friday 12 November 1880 in the County Hotel 63 1880 505 Intimation of James Paton Junior regarding commencing business at 25 Includes list of goods supplied Causeyside Street as a Wholesale and Mercantile Stationer 63 1880 507 Advertisement for Hague's Minstrels, the original slave troupe, performing in the Drill Hall on Thursday 11, Friday 12, and Saturday 13 November 1880 63 1880 508 The Conservative Club Glasgow : notice of the second house dinner will take place on Wednesday 24 November 1880 63 1880 509 St James' United Presbyterian Church : invitation to accompany Sir Peter Coats to the site for the laying of the foundation stone on Saturday 20 November 1880 63 1880 51 Prospectus of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, under the management of the School Board, session 1880-81 63 1880 510 Letter to the electors of the County of Renfrew from Alexander Crum announcing that he is to be recommended to the Constituency as the Liberal Candidate to replace Colonel Mure 63 1880 511 Newspaper report on the Clyde Accident Fund Societies, Glasgow Herald, 18 November 1880 63 1880 524 Programme of a grand chamber concert in the Queen's Rooms on Friday 19 November 1880, by Messrs Ewing and McIntosh 63 1880 526 Second annual report of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor in Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 259 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 63 1880 536 Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Grocers' Company of Paisley to be held in the George Hotel on Tuesday 30 November 1880 63 1880 537 Notice of the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Poor to be held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday 1 December 1880 63 1880 538 Waldensian Meeting, under the auspices of the General Presbyterian Invitation to the recipient to Council's Continental Committee attend the Committee Room of the Free Library Hall on Monday 29 November 1880, to accompany the Chairman and Speakers to the platform 63 1880 539 Notice of a meeting in the Free Library Hall on Monday 29 November regarding raising a fund to augment the stipend of the pastors of the ancient church in the Waldensian Valleys 63 1880 540 The Conservative Club : invite to the recipient to attend a meeting of the Political Committee on Wednesday 1 December 1880 63 1880 541 Programme of a select concert at the Kilmacolm Hydropathic Establishment on Friday 26 November 1880, by W.M. Miller's Choir 63 1880 544 High Parish Church scheme of church-door collecting, Elders and Trustees, 1880-81 63 1880 545 Intimation of Miss M. Moffat to the Gentry of Paisley that she is open for special engagements to cook for dinner, marriage, or other parties 63 1880 546 Committees of the Paisley Free Library and Museum, 1880-81 63 1880 547 Glasgow Archaeological Society - notice of Annual General Meeting of the Society to be held in the Philosophical Society's Rooms at 207 Bath Street, on Monday 29 November 1880 63 1880 549 Advertisement for James Parlane, The Cross, Paisley for latest fashions of autumn and winter 63 1880 550 Prospectus for The Hills Hydropathic Sanatorium Limited, Oban, Argyllshire : applications for shares invited, and opinions of the press 63 1880 551 Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley ; Water, Gas, and Police Commissioners ; Public Health Local Authority ; Road and Cart Navigation Trustees ; Committees ; Session 1880-81

25 February 2020 Page 260 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 63 1880 553 Paisley Ornithological Association : notice of and entry form for the twenty seventh annual grand exhibition and competition of poultry, pigeons, canary birds, etc., open to the United Kingdom, in the Drill Hall, on Saturday 1 and Monday 3 January 1881 63 1880 556 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 30 November 1879 to 30 November 1880 63 1880 559 The Covenanting Struggle : what was gained by it?, or, The true nature of the revolution settlement, with remarks on our present position and duty, by James Begg D.D., formerly of the Middle Parish Church, Paisley 63 1880 575 Middle Parish Sabbath School Association : Grand Children's Bazaar to be held in the Drill Hall on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 December 1880 63 1880 576 Paisley Art Institute : Honorary Member's admission ticket for session 1880-81 63 1880 577 Report on the International Congress held at Brussels in September 1880, with a few observations on industrial instruction by David Sandman, presented to the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, Glasgow 63 1880 598 Notice of the new evening paper "The Paisley Daily Telegraph" to be published in a few days 63 1880 599 Programme and ticket of the third annual soiree of the Post Office Officials and Friends, to be held in the Abercorn Rooms on Friday 3 December 1880 63 1880 601 Notice of Alexander Ewing to be tried for culpable homicide at the Requesting donations for the Glasgow Circuit Court on 21 December 1880, being the signalman cost of his defence employed in the Penilee box at the time of the railway accident on 8 September 1880 63 1880 602 Entertainments during the 1880 Christmas and New Year holidays at the Kilmacolm Hydropathic Establishment 63 1880 609 "An Autumn Day on the Clyde at Levan, opposite ", a poem by John Polson, printed in the Paisley Daily Express on Saturday 11 December 1880 63 1880 610 In memoriam card of David Carswell, died at 35 Storie Street, Paisley, on 13 December 1880, aged 62 years

25 February 2020 Page 261 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 63 1880 611 The Club, Paisley : sale of newspapers and periodicals for the year ending 31 December 1881, on Friday 17 December 1880 63 1880 612 Newspaper article on the Clyde Shipbuilding Trade in 1880 63 1880 619 Paisley Art Institute : Adult Honorary Member's admission ticket for the annual exhibition, 1880 63 1880 620 Paisley Herald Printer's Devil's New Year's Address to his readers 63 1880 621 Private theatricals at Thorndean, Elderslie, the house of Dr McKechnie, on 27 December 1880 63 1880 624 Catalogue of the Paisley Art Institute fifth exhibition, opened Monday 27 December 1880 63 1880 644 Map of Paisley, 1880 : free supplement to the Paisley Daily Telegraph, Thursday 30 December 1880 63 1880 645 Retrospect on the subject of Shipbuilding on the Cart, Paisley Daily Express, 29 December 1880 63 1880 649 Retrospect on the subject of the Paisley Free Library, 1880 63 1880 651 Retrospect on the subject of the Weaving Trade, the Reading Rooms of Paisley, and other organisations 63 1880 657 Paisley in 1880 : newspaper article with a resume of local senator's doings during 1880 63 1880 663 Newspaper obituaries for the late Mr David Carswell and the late Mr John Young of Fulwood 63 1880 664 Report of around fifty members of St Mirren Football Club met in the Globe Hotel to present their late captain, Mr John Paterson, with a token of esteem and respect on his retiral from his position 63 1880 668 Letter by Archibald Coats, inviting the recipient to attend the funeral of his late father-in-law William Hodge, on Thursday 16 December 1880 63 1880 74 Newspaper article on the subject of repairs and additions to the Abbey Manse, Paisley Gazette 26 June 1880 63 1880 86 Rules for the government of The Club, Paisley, with bye-laws and an alphabetical list of members 63 1880 98 "Our Poet's Birthday" : a poem by William Woodrow

25 February 2020 Page 262 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 63 1880 99 Brochure of the Hydropathic Establishment, Port Bannatyne, Bute 64 1881 1 Paisley Burns Club : celebration of the one hundred and twenty second anniversary of the birthday of Robert Burns in the Globe Hotel, Paisley, 25 January 1881 64 1881 102 Letter from the Association for the Inspection of Religious Instruction to Provost Mackean, regarding attendance at an address in the hall of the Free Library and Museum by Lord Balfour of Burleigh and the Rev. Dr. Beggerill on 27 January 1881 64 1881 103 Forty third annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 10 January 1881, with the minutes of the meeting 64 1881 1030 Map of the West Coast, and northwards. Presentation supplement of the Evening Times, 14 June 1881 64 1881 1033 Memoir of David Murray, late Provost of Paisley, with sketches of local history in his time, by his son J. Clark Murray, Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, McGill College, Montreal 64 1881 110 Church of Scotland's Home Mission Scheme : annual general collection on Sabbath 17 October 1880 64 1881 114 Paisley (Burgh) School Board School Attendance Committee : twelfth half yearly report on school attendance 64 1881 120 Lecture on Disestablishment by the Rev. Mr Strang 64 1881 138 Sonnet by James Dobie, read at the Paisley Burns Club anniversary, 25 January 1881 64 1881 139 Advertisement of Mr A. Calazel (from Paris), hairdresser and perfumer, 49 Moss Street, Paisley 64 1881 141 Paisley Burns Club : poetry, 25 January 1881

25 February 2020 Page 263 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 64 1881 142 Paisley Ornithological Association : Catalogue of entries of poultry, In connection with the pigeons, canaries, home & foreign birds, etc. Association's twenty seventh grand annual exhibition and competition, held in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley, on Saturday 1 and Monday 3 January 1881 64 1881 174 The Spectator No.2727 for the week ending Saturday 2 October 1880 64 1881 176 Glasgow Mission to the Outdoor Blind : invitation to recipient to attend a meeting of the Committee to be held within the Board Room, 4 Bath Street, on Monday 17 January 1881 64 1881 177 Notice of a new Paisley Burns Club Publication : Poems and songs by the With portrait late William Alexander, with memoir and notes by Robert Brown of Underwood Park 64 1881 179 In memoriam card of Jessie Woodrow, 28 St James' Street, Paisley, who died 17 January 1881 64 1881 181 List of works published by Alexander Gardner, Paisley 64 1881 183 Lecture on Tennyson's Poetry, by Mrs Fenwick Miller in St George's Parish Church on Tuesday 18 January 1881. Arranged by the Young Men's Christian Association 64 1881 185 Invitation to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees, Managers, and friends of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, to be held in the Council Chambers on Monday 10 January 1881 64 1881 186 Letter and voting card regarding whether the Public Libraries Acts shall be adopted for the Burgh of Edinburgh 64 1881 188 Paisley Burns Club : Toast list of the Burns Anniversary Dinner, in the Globe Hotel on Tuesday 25 January 1881 64 1881 189 Report of the Central Relief Committee of the City of Glasgow Bank Shareholders' Relief Fund, to the Aggregate Executive Committee and Subscribers at 31 December 1879 64 1881 206 Invitation to attend a public meeting of Working Men, to be held in the Abercorn Rooms on Monday 24 January 1881, to protest against the Foreign Export Bounty System

25 February 2020 Page 264 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 64 1881 207 Invitation to attend the anniversary dinner of the Paisley Burns Club in the Globe Hotel on Tuesday 25 January 1880 64 1881 208 Notice of a public meeting in connection with the Association for Aiding School Boards in the Inspection of Religious Instruction, to be held in the hall of the Free Library and Museum on Thursday 27 January 1881 64 1881 210 The Beaconsfield Club : invitation to The Club dinner in the George Hotel on Friday 21 January 1881 64 1881 212 Glasgow Archaeological Society, session 1880-81 : notice of ordinary monthly meetings to be held in the Society's Rooms on Thursday 20 January, Thursday 17 February, Thursday 17 March, and Thursday 21 April 1881 64 1881 213 Price list of a refreshment stall at a luncheon 64 1881 214 Price list and illustrations annexed of Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley, 1 September 1877 64 1881 217 Ninety fifth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary, for the year ending 31 December 1880 64 1881 23 Annual report of the Riccartsbar Asylum, Paisley, 1880 64 1881 249 Ninety fourth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary, for the year ending 31 December 1879 64 1881 281 Fifteenth annual report of the Paisley Infirmary Dorcas Society, 1880-81 64 1881 291 Programme of the fourth annual festival of the natives of Ayrshire resident in Paisley, in the Abercorn Rooms on Thursday 27 January 1881 64 1881 292 Paisley Ornithological Association : the twenty seventh annual exhibition Includes a special family ticket and competition, open to the United Kingdom, Saturday 1 and Monday 3, January 1881, in the Drill Hall, High Street 64 1881 295 Martyrs' Parish Church, Paisley : statement of session funds from 1 January to 31 December 1880. Includes notice of the annual meeting of the congregation on Tuesday 25 January 1881 64 1881 296 "Gazette" Newsboys' New Year's Address 64 1881 297 Toast list for the Paisley Burns Club anniversary dinner, in the Globe Hotel on Monday 26 January 1880

25 February 2020 Page 265 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 64 1881 298 Glasgow Archaeological Society : invitation to attend a special general meeting of the Society in the rooms of the Society, 207 Bath Street, on Thursday 20 January 1881 64 1881 300 "A Picture of Paisley" : article in the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 22 January 1881 64 1881 306 Burns' Anniversary : newspaper report of the annual festival of the Ayrshire natives resident in Paisley, 1881 64 1881 320 Notice to the members of the Paisley Heritable Property Investment Society of the Annual General Meeting on 28 March 1881 64 1881 321 Twenty eighth report of the Paisley Heritable Property Investment Society, from 23 February 1880 till 21 February 1881 64 1881 329 The Paisley Heritable Property Investment Society : regulations regarding Advances on Shares under the Rules relating to Advances 64 1881 330 Forty eighth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1880 64 1881 337 Notice of performances for four days of Dr. Lynn, the Piccadilly wonder worker, in the Abercorn Rooms on Monday 21, Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23, and Thursday 24 February 1881 64 1881 338 The Conservative Club, Glasgow : report y the Committee of the Conservative Club to the first annual general meeting of the Club, the be held within the Club House on Wednesday 2 February 1881 64 1881 342 Report of Canal Street United Presbyterian Congregation, Paisley, 1880. Re. George Clark Hutton D.D., Minister 64 1881 366 Letter regarding a petition by Mr James Goold, Tailor and Clothier in Special Session of the Justices to Paisley, to renew the license for him to stage plays in his premises in be held within Court Hall, Moss Street, known by the name of "Theatre Royal" Paisley, on Friday 11 March 1881 to consider and dispose of said petition 64 1881 367 Notice of a bazaar to be held in aid of the Fund for the Liquidation of the Repair Debt of the Martyrs' Parish Church, in the Drill Hall on 8 and 9 April 1881

25 February 2020 Page 266 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 64 1881 368 Memoir of David Murray, late Provost of Paisley, with sketches of local history in his time, by his son J. Clark Murray L.L.D., Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, McGill College, Montreal 64 1881 372 Menu of the Paisley Maltmen Society Dinner in the George Hotel, Paisley, on 10 February 1881 64 1881 373 Letter from the Provost, Magistrates and Town Council requesting the presence of Mr Brown at the laying of the Memorial Stone of the New Sneddon Bridge on Friday 11 February 1881 64 1881 374 Report of Committee on Kirk Session books 64 1881 375 Historical sketch of the Sneddon Bridge by David Young, Town Clerk 64 1881 376 In Memoriam card of Robert Henry, 87 Amiens Street, Dublin, who died on Tuesday 8 February 1881 aged 42 years 64 1881 377 Toast list of the Maltmen Dinner on 10 February 1881 64 1881 378 Quarterly Record of the National Bible Society of Scotland, No.23, February 1881 64 1881 386 Programme of Mr Max Klein's Chamber Concert in the Museum Hall, Paisley, on Wednesday 2 February 1881 64 1881 39 Paisley Ornithological Association : the twenty eighth annual exhibition and competition, open to the United Kingdom, Monday 2 and Tuesday 3, January 1882, in the Drill Hall, High Street 64 1881 390 Newspaper article on the laying of the foundation stone of the Abercorn Bridge 64 1881 402 Programme of a grand Italian opera concert in the Drill Hall on Thursday 10 February 1881 64 1881 404 Newspaper report of the Paisley Corporation Gasworks' annual social gathering 64 1881 409 Report of an address by Dr Richmond on the subject of John Henning, Sculptor, to the members of the Philosophical Society in the hall of the Free Public Library and Museum 64 1881 41 Notice of a bazaar in aid of the fund for the clearance of debt on the Trinity Episcopal Church Parsonage, to be held in the Abercorn Rooms, on 10, 11 and 12 February 1881

25 February 2020 Page 267 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 64 1881 414 Newspaper report of donation to the Free Public Library and Museum of upwards of 200 volumes from the executors of the late Dr James Wright 64 1881 416 Paisley Parliamentary Debating Association, session 1 - 1880/81 : report of the Committee on the Irish Land Laws 64 1881 42 The Oban Hills Hydropathic Sanatorium Limited, Oban, Argyllshire : issue of 1000 £10 shares 64 1881 437 Souvenir of the musical opening of the Good Templar Institute, Paisley, Programme of Handel's oratorio on Tuesday 22 March 1881 "The Messiah", performed by a full band and chorus, under the direction of Mr J. Roy Fraser 64 1881 449 Invitation to attend a preliminary meeting in the Council Chambers on Wednesday 23 March 1881, to those favourable towards a testimonial to ex-Treasurer Russell 64 1881 450 Invitation to attend the Annual General Meeting of The Glasgow Browns' Society in the chambers of William MacLean, on Thursday 10 March 1881 64 1881 451 Intimation of the Directors of the Paisley Horticultural Society of the exhibition of spring flowers to be held in the Drill Hall on Friday 25 March 1881 64 1881 452 Programme of popular Saturday evening concerts in the Good Templar Hall on Saturday 26 March 1881 64 1881 455 Paisley Philharmonic Society, session 1880-81 : programme of an orchestral concert in the Good Templars' Hall on Friday 25 March 1881 64 1881 459 Letter regarding a social meeting of the Paisley Iceland Curling Club to be held in the George Hotel on Friday 18 March 1881 64 1881 46 Thirtieth annual report of the Paisley Ragged & Industrial School, 1880 64 1881 460 Notice of a special meeting of the members of the Conservative Club, Glasgow, to be held with the Club House on Wednesday 6 April 1881, regarding proposed alterations to the Rules and Regulations of The Club 64 1881 461 Notice of publication and order form for "Lays of the Scotch Worthies, Consisting of historical poems and other poems" by J.P. Wellwood on Patrick Hamilton, George Wishart, Walter Mill, and John Knox

25 February 2020 Page 268 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 64 1881 464 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the thirty sixth Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders, 29 March 1881 64 1881 467 St Cecilia Society, Paisley, 1880-81 : programme of a private concert in the Museum Hall on Wednesday 16 March 1881 64 1881 470 The Abbey Musical Association : admission programme to Selections of Sacred Music in the Abbey on Wednesday 23 March 1881 64 1881 473 Newspaper article on the subject of Notes on Disestablishment, or, The Church Question in Scotland 64 1881 485 Association for Aiding School Boards in the Inspection of Religious Instruction regarding the appointment of an Association Inspector 64 1881 487 St James Street United Presbyterian Church : reports for year ending 31 March 1881, including minute of annual Missionary Meeting held 4 April 1881 64 1881 521 Board of Directors of the Paisley Infirmary, 1880-81 64 1881 522 Income and expenditure of the Free Middle Church, Paisley, from 16 March 1880 till 15 March 1881 64 1881 523 Church of Scotland, Committee of Small Livings : annual general collection on Sunday 17 April 1881 64 1881 525 Free Gaelic Church Bazaar, Town Hall, Greenock, Winter 1881 : request of assistance of Mrs Brown from Mrs Shankland with the preparation of useful or ornamental Ladies' work or suitable articles 64 1881 529 Programme of a grand amateur concert to be given in the Good Templar The proceeds of which will be Halls, Paisley on Thursday 14 April 1881 devoted to educating a boy belonging to Paisley at the Royal Normal College for the Blind, London 64 1881 530 Free St George's Congregation : accounts for the year ending 31 March 1881, approved by the Deacons' Court, and submitted to the Annual Meeting on 4 April 1881 by David Melville, Treasurer 64 1881 532 Newspaper report of a grand amateur concert in the Good Templar Halls, Paisley on Thursday 14 April 1881 64 1881 534 Newspaper article on the Census in Glasgow, 1881

25 February 2020 Page 269 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 64 1881 538 Newspaper article on the division in the House of Commons on the case of the Bradlaugh Affair 64 1881 539 Letter to the Editor of the Glasgow News by R. Craig, on Burns' Politics : The Excise Censure and The Whigs 64 1881 541 "Aldred Hagarts' household : a reminiscence of Alexander Smith", printed from the Kilmarnock Standard 64 1881 545 Statement showing the position of the undermentioned joint-stock banks in Scotland, printed in the Glasgow News, Saturday 16 April 1881 64 1881 548 & 556 Programme of popular Saturday evening concerts in the Good Templar Hall, Saturday 2 April 1881 64 1881 550 Programme of popular Saturday evening concerts in the Good Templar Hall, Saturday 9 April 1881 64 1881 552 Ladies' College, Townhead House, Paisley : Programme of the Pupils' Private Concert in the Museum Hall on Monday 18 April 1881 64 1881 553 Invitation to the recipient to attend a meeting in the Tannahill Halls, Moss Street, on Wednesday 27 April 1881, where resolutions will be submitted regarding the death of Lord Beaconsfield 64 1881 554 In Memoriam card of Elizabeth Matilda Scott Dobie, wife of James Dobie, 1 Buchanan Terrace, Paisley, who passed away 23 April 1881 aged 52 years 64 1881 555 Ticket of admission and programme of Mr Semple's Temperance Concert in the Good Templars' Hall, on Friday 22 April 1881 64 1881 557 Programme for Mr F. Barratt's grand evening concert in the Good Templar Hall, Friday 8 April 1881 64 1881 559 Ladies' College, Townhead House, Paisley : invitation to a private concert to be given by the pupils in the Museum Hall, Monday 18 April 1881 64 1881 560 Programme of a concert in the Good Templar Hall, Paisley, on Thursday 14 April 1881 64 1881 571 Good Templar Halls : Special Grand Lodge Session arranged for Friday 29 April 1881 64 1881 571½ Programme of the ninth annual soiree of the Trinity Episcopal Church, to be held in the Good Templar Hall on Thursday 21 April 1881

25 February 2020 Page 270 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 64 1881 572 The Club, Paisley : report by the Committee of The Club to the first annual general meeting on Tuesday 10 May 1881 64 1881 575 Newspaper report of the death of Mrs Jervis Coats, aged 98 years 64 1881 576 Newspaper reports of the deaths of Mr John Stalker, aged 55 years, a dyer, Springbank, and Mr William Ridpath 64 1881 577 Newspaper article on the late Mr Louis Hoeck 64 1881 578 Programme of a fancy dress ball, Paisley, by Mrs James Coats, on 6 April 1881 64 1881 579 Income and expenditure of the Riccartsbar Paisley Asylum Committee, from 16 June 1876 till 14 May 1877 64 1881 586 Income and expenditure of the Riccartsbar Paisley Asylum Committee, from 14 May 1877 till 14 May 1878 64 1881 594 Income and expenditure of the Riccartsbar Paisley Asylum Committee, from 14 May 1878 till 14 May 1879 64 1881 602 Income and expenditure of the Riccartsbar Paisley Asylum Committee, from 14 May 1879 till 14 May 1880 64 1881 609 Newspaper article on The Queen's Birthday celebrations, Wednesday 25 May 1881 64 1881 610 Statement to be prepared for the consideration of Government regarding the effect of the proposed new French General Tariff will have on the various trades with France in our town 64 1881 611 Newspaper article on the United Presbyterian Synod 64 1881 617 Newspaper article on the death rate of Paisley, 28 May 1881 64 1881 621 In Memoriam card of James McMurchy, Castlehead, Paisley, born 3 July 1812, died 13 May 1881 64 1881 621 In Memoriam card of Ernest Charles Wainwright, who died of fever at Maritzburg, Natal, 24 May 1881, aged 26 years 64 1881 622 Abstract statement of expenditure and revenue of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 28 May 1880 till 28 May 1881 64 1881 63 Report of proceedings of the Paisley Liberal Association for the year 1879­ 80

25 February 2020 Page 271 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 64 1881 630 Letter of thanks from the Mitchell Library, Glasgow to Robert Brown for a donation of The Poems and Songs by W. Alexander 64 1881 634 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley for the year ending 15 May 1881 64 1881 650 Twenty fifth annual report of the "Sneddon Callans" Association, 1880-81 64 1881 654 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Water Works, from 28 May 1880 till 28 May 1881 64 1881 663 Notice of the Cooke Brothers great circus and Strasbourg's mammoth menagerie, to visit Paisley on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 May 1881 64 1881 666 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1880 till 14 May 1881 64 1881 678 Letter to Provost Mackean calling for a meeting of Manufacturers and Merchants in the Council Chambers on Thursday 12 May 1881, regarding the proposed new French Tariff which could injure the trade of the town 64 1881 680 Rules of the Edinburgh Renfrewshire Association, instituted 1873 64 1881 682 Membership ticket of the Paisley Conservative Association, 1881 64 1881 683 Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Paisley Art Institute to be held on Thursday 2 June 1881 in the School of Art, Gilmour Street, Paisley 64 1881 684 Platform ticket for the address to the Glasgow Conservative Association in the City Hall on Friday 3 June 1881 64 1881 686 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh Improvement Trust, from 15 May 1880 till 15 May 1881 64 1881 694 List of performers for the benefit of Fawcett Lomax, at the Theatre Royal, Paisley, on Friday 13 May 1881 64 1881 696 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh Road Trustees for year ending 15 May 1881 64 1881 704 Programme for Abercorn Football Club Amateur Athletic Sports, at Blackstoun Park, Paisley on Saturdays 7 and 14 May 1881

25 February 2020 Page 272 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 64 1881 708 Renfrewshire County Funds : state of the Public Accounts of the County of Renfrew, under the control of the Commissioners of Supply, for the year ending Whitsunday 1881 64 1881 722 Sermons preached in Oakshaw Street United Presbyterian Church, Paisley, on Sabbath 1 May 1881, on the occasion of the death of the Rev. William France, Senior Pastor of Oakshaw Street Congregation, by the Rev. John Porteous and the Rev. George C. Hutton 64 1881 766 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1880 till 15 May 1881 64 1881 768 Paisley (Burgh) School Board, School Attendance Committee, thirteenth half yearly report on school attendance 64 1881 772 Income and expenditure with relative abstracts of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 15 May 1877 till 14 May 1878 64 1881 788 Notice of the twenty fifth anniversary day of special prayer and thanksgiving on behalf of the blind, observed by those friends who take an interest in Dr Moon's system of embossed reading, to take place on the first Sunday in May 1881 64 1881 792 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 14 May 1876 till 14 May 1877 64 1881 804 Income and expenditure with relative abstracts of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 15 May 1879 till 14 May 1880 64 1881 824 Income and expenditure with relative abstracts of the Parochial Board, Abbey Parish of Paisley, from 15 May 1878 till 14 May 1879 64 1881 842 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1875 till 14 May 1876 64 1881 85 "On hemiplegia and hemian aesthesia in an idiot boy, as the result of Reprinted from "Brain, Part XII" paralysis of the left cerebral hemisphere, following a blow to the head", by Donald Fraser M.D., Paisley, Visiting Physician, Riccartsbar Asylum 64 1881 850 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1876 till 14 May 1877 64 1881 862 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1877 till 14 May 1878

25 February 2020 Page 273 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 64 1881 874 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1878 till 14 May 1879 64 1881 886 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1879 till 14 May 1880 64 1881 898 Advertising card of Brown Bros. & Co., wholesale confectioners, with list of new candies for season 1880 64 1881 901 & 916 West of Scotland Burns Club : Itinerary for trip to Dumfries on 30 June 1881 64 1881 902 Letter regarding raising a subscription to raise funds for the Paisley Sabbath School Union 64 1881 904 Paisley Philosophical Institution : letter regarding excursion to St Blane's Chapel, Bute, on Friday 8 July 1881 64 1881 908 Caversbank House Ladies' School : ticket for the distribution of prizes in the Good Templar Hall on Tuesday 28 June 1881, with programme of music to be performed by the pupils 64 1881 910 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : complimentary admission ticket and luncheon ticket for the Annual County Show on Thursday 2 June 1881 at Craigielea 64 1881 918 Fourth annual report of the Paisley Art Institute, 1881 64 1881 92 Committees of the Paisley Free Library & Museum, 1880-81 64 1881 93 Toast list for the W.B.C. anniversary dinner, 25 January 1881 64 1881 938 Tannahill anniversary : Part songs harmonised for "The Glen" Concert to be sung by the Tannahill Choir, Saturday 4 June 1881 64 1881 94 National Security Savings Bank of Paisley : report of proceedings at the From the Paisley Daily Express annual meeting, held on 10 January 1881 of 10 and 11 January 1881 64 1881 978 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : catalogue of annual show at Paisley on Thursday 2 June 1881 65 1881 1 Report of the twenty ninth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 20 July 1881

25 February 2020 Page 274 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 65 1881 100 Glasgow Archaeological Society : notice of annual excursion of the Society to Dumfries and Caerlaverock Castle on Tuesday 6 September 1881 65 1881 1000 Invitation to attend a meeting of the committee of the City of Glasgow Bank Shareholders' Relief Fund, in the Council Chambers on Tuesday 13 December 1881 65 1881 1003 Notice of a Grand Conservative Demonstration (under the auspices of the Beaconsfield Club) in the Good Templar Halls, Paisley on Tuesday 6 December 1881 65 1881 1004 Paisley Art Institute : notice of the annual exhibition of pictures to be opened by a special conversazione held in the School of Art, Gilmour Street on Monday 26 December 1881 65 1881 1005 Honorary Members' Ticket to the annual exhibition of the Paisley Art Institute 65 1881 1006 Paisley Young men's Christian Association : "Combe Trust" Health Lectures : letter of invitation to meet in the anteroom of the Good Templar Hall on Monday 12 December 1881 to accompany the lecturer Professor McKendrick to the platform 65 1881 1008 Paisley High Parish Sabbath School Association : invitation to accompany the chairman Rev. Mr Lang to the platform on the occasion of the annual soiree in the Good Templar Hall on Thursday 15 December 1881 65 1881 1014 1881 Census of church attendance in Paisley - newspaper article 65 1881 1018 Advertisement for the performance of Madame C.C. Rossiter in the Good Templars' Hall, Paisley for one night only on Wednesday 14 December 1881 65 1881 1019 Invitation to attend a conference of office bearers of the Church of Scotland in Paisley, to be held in the Presbytery House on Wednesday 28 December 1881 65 1881 102 Report of the presentation to the Rev. F.R. MacDonald, Martyrs' Parish Church, at Barshaw Cottage. Printed from the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette, Saturday 20 August 1881 65 1881 1022 City of Glasgow Bank Relief Fund : list of subscriptions, 16 December 1881

25 February 2020 Page 275 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 65 1881 1030 Entertainments during the 1881 Christmas and New Year Holidays at the Kilmacolm Hydropathic Establishment 65 1881 1078 The curative value of fasting, with the conditions and limitations of safe practice, by Dr Alex. Munro, Cluny Hill, Forres 65 1881 108 Lines written by Archibald Fairley, Paisley, on the occasion of the Rev. F.R. Macdonald leaving the Martyrs' Parish Church, Paisley, for Coupar Angus, 2 August 1881 65 1881 1098 Catalogue of the sixth exhibition of the Paisley Art Institute, opened Monday 26 December 1881 65 1881 110 Invitation to the ordination dinner of the Rev. D.H. Paterson to Airdrie Parish Church, in the Royal Hotel, Airdrie on Tuesday 23 August 1881 65 1881 1122 Thread Street United Presbyterian Church, Paisley : annual reports for the year ending December 1880 65 1881 1138 Report (being a statement of accounts) of the United Presbyterian Church, Abbey Close, Paisley, 1880 65 1881 114 Programme of St Mirren Football Club Amateur Athletic Sports, at Thistle Park, Greenhill on Saturday 23 July 1881 65 1881 1150 Church of Scotland Endowment Scheme : collection on Sabbath 11 December 1881 65 1881 1152 Report of Canal Street United Presbyterian Congregation, Paisley, 1881. Rev. George Clark Hutton, D.D., Minister 65 1881 1176 Martyrs' Parish Church, Paisley : statement of session funds from 1 January to 31 December 1881 65 1881 1178 Directors and committees of the Paisley Infirmary for year commencing 1 April 1881 65 1881 118 Programme of St Mirren Football Club Grand Amateur Athletic Sports, at Thistle Park, Greenhill on Saturday 30 July 1881 65 1881 1180 Ninety sixth annual report of the directors of the Paisley Infirmary for the year ending 31 December 1881 65 1881 1212 Paisley Burgh Police Superintendent's return for the year ending 31 December 1881

25 February 2020 Page 276 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 65 1881 1214 Report by the Central Relief Committee of the City of Glasgow Bank Shareholders' Relief Fund to the Aggregate Executive Committee and Subscribers, as at 31 December 1880 65 1881 1226 Seventieth annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society 1881 65 1881 1234 In Memoriam card of Catherine Wylie McInnes, wife of John McInnes, died at 1 Garthland Place, Paisley on Sunday 6 November 1881 aged 56 years 65 1881 1235 Report of a great Conservative demonstration, under the auspices of the Paisley Beaconsfield Club, 6 December 1881 65 1881 1236 Ninety fifth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary for the year ending 31 December 1880 65 1881 124 Inauguration of the George A. Clark Town Hall : letter inviting the recipient to attend a meeting of the General Committee for the Musical Festival to be held in the Council Chambers on Monday 12 September 1881 65 1881 126 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church, Low Parish, Paisley, with other statements, 1880-81 65 1881 1268 Rules of the Paisley and Renfrewshire Poultry and Pigeon Association 65 1881 1272 Paisley Herald article, 3 December 1881, on "The Trade of Great Britain for the Last Fifteen Years : additional statistics" 65 1881 1276 Twenty first annual report of The Glasgow Mission to the Outdoor Blind, and, Sixteenth annual report of The Ladies' Auxiliary Society, 1881 65 1881 1332 High Parish Church Scheme of Church Door Collecting : Elders and Trustees 1881-82 65 1881 1334 Association for the Poor : notice of the Annual General Meeting to be held within the Council Chambers on Thursday 8 December 1881 65 1881 1336 Prospectus for the Paisley Government School of Science and Art, session 1881-82 65 1881 1339 Glasgow Conservative Association : Ticket for addresses by The Right Hon. Lord Balfour of Burleigh and The Right Hon. Lord George Hamilton in St Andrew's Halls on Wednesday 7 December 1881

25 February 2020 Page 277 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 65 1881 1340 Ticket to a great Conservative demonstration, under the auspices of the Beaconsfield Club, in the Good Templar Halls, Paisley, on Tuesday 6 December 1881. Addresses by The Right Hon. Lord George Hamilton and other distinguished Conservatives 65 1881 1341 Newspaper article on "The Church and Disestablishment", 8 December 1881 65 1881 1342 Article "On the Pathology of Writer's Cramp, with illustrative cases", by Donald Fraser, M.D., Paisley. Reprinted from the Glasgow Medical Journal for March 1881 65 1881 170 The Royal Scottish Volunteer Review, 25 August 1881 : plan of the ground, handy guide and map, programme, and plan of Edinburgh 65 1881 178 Sketches of H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge and Her Majesty Queen Victoria 65 1881 180 Prospectus of the Paisley Musical Festival to be held on the occasion of the inauguration of the George A. Clark Town Hall 65 1881 190 Review by Her Majesty of Scottish Volunteers at Edinburgh on 25 August 1881 : letter to employers requesting leave of absence to any men of the Corps for that day 65 1881 192 Notice of the death of Robert Hay, engraver, at 77 Canal Street, Paisley, 12 August 1881, in his sixtieth year 65 1881 194 Pianoforte, organ, harmonium, singing, and harmony : announcement of Mr J. Barratt, organist and choirmaster of the Abbey, Paisley, will resume teaching on Monday 5 September 1881 65 1881 196 Programme of the Rev. M. Baxter's appearance at the Good Templar Hall, Paisley on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 August 1881 65 1881 200 Statement of public burdens affecting heritable property in Glasgow 65 1881 201 Estimates for building the new Poorhouse : newspaper cutting 17 November 1875 65 1881 204 Newspaper obituary on the death of Robert Hay, communicated by "Thistle" 65 1881 206 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Town Council of Paisley, from 30 September 1880 till 30 September 1881

25 February 2020 Page 278 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 65 1881 224 Paisley Horticultural Society : schedule of prizes for Grand Spring exhibition on Friday 25 March 1881, and Grand Autumn exhibition on Friday 2 September 1881, in the Drill Hall 65 1881 238 Forty sixth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, 1881 65 1881 246 Annual statement of the various funds connected with the Canal Street United Presbyterian congregation, 1869 65 1881 250 Programme of Paisley Race Meeting 1881 on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 August 1881 65 1881 254 Invitation to a meeting of the Tannahill Memorial Committee in the Royal Oak, Moss Street on Tuesday 20 September 1881 65 1881 256 Invitation to a meeting of the Tannahill Memorial Committee in the office at 33 Old Sneddon on Wednesday 2 November 1881 65 1881 261 Glasgow Archaeological Society : notice of an excursion meeting of the Society to be held in on Tuesday 18 October 1881 65 1881 262 Prospectus for the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, under the management of The School Board for Session 1881/82 65 1881 28 "Joy and Glee in Gleniffer", poetry by William Woodrow 65 1881 286 Newspaper report on the season's angling on Loch Leven, Paisley Express, 7 September 1881 65 1881 291 Comparative statement of the Government grants received for each of the four large elementary schools, with the average attendance, Paisley Express, 29 September 1881 65 1881 292 Australasian statistics on meat for the masses, Glasgow Herald, 2 November 1881 65 1881 295 Newspaper article from the Oban Times, 17 September 1881, on Legends of Loch Awe - Kilchurn Castle 65 1881 297 Analysis of the corn trade of the country for the last fifty three years 65 1881 30 Glasgow and South Western Railway : Notes of evidence of Robert Brown regarding the Paisley Canal Line. House of Commons, Session 1881 65 1881 304 Notice of the death of William Hector, Sheriff Clerk of Renfrewshire, at 14 Royal Terrace, Crosshill, on 24 September 1880

25 February 2020 Page 279 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 65 1881 307 Correspondence regarding a public meeting of the inhabitants of Paisley in the Terrace Small Hall (Good Templar Institute) on Wednesday 2 November 1881, regarding the East Coast Fishermen who perished in the storm of 14 October 65 1881 312 Intimation of Coats Brothers, Coal Merchants, regarding the opening of an office at Underwood in addition to the Western Depot at King Street 65 1881 316 Annual report of The Abbey, Paisley, 1880 65 1881 332 Atheism, practical and speculative : its guilt and unreasonableness, by John Forbes, Minister of Free St Paul's Church, Glasgow, delivered to the Paisley Young Men's Christian Association 65 1881 372 The Sadducees of Science, being a review of the physical theories maintained by the materialists and pantheists of the present day, by Walter McGilvray, Minister of Free St Mark's, Glasgow 65 1881 38 Notice of the twenty ninth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, Wednesday 20 July 1881 65 1881 408 The sin and folly of heathen deity and saint worship, addressed to Protestants of all denominations, but more especially to those belonging to the Free Church 65 1881 42 Notice of the death of Mr James William Miller, 28 George Street, Oban, Editor and Proprietor of the "Oban Times", 1 July 1881 65 1881 44 Letter from the Tannahill Anniversary Committee, regarding erecting a memorial to the poet Robert Tannahill 65 1881 440 Miscellaneous anecdotes illustrating the evils of intemperance, and the wickedness of honouring riches rather than Godliness. Addressed to members of the Free Church, and others who may be inclined to treat these matters lightly 65 1881 474 An enquiry into public errors, defects, and abuses, extracted from various Calculated to draw the timely authors ancient and modern, by R. Kerr attention of Government and people to a due consideration of the necessity and the means of reforming those errors, defects, and abuses

25 February 2020 Page 280 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 65 1881 50 Letter from St Mirren Football Club to Robert Brown, requesting the attendance of one of the Misses Brown to present the prizes at the conclusion of the sports on Saturday 30 July 1881 65 1881 54 Letter from C. Bine Renshaw regarding the presentation of marble busts to Colonel Sir Archibald C. Campbell and Lady Campbell of Blythswood, in recognition of services to the Conservative Party, Wednesday 3 August 1881 65 1881 542 William M. Anderson, Grocer and Provision Merchant, 75 Love Street, Paisley : stock list with Nett prices for cash, 10 March 1881 65 1881 56 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, 1881-81, containing statements from the Pastor, Session and Deacons' Court, Ecclesiastical Trustees, Sabbath School Association, Mission Church, etc. 65 1881 566 Address to the Kilmarnock Junior Conservative Association by R.W. Cochran-Patrick, M.P., LL.D., 14 October 1881 65 1881 582 The Abbey Parish Church first annual report on the Church, Schools, and other congregational agencies, 1874/75 65 1881 598 The Abbey Parish Church congregational report, 1879 65 1881 610 Annual report of The Abbey, Paisley, 1881 65 1881 630 Report of the seventy third general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution, 1880/81 65 1881 648 Burgh of Paisley : tables of population in districts and streets, and number of deaths in each, 1881, and analysis of valuation roll for 1881/82 65 1881 653 Notice of opening conversazione of the Paisley Art Institute to take place in the School of Art on Thursday 27 October 1881 65 1881 656 Programme of ninth annual soiree of the Engine-Keepers' and Firemen's Friendly Society, on Friday 28 October 1881 in the Abercorn Rooms 65 1881 658 Sketch of the Right Honourable Lord Reay, D.C.L. Supplement to the Paisley Daily Express of Monday 10 October 1881 65 1881 663 Obituary of the late Rev. Warrand Carlile, a native of Paisley. Taken from The Jamaica Witness, 1 October 1881 65 1881 665 Programme of Mr J. Barratt's grand evening concert in the Good Templar Hall on Friday 4 November 1881

25 February 2020 Page 281 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 65 1881 672 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 30 November 1880 to 30 November 1881 65 1881 676 Letter of invitation and offer of a platform ticket to a meeting of the Glasgow Conservative Association, in the St Andrew's Halls on 7 December 1881 65 1881 680 Paisley (Burgh) School Board School Attendance Committee fourteenth half-yearly report on school attendance, November 1881 65 1881 684 Letter of invitation to the first Annual General Meeting of The Beaconsfield Club to be held in the Tannahill Halls on Thursday 4 November 1880 65 1881 689 Glasgow Archaeological Society : notice of the Annual General Meeting to be held in the rooms of the Society, 207 Bath Street, on Thursday 17 December 1856 65 1881 689 Admission ticket to the meeting for presentation of portraits to Sir Peter Coats and Mr Thomas Coats in the Coffee Room on Friday 25 November 1881 65 1881 692 Glasgow Archaeological Society : report by the Council presented at the Annual General Meeting, 17 December 1881, for session 1880/81. With abstract of Treasurer's accounts annexed, and list of members 65 1881 704 Abstract report of the Committee of Management of George Street United Presbyterian Church, Paisley, December 1880 65 1881 72 Report for 1880-81 of the High Church Ecclesiastical Trustees 65 1881 720 Letter regarding the erection of a suitable place of worship at Pondside, Jamaica, a testimonial to the memory of the Rev. Warrand Carlile 65 1881 722 Family card for the Paisley Horticultural Society's Exhibitions in the Drill Hall on 26 March and 10 September 1880 65 1881 723 Ticket to the annual show of the Paisley and Renfrewshire Poultry and Pigeon Association in the Good Templar Hall on Saturday 5 November 1881 65 1881 726 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association and Sick Fund, 1879/80 and 1880/81

25 February 2020 Page 282 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 65 1881 738 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 30 November 1879 to 30 November 1880 65 1881 742 Fortieth annual report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, November 1880 65 1881 750 Invitation by Messrs H. McIntyre & Co., Paisley to attend the launch of the Dublin Dredger No.5 on Monday 24 October 1881 65 1881 752 Invitation to recipient to meet in the Council Chambers of Friday 25 November 1881 to accompany the Chairman to the Coffee Room for the presentations to Sir Peter Coats and Mr Thomas Coats 65 1881 757 Notice of the fourth ordinary meeting of the Philosophical Institution for session seventy third, to be held in the Hall of the Free Library on Tuesday 29 November 1881 65 1881 760 Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Grocers' Company of Paisley to be held in the George Hotel on Tuesday 29 November 1881 65 1881 764 Subscribers' list of the Paisley Telephonic Exchange 65 1881 766 Invitation to the presentation of portraits to Sir Peter Coats and Mr Thomas Coats at a meeting of the Subscribers to be held within the Coffee Room on Friday 25 November 1881 65 1881 778 Committees of the Paisley Free Library and Museum for session 1881-82 65 1881 781 Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley ; Water, Gas, and Police Commissioners ; Public Health Local Authority ; Road and Cart Navigation Trustees ; Committees, etc., for session 1881-82 65 1881 784 Invitation from the Paisley Water Commissioners to attend the ceremony Includes menu and toast list of laying the first pipe of the Rye Scheme near Beith Station on Tuesday 15 November 1881, then dinner in the George Hotel, Paisley 65 1881 788 Invitation from the Provost to Mr Brown to accompany him to a full dress conversazione in the Fine Art Institute, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow on Monday 14 November 1881 65 1881 792 Notice of the Paisley Burns Club dinner at the Buchanan Arms Hotel, Kilmacolm 65 1881 794 Report on the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, 1880

25 February 2020 Page 283 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 65 1881 836 Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley ; Water, Gas, and Police Commissioners ; Public Health Local Authority ; Road and Cart Navigation Trustees ; Committees, etc., for session 1880-81 65 1881 838 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association and Sick Fund, 1879-80 and 1880-81 65 1881 850 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees from 30 November 1878 to 30 November 1879 65 1881 854 Paisley Coffee Room : number of readers, rate and income, 1839 - 1865 65 1881 856 Invitation from the Beaconsfield Club to meet in the anteroom and accompany Lord George Hamilton M.P. to the platform on the occasion of the Grand Conservative Demonstration in the Good Templar Halls, Paisley, on Tuesday 6 December 1881 65 1881 859 "Mrs Jane Glen Arthur", poetry by William Woodrow 65 1881 863 Letter to the Daily Mail from Archibald Hunter, Bridge of Allan, regarding scarlet fever and diphtheria 65 1881 864 Portrait of William Alexander, Poet and Finishing Writing Master 65 1881 866 Newspaper article on the Paisley Carliles, Thomas Carlyle, and Edward Irvine, Paisley Daily Express, 17 November 1881 65 1881 869 1881 Census of Glasgow : table showing occupied and unoccupied houses 65 1881 870 1881 Census of Glasgow : abstract of the registrars' summaries 65 1881 871 1881 Census : statement of the total population of the Parliamentary Burgh, the Municipal Burgh, and registration districts 65 1881 872 Report of an address by Dr Richmond to the members of the Philosophical Society in the hall of the Free Public Library and Museum, on the subject of the sculptor John Henning 65 1881 878 Portrait of Sergeant John Heiton, 2nd R.R.V., Paisley's "Shooting Star" : supplement to the Paisley Daily Express, 26 July 1881 65 1881 880 Laws and regulations of the Renfrewshire Agricultural Society, adopted at a general meeting of the Society, held 25 November 1880

25 February 2020 Page 284 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 65 1881 888 James Parlane advertisement for the newest design for the season 1881 in Millinery and Dressmaking : show days on Tuesday 29, Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 March 1881 at The Cross, Paisley 65 1881 890 Prospectus of the Kilmacolm Hydropathic Establishment ; and Notice of a full dress ball on the anniversary of its opening, on Friday 6 May 1881, with a recital of "Trial by Jury" on Saturday 7th May 1881 65 1881 896 Memoir of Mary Reid of Paisley, who died 30 November 1836 65 1881 936 Third letter to the Rev. Andrew Marshall in farther condemnation of his views on the subject of the atonement, with proofs drawn from our standards and other official documents, by the Rev. Andrew Robertson, Stow 65 1881 992 Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Association for the Poor to be held within the Council Chambers on Thursday 8 December 1881 65 1881 997 Syllabus of lectures of the Philosophical Institution for session seventy third ; also the Fifth Ordinary Meeting of the Session to be held in the Hall of the Free Library on Tuesday 13 December 1881 66 1882 605 Proposed Paisley Musical Festival Committee 66 1882 1 Paisley Burns Club celebration of the one hundred and twenty third anniversary of the birthday of Robert Burns, Globe Hotel, Paisley, 25 January 1882 66 1882 117 "True Picture of a Certain Class of Gentlemen", poetry by William Woodrow 66 1882 125 Greenock Board of Police : Sewer Ventilation, report by Alex. J. Turnbull, C.E., Master of Works 66 1882 166 Plan of Greenock showing the boundaries of Districts referred to in Report of Census of Greenock 1881 66 1882 167 An analysis of the Census of Greenock 1881, by the Burgh Assessor 66 1882 193 National Security Savings Bank of Paisley : report of proceedings at the From the Paisley and annual meeting held on 9 January 1882 Renfrewshire Gazette of 14 January 1882

25 February 2020 Page 285 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 66 1882 197 Memorial volume of the proceedings in connection with the gift of the Under the immediate auspices George A. Clark Town Hall and the inaugural ceremonies, Paisley, 30 of the Provost, Magistrates, and January 1882 Town Council 66 1882 199 Humorous Scotch story entitled "The Hair in the Parritch", also "Peter in the House of Bondage", "John Plunkenson", "The Bona-Fide Traveller", "The Grocers' Excursion", "Kentucky", and "Dawnie Weir, by Peter Pirnbox 66 1882 215 Excerpt from Ye Grumphy News, Tuesday 10 January 1882 66 1882 217 Paisley Ornithological Association, established 1854 : Catalogue of entries Held in the Drill Hall, High of Poultry, Pigeons, Canary Birds, Home and Foreign Birds, etc. in Street, Paisley, on Monday 2 connection with the Association's twenty eighth Grand Annual Exhibition and Tuesday 3 January 1882 and Competition 66 1882 257 Paisley Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club : a meeting of the combined societies to be held in the Tannahill Hall, 18 Moss Street, on Thursday 19 January 1882 66 1882 259 Invitation from Mr Holms to Mr Brown for dinner in the New Club, Glasgow on Wednesday 18 January 1882 66 1882 260 Ballot ticket enabling holder to select their seats for the Paisley Musical Festival on 2, 3, and 4 February for the Inauguration of the George A. Clark Town Hall 66 1882 261 Programme of the conversazione on occasion of the opening of the George A. Clark Town Hall 66 1882 265 Ticket for a Grand Organ Recital in Paisley Abbey on Friday 13 January 1882 66 1882 267 Clyde Shipbuilding : table showing the total tonnage of vessels launched from fourteen of the principal shipbuilding yards on the Clyde in each year of the past decade, and includes the return for the present year 66 1882 269 Syllabus of the Glasgow Archaeological Society for session 1881-82 66 1882 272 Toast list of the Paisley Burns Club Anniversary 1882, in the Globe Hotel on Wednesday 25 January 66 1882 273 Glasgow Mission to Outdoor Blind, Endowment Fund : rules and regulations for the administration of the fund

25 February 2020 Page 286 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 66 1882 279 Menu of the Inauguration Dinner of the George A. Clark Town Hall, Paisley, 30 January 1882 66 1882 281 Invitation from the Messrs Clark to a full dress Conversazione on occasion of the opening of the George A. Clark Town Hall, on Monday 30 January 1882 66 1882 285 Constitution, rules and byelaws of the Paisley Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club, 1882 66 1882 301 Liberation Society : lecture to be delivered in the Good Templar Hall by Also "Disestablishment and the Rev. A. Henderson on Sabbath 12 February 1882 on the subject of Disendowment ; or, The First "Spiritual Independence and its Consequences" Step in Revolution - a catechism for the people" by Filius Ecclesiae 66 1882 316 Decorative menu of a dinner at the New Club, 18 January 1882 66 1882 317 "The Wonderful Lamp" : a New Year's Address to the Young, by the Rev. Andrew G. Fleming, Paisley 66 1882 33 Abstract report of the Committee of Management of George Street United Presbyterian Church, Paisley, November 1881 66 1882 349 Forty fourth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 9 January 1882, with the minutes of the meeting 66 1882 357 Report of the Abbey Parish Sabbath School Association, 1871-71 66 1882 365 Order of procession of the opening of the George A. Clark Town Hall 66 1882 367 Invitation to an evening assembly in the George A. Clark Halls on Thursday 23 February 1882 66 1882 371 "Westward Ho!" : Elgin to Strome and back in a day, with a glimpse of the Isle of Skye, by William Simpson 66 1882 387 Report of the Central Relief Committee of the City of Glasgow Bank Shareholders Relief Fund, to the Aggregate Executive Committee and Subscribers, as at 31 December 1881 66 1882 399 Paisley Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club : Rules for the guidance of Ward and Ward District Committees 66 1882 401 Affluence, Poverty, and Pauperism by John Polson

25 February 2020 Page 287 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 66 1882 41 Forty first annual report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, November 1881 66 1882 449 The Conservative Club, Glasgow : report by the Committee of the With abstract of accounts for Conservative Club to the second annual general meeting to be held the year ending 31 December within the Club house on Wednesday 1 February 1882 1881 66 1882 453 Inauguration of the Paisley Liberal Club, 10 October 1881. Includes a portrait of The Right Honourable Lord Reay 66 1882 479 Notice of the twenty eighth annual meeting of the Sneddon Callans Association to be held in the County Hotel on Friday 17 February 1882 66 1882 481 Rules of the Paisley and Renfrewshire Poultry and Pigeon Association 66 1882 485 Form for a Guarantee Fund of the Paisley Choral Union to fund the first series of choral and orchestral concerts for season 1882-83 66 1882 489 Notice of a general meeting of the Paisley Musical Festival Committee to be held in one of the ante-rooms of the Good Templar Hall on Monday 17 April 1882 66 1882 49 Forty ninth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1881 66 1882 491 Report of the result of the Paisley Musical Festival, held on the occasion of the inauguration of the George A. Clark Town Halls on 2, 3, and 4 February 1882. Submitted to a meeting of the General Committee on 17 April 1882 66 1882 504 Invitation to attend the Beaconsfield Club Dinner on the 24 February 1882 66 1882 505 Menu for a dinner of the Evening Assembly, 23 February 1882 66 1882 506 Letter from Alexander Gardner regarding the sale of 40 impressions from a plate of "A View of Paisley half a century ago" 66 1882 509 Ticket for a meeting of the Glasgow Archaeological Society in the Rooms of the Society at 207 Bath Street, on Thursday 16 February 1882 66 1882 511 Programme of the first Choral Concert of the Paisley Musical Festival, Thursday 2 February 1882, for the inauguration of the George A. Clark Town Hall

25 February 2020 Page 288 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 66 1882 547 Programme of the second Choral Concert of the Paisley Musical Festival, Friday 3 February 1882, for the inauguration of the George A. Clark Town Hall 66 1882 57 Twenty sixth annual report of the "Sneddon Callans" Association, 1881-82 66 1882 601 Notice of the second Choral Concert of the Paisley Musical Festival, 2, 3, and 4 February 1882, for the inauguration of the George A. Clark Town Hall 66 1882 609 Prospectus of the Paisley Musical Festival to be held on the occasion of the inauguration of the George A. Clark Town Hall 66 1882 61 Twenty sixth annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1881 66 1882 619 Report of the Congregational Committee of the Parish of Middle Church, Paisley. Notice of a meeting of the congregation to be held on Tuesday 21 February 1882 66 1882 621 Fiars Court of Renfrewshire : Assizer's Citation for Robert Brown Esq. of Underwood Park, 1882. Alexander McKechnie, Messenger-At-Arms, Paisley 66 1882 623 Programme of the annual congregational meeting and soiree of the Free Martyrs' Church on Monday 27 February 1882 66 1882 628 Abstract of accounts of the Free Martyrs' Church for the year ending 15 March 1881 66 1882 631 Ticket of the February conversazione to be held in the School of Art on Thursday 23 February 1882 66 1882 631 Ticket to the social meeting of the Office Bearers and Friends of the Church of Scotland in the George A. Clark Town hall on Monday 20 February 1882 66 1882 633 Programme of the Church of Scotland social meeting in the George A. Clark Town hall on Monday 20 February 1882 66 1882 635 Church of Scotland Social Meeting : Letter inviting recipient to meet in the Committee Room of the George A. Clark Town hall on 20 February 1882 to accompany the Chairman to the platform

25 February 2020 Page 289 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 66 1882 637 Newspaper report of the Church of Scotland conference in the George A. Clark Town Hall 66 1882 657 Political cartoon "The Return from Victory - Johnstone Welcomes Provost Weems" 66 1882 659 Thirty first annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1881 66 1882 677 Invitation from Messrs Clark & Co. to a Conversazione in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Monday 13 February 1882 66 1882 679 Commemorative portrait in honour of the opening of the George A. Clark Gratis supplement to the Paisley Town Hall, Paisley, on 30 January 1882 : 1. George A. Clark, who made and Renfrewshire Gazette of 4 the original bequest, born in Paisley 29 August 1823, died in Newark 13 February 1882 February 1873, aged 49 66 1882 681 Commemorative portrait in honour of the opening of the George A. Clark Gratis supplement to the Paisley Town Hall, Paisley, on 30 January 1882 : 2. James Clark, born in Paisley 23 and Renfrewshire Gazette of 11 October 1821, died in 3 August 1881, aged 59 February 1882 66 1882 683 Commemorative portrait in honour of the opening of the George A. Clark Gratis supplement to the Paisley Town Hall, Paisley, on 30 January 1882 : 3. John Clark of Gateside and Renfrewshire Gazette of 18 February 1882 66 1882 685 Commemorative portrait in honour of the opening of the George A. Clark Gratis supplement to the Paisley Town Hall, Paisley, on 30 January 1882 : 4. Stewart Clark of Kilnside and Renfrewshire Gazette of 25 February 1882 66 1882 687 Commemorative portrait in honour of the opening of the George A. Clark Gratis supplement to the Paisley Town Hall, Paisley, on 30 January 1882 : 5. William Clark of New Jersey, and Renfrewshire Gazette of 4 U.S. March 1882 66 1882 689 Programme of an evening assembly in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Thursday 23 February 1882 66 1882 691 The Book of the Paisley Oriental Bazaar, by various authors 66 1882 73 Invitation from Lieutenant Colonel Carlile and the Officers of the Second Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers to attend the conversazione and presentation of prizes in the Drill Hall on Friday 27 January 1882 66 1882 74 Card of the Scottish Branch of the National Deaf and Dumb Society requesting contributions and collections

25 February 2020 Page 290 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 66 1882 75 Report and abstract of accounts of Miss Kibble's Reformatory Institution, 31 December 1881 66 1882 91 Thirty first annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1881 67 1882 1 Church and State : a lecture delivered before the Society of the Sons of the Clergy, in St George's Church, Glasgow, on 30 March 1882, by the Rev. John Cunningham, D.D. 67 1882 101 Newspaper article from 18 March 1882, on the Broomhill and Dunoon Homes' Bazaar 67 1882 103 Newspaper article from 20 March 1882, on the Broomhill and Dunoon Homes' Bazaar 67 1882 105 Newspaper article from 21 March 1882, on Miss Clugston's Bazaar 67 1882 108 Newspaper article on the ninth ordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Glasgow Public Halls Company, held 20 March 1882 67 1882 111 Paisley Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club : Invitation to attend a meeting in the Beaconsfield Club on Thursday 23 March 1882 67 1882 113 Paisley Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club : Rules for the guidance of Ward and Ward District Committees 67 1882 117 Menu of the Paisley Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club, in the George A. Clark Town Hall, Paisley, 23 March 1882 67 1882 120 Programme of musical and dramatic entertainment on Wednesday 15 March 1882, in aid of the Fund for the Extension of the Middle Parish Mission Hall 67 1882 121 Advertisement for O'Malley's Model Studio, 98 High Street, Paisley 67 1882 124 Prospectus and Form of application for new shares of the Clippens Oil Company Limited 67 1882 133 Invitation to attend a meeting of the Committee formed to raise subscriptions for the George A. Clark statue, to be held in the Artizans' Hall on Thursday 2 March 1882 67 1882 135 Annual soiree of the Glasgow & Paisley Joint Railway to be held in the George A. Clark Town Hall on 24 March 1882

25 February 2020 Page 291 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 67 1882 137 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the thirty seventh Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders, 28 March 1882 67 1882 141 Church of Scotland Foreign Missions : Missionary meeting to be held in List of churches holding Foreign the Abbey on Sabbath 12 March 1882 Mission Services on Sabbath 12 March 1882 67 1882 143 Toast list for a luncheon after the laying of the Observatory, 8 March 1882 67 1882 144 Invitation from Mr Coats to meet in the Hall of the Free Library & Museum on Wednesday 8 March 1882, on the occasion of laying the memorial stone of the Observatory now being erected in Oakshaw Street 67 1882 145 Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Glasgow Browns' Society in the chambers at 196 St Vincent Street, Glasgow on 9 March 1882 67 1882 149 Letter requesting attendance at a meeting of Office Bearers of the Church of Scotland in the Presbytery House on Monday 13 March 1882 67 1882 15 Memorial for the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Paisley, Memorial read at a meeting of regarding erecting and maintaining a Bridewell, Gaol, Court House, and Commissioners of Supply, held Public Offices for the Burgh of Paisley 17 March 1882, and to be considered at an adjourned meeting to be held at Renfrew, 1 May 1882 67 1882 152 Programme of Selections of Sacred Music in Paisley Abbey on Wednesday 22 March 1882 67 1882 153 Programme of the ninth annual soiree of employees of the Glasgow & Paisley Joint Railway, in the George A. Clark Town hall on Friday 24 March 1882 67 1882 155 List of gentlemen qualified by their subscriptions to be elected directors of the Board of Directors of the Paisley Infirmary, 1881-82 67 1882 159 Farewell address by the Rev. William Macloy, Minister of the Free Middle Church, Paisley, to his congregation on Monday 3 April 1882 67 1882 175 Request from Mrs Arthur to attend a meeting in the Free Library and Museum Hall on Tuesday 18 April 1882 regarding her return to the School Board 67 1882 177 Letter from M. Baldwin regarding showing a selection of millinery, flowers, laces, fillings, etc. brought back from London

25 February 2020 Page 292 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 67 1882 180 Notice of a meeting of the Glasgow Archaeological Society to be held in the Rooms of the Society, 207 Bath Street, Glasgow, on Thursday 20 April 1882 67 1882 183 List of Committees and Correspondents of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, Session 1881-82 67 1882 187 Newspaper article on the River Cart improvement, 22 April 1882 67 1882 188 Newspaper article on the nominations for the School Board elections, Tuesday 11 April 1882 67 1882 191 Letter addressed to the members of the Abbey Congregation asking them to give the Rev. Mr Gentles their full support for his election to the School Board at the Poll on Tuesday 25 April 1882 67 1882 193 Letter from Thomas Coats asking for recipient's support at the election to the School Board on Tuesday 25 April 1882 67 1882 195 United Presbyterian Church, Paisley : programme of a Sabbath School meeting in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Sabbath 16 April 1882 67 1882 201 Invitation to attend a meeting of the Committee of the Glasgow Mission to the Outdoor Blind, in their Board Room, 4 Bath Street, Glasgow, on Monday 10 April 1882 67 1882 203 Invitation to be a member of the Committee to secure Mrs Arthurs' return to the School Board at the coming election 67 1882 205 Notice of Mrs Arthur's Committee to meet in the Committee Rooms of the Free Library and Museum on Saturday 22 April 1882 67 1882 207 Letter by R.M. Clark to the Electors of the School Board accepting their nomination as a candidate 67 1882 209 Letter by Hugh H. Smiley reminding recipients of the Poll on Tuesday 25 April 1822 and asking for their support at the coming election 67 1882 21 Notice by Hugh Morton regarding disposal of his business due to ill health, to Messrs J. & D. Ure, Grocers and Provision Merchants 67 1882 211 Letter by Matthew Swan to the Electors of the School Board accepting their nomination as a candidate 67 1882 212 Letter by Thomas Gentles to the Electors of the School Board asking for their support at the coming election

25 February 2020 Page 293 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 67 1882 213 School Board Election : reasons for Mrs Arthur's return to the School Board 67 1882 215 Example of a voting paper showing how to vote for Mr Gentles in the School Board Election 67 1882 219 Sketch of the new School Board 67 1882 22 Programme of the fourth annual soiree of the employees of Messrs Leckie & MacGregor, Lonend Dyeworks, in the George A. Clark Minor Hall on Friday 17 March 1882 67 1882 223 Programme of Messrs Vincent, Russell and Robertson's Grand Concert in the Good Templar Hall, Paisley on Monday 3 April 1882 67 1882 225 St James' Street United Presbyterian Church : Reports for year ending 31 March 1882, including minute of Annual Missionary Meeting held 3 April 1882 67 1882 23 Notice of a grand vocal and orchestral concert in the George A. Clark The band and pipers of the 1st Town Hall on Saturday 25 March 1882 Battalion Highland Light Infantry, together with the Quadrille Band of the Regiment, and a company of talented artistes 67 1882 25 Programme of a Saturday evening concert in the George A. Clark Town Hall, Saturday 18 March 1882 67 1882 254 Newspaper article on Renfrewshire Sheriff Court work, 6 April 1882 67 1882 255 Notice of a Dramatic Cast performing "The Colonel" in The Gaiety, Glasgow from Monday 10 April 1882 for twelve nights only 67 1882 257 In Memoriam card and a request to attend the funeral of Mrs Agnes Mescer Phillips, on Saturday 29 April 1882, who died on Tuesday 25 April 1882, relict of the late John Phillips, Bookbinder 67 1882 26 Miniature copy of The Evening Citizen, Friday 24 March 1882 67 1882 260 Third general report of the Paisley Burgh School Board, adopted at a meeting of the Board on 5 April 1882

25 February 2020 Page 294 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 67 1882 284 Letter from the Clydesdale Bank, Falkirk, requesting subscriptions for a dinner and presentation to Mr Robert McAlley, Public Analyst and Lecturer on Chemistry, before his leaving the country for New Caledonia 67 1882 287 Letters regarding the transfer of the Dress & Mantle Making Business of Misses Simpson and Sym, 5 County Place, Paisley to Mrs S.M. McCowan 67 1882 292 Membership ticket for the Paisley Conservative Association, from 1 May 1882 to 1 May 1883 67 1882 292 School Board Election 1882 : Ticket to a complimentary supper and presentation to Matthew Swan Esq. in the Globe Hotel on 25 May 1882 67 1882 293 Resolution passed at a meeting of the Political Committee of the Conservative Club, Glasgow, held on 3 May 1882 67 1882 295 The Club, Paisley : Report by the Committee of The Club, and statement of accounts for the year ended 30 April 1882, to the second Annual General Meeting, 20 May 1882 67 1882 30 "What Did Your Mother Say, Johnny My Lad?" : comic Irish character song written and composed by Mr Charles Coborn and Mr J.F. Mitchell 67 1882 301 Election cartoon for the election of John McNab to the School Board of the Parish of Lochwinnoch on 13 May 1882 67 1882 303 Programme of annual amateur athletic sports to be held at the grounds of Abercorn Football Club, Blackstoun Park, on Saturdays 6 and 13 May 1882 67 1882 309 Income and expenditure of the Riccartsbar Paisley Asylum Committee from 14 May 1881 till 14 May 1882 67 1882 31 Church of Scotland Foreign Missions : List of Churches in which Foreign Notice of a United Meeting on Mission services will be held on Sabbath 12 March 1882 the evening of Sabbath 12 March 1882 in the Abbey 67 1882 317 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1881 till 14 May 1882 67 1882 32 List of toasts to be made at a dinner to David Melville Esq., in the George A. Clark Town Hall on 23 March 1882

25 February 2020 Page 295 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 67 1882 327 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Water Works, from 28 May 1881 till 28 May 1882 67 1882 33 Letter requesting attendance at a meeting of the General Committee of the Clark Statue Fund, in the Council Chambers on Wednesday 29 March 1882 67 1882 335 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Paisley, for the year ending 15 May 1882 67 1882 34 Notice of a meeting of the Paisley Auxiliary of the Society for Promotion of Female Education in India to be held in the Good Templar Terrace Hall on Monday 13 March 1882 67 1882 35 Programme of a Saturday evening concert in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Saturday 11 March 1882 67 1882 351 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh Road Trustees, for the year ending 15 May 1882 67 1882 359 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh Improvement Trust, from 15 May 1881 till 15 May 1882 67 1882 36 Notice of important engagements for Saturday 18 March 1882 : Mr Walter Bentley, The Great Maclagan, Miss Nelly Santley, Miss Agnes B. Stewart, and other distinguished artistes 67 1882 367 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Commissioners of the Paisley Corporation Gas, from 28 May 1881 till 28 May 1882 67 1882 37 Programme of Musical and Dramatic Entertainment by the Paisley Pickwick Club, 1 March 1882 67 1882 375 Renfrewshire Constabulary Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1881 till 15 May 1882 67 1882 377 Annual statement of various funds in connection with the Evangelical Union Church, New Street, Paisley, for the year commencing 21 May 1881 and ending 20 May 1882 67 1882 38 Income and expenditure of the Free Middle Church, Paisley, from 15 March 1881 till 15 March 1882

25 February 2020 Page 296 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 67 1882 383 Newspaper articles - Lines on the "Paisley Worthies", Paisley Express 3 May 1878 67 1882 386 Newspaper article on the complimentary supper and presentation to Mr Includes toast list Matthew Swan in the Globe Hotel, 25 May 1882. Paisley Express 26 May 1882 67 1882 39 Abstract of the account of the Free High Church Congregation, Paisley, for the year ended 15 March 1882 67 1882 394 Invitation from Mr Polson for Mr Brown to accompany him on an excursion in one of the G. & P. Canal Company's boats on Saturday 27 May 1882, starting from the Canal Basin at Canal Street 67 1882 396 Notice of objections for the owners and occupiers of houses and lands in Bridge of Weir and neighbourhood to the application for license of Mr John Lawson Hunter, Hotel Lessee, residing at Ranfurly Hotel, Bridge of Weir 67 1882 40 Accounts of the Free St George's Congregation, for the year ending 31 March 1882, approved by the Deacons' Court and submitted to the Annual meeting on 3 April 1882 67 1882 401 Dinner menu and toast list for a complimentary dinner to Mr Robert McAlley, 26 May 1882 67 1882 404 Fifth annual report of the Paisley Art Institute 67 1882 41 Twenty ninth annual report of The Paisley Heritable Property Investment Society, for the year ending 20 February 1882 67 1882 416 List of the Members of the Political Committee of the Conservative Club, Glasgow, and its purpose 67 1882 420 Prospectus of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, under the management of the School Board, Session 1882-83 67 1882 43 Newspaper article on the "Calico Ball" in the halls of Granville Street 67 1882 445 West of Scotland Burns Club : Itinerary for an excursion to Bridge of Allan on 22 June 1882 67 1882 448 Tannahill Anniversary 1882 : Part songs harmonised for "The Glen" concert, to be sung by the Tannahill Choir on Saturday 3 June 1882

25 February 2020 Page 297 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 67 1882 471 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : catalogue of annual show at Paisley on Thursday 1 June 1882 67 1882 531 Notice of the death of the Rev. Charles Marshall, late Minister of the Free North Church, Dunfermline, on 16 June 1882, at 20 Livingstone Place, Edinburgh, in his 87th year 67 1882 533 Invitation to attend the funeral of the Rev. Charles Marshall, late Minister of the Free North Church, Dunfermline, in Grange Cemetery on Monday 19 June 1882 67 1882 535 Notice of the death of , writer and Dean of the Faculty of Procurators, on 24 June 1882, at 40 Oakshaw Street, in his 87th year 67 1882 544 Young Ladies School, Caversbank House, Paisley : invitation to parents and friends of the pupils to attend the distribution of prizes, on Wednesday 28 June 1882 in the Picture Gallery of the George A. Clark Town Hall 67 1882 545 Invitation to the public examination of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, and to the distribution of prizes on Thursday 29 June 1882 67 1882 549 Invitation from Mr Horatius Bonar to Mr Brown to attend the opening of the Ranfurly Hotel, Bridge of Weir on Friday 30 June 1882 67 1882 557 Report of the Glasgow Mission to the Deaf and Dumb, Paisley Branch, for the year 1881 67 1882 570 A brief sketch of the life of Mr Aziz Ahmad, a student in the University of Notice of a lecture by Mr Aziz Glasgow, and a prospective student of Theology Ahmad in the High Parish Church on Sabbath 4 June 1882 67 1882 572 Request for attendance at the Annual General Meeting of Members of Includes statement of income the Paisley Liberal Club, to be held in the Lecture Hall of the Club on and expenditure for the year Wednesday 28 June 1882 ending 15 May 1882 67 1882 576 Article from "Trade Guardian" entitled Ethical General Dunlop 67 1882 578 Letter regarding subscriptions raised for the River Cart Improvement Fund 67 1882 582 Report of the thirtieth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 19 July 1882 67 1882 610 Newspaper article entitled "Where Has Paisley Found Its Fame?" regarding Andrew Lamberton and William Young

25 February 2020 Page 298 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 67 1882 612 Letter of invitation of a seat on the platform at the meeting in the George A. Clark Hall with regards to Mr Francis Murphy's Gospel Temperance Mission 67 1882 613 Newspaper article on D.L. Moody in Paisley 67 1882 618 Article from "The Mercantile Age" 10 July 1882 regarding Mr James Jack, Family Grocer and Wine Merchant, Cross, Paisley 67 1882 620 Letter regarding proposed new club rooms of the Paisley Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club 67 1882 622 Programme of the second day of St Mirren Football Club annual amateur athletic sports, to be held on the club ground, Thistle Park, Greenhill, on Saturday 29 July 1882 67 1882 628 Article from "The Mercantile Age" 10 July 1882 regarding Messrs Robertson & McGibbon, Warehousemen, High Street, Paisley 67 1882 85 Newspaper article from 13 March 1882, on the grand bazaar promoted by Miss Clugston, in aid of the Broomhill and Dunoon Homes 67 1882 91 Article in the Glasgow Herald 14 March 1882, on the Broomhill and Dunoon Homes' Bazaar 67 1882 94 Newspaper article from 16 March 1882, on the Broomhill and Dunoon Homes' Bazaar 67 1882 96 Newspaper article from 16 March 1882, on Miss Clugston's Bazaar in aid of the Broomhill and Dunoon Homes 67 1882 99 Newspaper article from 17 March 1882, on the Broomhill and Dunoon Homes' Bazaar 67 1882 Page547 Programme of the examination and distribution of prizes of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, 29 June 1882 68 1882 1 Accompanying letter from the Crown Office, Edinburgh, with the Boiler Explosions Act, 1882 68 1882 105 Notice of thanks by George C. McNab, pianoforte and harmonium tuner, 86 High Street, Paisley 68 1882 109 Letter inviting the recipient to accompany the Provost and Magistrates to the platform for the Conversazione to be held on Friday 22 September 1882

25 February 2020 Page 299 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 68 1882 11 Notice of the death of Peter Wallace, who died at 17 Broomlands Street, Paisley, on 4 August 1882, in his 58th year 68 1882 111 Invitation to the reception and conversazione on the occasion of the opening of the extension of the Free Public Library and Museum, including Picture Gallery and Sculpture Room, on Friday 22 September 1882 68 1882 115 Programme of the inauguration of the extension of the Free Public Library and Museum, including Picture Gallery and Sculpture Room, 22 September 1882 68 1882 117 Ladies ticket to the reception and conversazione at the inauguration of the extension of the Free Public Library and Museum, including Picture Gallery and Sculpture Room, on Friday 22 September 1882 68 1882 121 Ticket to the excursion of the Glasgow Archaeological Society to Murthly Castle and Dunkeld on Friday 15 September 1882 68 1882 122 Letter regarding the excursion of the Glasgow Archaeological Society to Murthly Castle and Dunkeld on Friday 15 September 1882 68 1882 125 Letter regarding proposed new club rooms of the Paisley Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club 68 1882 127 Invitation to the Political Committee of the Conservative Club, Glasgow, to dine with Sir Stafford Northcote prior to his addressing the Glasgow Conservative Association in St Andrew's Halls on Wednesday 4 October 1882 68 1882 13 Newspaper article entitle "Game Rental in Scotland" by the Sporting Correspondent of the Glasgow Herald, 11 August 1882 68 1882 130 Programme of the Paisley Bicycle Race Meeting, 1882, under the auspices of Paisley Amateur B.C., Victoria B.C., and Caledonia B.C., to be held at The Barracks, Paisley, on Saturday 16 September 1882 68 1882 134 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, 1881-82, containing statements from Pastor, Session and Deacon's Court, Ecclesiastical Trustees, Sabbath School Association, Mission Church, etc. 68 1882 154 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of the High Church of Paisley 1881-82, with appendix

25 February 2020 Page 300 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 68 1882 174 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church, Low parish, Paisley, with other statements, 1881-82 68 1882 19 Prospectus of the Glenboig Union Fire Clay Co. Limited 68 1882 190 Prospectus of Caversbank House Ladies' School, Oakshaw Street, Paisley for session 1882-83 68 1882 228 Newspaper article on Angling on Lochleven 68 1882 23 Elderslie Horticultural Society exhibition and competition to take place within the Elderslie Village Hall on Saturday 26 August 1882 68 1882 232 In Memoriam card for Elizabeth Gray Thomson, relict of Thomas Thomson of Kirkintilloch, who died at Strattonville, Meikleriggs, Paisley on 15 September 1882, aged 71 years 68 1882 233 Newspaper article on Paisley runner W. Cummings 68 1882 238 Comparative abstracts of valuation of the County of Renfrew, 1881-82 and 1882-83 68 1882 242 Correspondence regarding application for a license for the Ranfurly hotel, Bridge of Weir, 1882 68 1882 249 Notice of the second Ordinary Meeting of the Philosophical Institution, session seventy four, to be held in the Hall of the Free Library on Tuesday 21 November 1882 68 1882 252 Conversazione of the Paisley Philosophical Institution in connection with From the Paisley & Renfrewshire the re-opening of additions to the Free Library and Museum, Wednesday Gazette 21 October 1882 18 October 1882 68 1882 276 Notice of the opening of William R. Leitch's New Hat Warehouse at 99 High Street, Paisley, October 1882 68 1882 278 New Club Series : Notice of publication of "The Buke of the Howlat" 68 1882 280 Platform ticket to the address by The Right hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., M.P. to the members of the Glasgow Conservative Association, in St Andrew's Halls on Wednesday 4 October 1882 68 1882 284 Newspaper article on the Grand Conversazione in the Free Library, Museum & Art Gallery on the occasion of the formal handing over by Mr Thomas Coats of the Observatory and telescope on Oakshaw Hill

25 February 2020 Page 301 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 68 1882 300 Renfrewshire County Funds : State of the public accounts of the County of Renfrew, under the control of the Commissioners of Supply, 1882-82 68 1882 316 Letter regarding the application of a license for Mr George Duckenfield to perform stage plays in the House recently erected by him in Old Sneddon Street at the north-west corner of Abercorn Bridge, to be named "The Abercorn Theatre" 68 1882 318 Notice of the forty second Annual General Meeting of the Paisley Iceland Curling Club, to be held in the George Hotel, Paisley 68 1882 32 Programme for the Paisley Race Meeting on Thursday 10 August 1882 68 1882 321 Paisley Art Institute : Opening conversazione to take place in the School of Art on Thursday 2 November 1882 68 1882 324 George A. Clark Town Hall Saturday Evening Concerts : announcement by the Committee of a Grand Fashionable night on Saturday 28 October 1882 68 1882 326 Ticket to the tenth annual soiree of the Engine-Keepers' and Firemen's Friendly Society, on Friday 27 October 1882, in the Good Templar Hall 68 1882 327 Invitation from the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council to the laying of the Memorial Stone of the addition to the Old bridge on Friday 6 October 1882 68 1882 329 Notice of the death of John Cook, who died at 71 South Portland Street, Glasgow, on 25 October 1882, aged 65 years 68 1882 335 County of Renfrew : Estimates for assessments, and programme of business for the Annual General Meeting of the Commissioners of Supply, at Renfrew on 31 October 1882 68 1882 339 Paisley Philosophical Institution : invitation to a conversazione in the Free Library and Museum buildings on Wednesday 18 October 1882, on which occasion it is the intention of Mr Coats to hand over to the Institution the Observatory on Oakshaw Hill 68 1882 341 Paisley Philosophical Institution : ticket to a conversazione in the Free Library and Museum buildings on Wednesday 18 October 1882, on which occasion it is the intention of Mr Coats to hand over to the Institution the Observatory on Oakshaw Hill

25 February 2020 Page 302 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 68 1882 343 Advertisement of classes in Dancing, Calisthenics, and Deportment by Madame Wilhelm Iff, formerly Miss Webster, in the Town Hall from Monday 2 October 1882 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 68 1882 347 Abstract report of the Committee of Management of George Street United Presbyterian Church, Paisley, November 1882 68 1882 353 Notice of the twenty sixth Annual General Meeting of the Glasgow Archaeological Society to be held in the rooms of the Society, 207 Bath Street, Glasgow, on Thursday 16 November 1882 68 1882 355 Member's and Visitor's Tickets of the Glasgow Archaeological Society for session 1882-83 68 1882 357 Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley ; Water, Gas, and Police Commissioners ; Public Health Local Authority ; Road and Cart Navigation Trustees ; Committees ; Session 1882-83 68 1882 36 Programme for the Paisley Race Meeting on Friday 11 August 1882 68 1882 360 Programme of Karl Mayder's splendid Liverpool orchestra of sixty performers first tour of Scotland, Grand Orchestral Concert in the George A. Clark Town Hall, Paisley, on Thursday 16 November 1882 68 1882 363 Asylum for the Blind, 108 Castle Street, Glasgow : Opening of new buildings by the Right Hon. The Earl of Rosebery, on Friday 17 November 1882 68 1882 367 Asylum for the Blind, 108 Castle Street, Glasgow : Ticket to the opening of new buildings by the Right Hon. The Earl of Rosebery, on Friday 17 November 1882 68 1882 369 Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institutions, Lanark : Invitation to attend a lecture by the Rev. Father Burke on Wednesday 8 November 1882 in the George A. Clark Town Hall 68 1882 37 Newspaper article on the presentation of a portrait of Sir James Watson 68 1882 371 Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institutions, Lanark : Platform ticket for the lecture by the Rev. Father Burke on Wednesday 8 November 1882 in the George A. Clark Town Hall 68 1882 372 Paisley Philharmonic Society, season 1882-83 : Programme of the first orchestral concert in the Good Templar Hall on Wednesday 29 November 1882

25 February 2020 Page 303 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 68 1882 377 Programme of a Grand Concert in the Good Templars' Hall, Paisley on Monday 6 November 1882 68 1882 379 Notice of the intention of an application to the Board of Trade, session 1883, regarding the construction of a system of street tramways in the Abbey, Middle, Low, and High Parishes of Paisley 68 1882 381 Programme of popular Monday evening concerts in the George A. Clark Town Hall, commencing Monday 9 October 1882 68 1882 387 Letter to solicit subscriptions for the proposed purchase of Mr McKie's Burnsiana Library and relics 68 1882 393 Glasgow Archaeological Society : Report by the Council presented at the Annual General Meeting, 16 November 1882, for session 1881-82 68 1882 409 Programme of "Twa Hours at Hame!", one night only in the George A. Clark Town Hall, Paisley on Tuesday 28 November 1882 68 1882 413 Sixteenth half yearly report on school attendance of the Paisley Burgh School Board School Attendance Committee 68 1882 417 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the River Cart Navigation Trustees, from 30 November 1881 to 30 November 1882 68 1882 421 Glasgow Asylum for the Blind : special appeal to the public of Glasgow and the West of Scotland 68 1882 427 Committees of the Paisley Free Library & Museum, session 1882-83 68 1882 429 Report of the seventy fourth general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution, 1882 68 1882 447 Paisley Herald Printers Devil's New Year's Address to his Readers 68 1882 449 Paisley Art Institute : catalogue of the seventh exhibition, opened Thursday 21 December 1882, in the George A. Clark Town Hall Picture Gallery 68 1882 485 The Innocents, At Home : Friday 29 December 1882, Friday 30 December 1881, and Friday 11 March 1881 68 1882 501 Song, written in Gleniffer on Christmas Day 1882, by William Woodrow 68 1882 503 Sixteenth annual report of the Paisley Infirmary Dorcas Society, 1881-82

25 February 2020 Page 304 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 68 1882 51 Catalogue of the loan exhibition of paintings and sculpture on the inauguration of the Art Gallery, and extension of the Library and Museum, the gift of Sir Peter Coats, 22 September 1882 68 1882 515 Abstract of the income and expenditure of the Free South Church Congregation, from 15 March 1881 to 15 March 1882 68 1882 520 The Abbey Church collecting card, for schemes of the Church and congregational work, 1882 68 1882 521 Paisley Choral Union : prospectus of the first series of choral and orchestral concerts in the George A. Clark Town Hall, season 1882-83 68 1882 541 Notice of a bazaar for the purpose of liquidating the debt on the South Parish Manse, Paisley, to be held in the Drill Hall on 14th, 15th, and 16th December 1882 68 1882 545 Seventy first annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1882 68 1882 553 Notice of the death of James Lang, 11 King Street, Paisley, on 12 December 1882, in his eighty fifth year, and invitation to attend his funeral on Saturday 16 December 1882 68 1882 559 Invitation to attend the annual meeting of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor of Paisley, on Thursday 14 December 1882, within the Council Chambers 68 1882 561 The High Kirk Session : form for nominations to become Elders, 1882 68 1882 563 Paisley Ornithological Association : the twenty ninth annual exhibition and competition, open to the United Kingdom, Monday 1 and Tuesday 2, January 1883, in the Drill Hall, High Street 68 1882 569 Programme of Dramatic Entertainment on Friday 8 December 1882, in aid of the fund for the extension of the Middle Parish Mission Hall 68 1882 572 In Memoriam card of Robert Cowan, Churchhill House, Paisley, 17 December 1882, aged 69 years 68 1882 573 High Parish Church : Scheme of church door collecting, Elders and Trustees, 1882-83 68 1882 578 Scheme for the promotion of Popular Musical Education in Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 305 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 68 1882 71 Forty seventh annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, with list of subscriptions, and abstract of income and expenditure, 1881-82 68 1882 87 Abstract accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Town Council of Paisley, from 30 September 1881 till 30 September 1882 69 1883 1 Programme of a conference of delegates of the Paisley Young Men's Christian Associations in Glasgow and district, to be held in the George A. Clark Minor Hall 69 1883 108 Invitation to become a Member of the Executive Committee of the High Church, to arrange matters in connection with the social meeting of Ministers and Office Bearers of the Church, to be held in the George A. Clark Hall on Monday 20 February 1882 69 1883 109 Business card of the Ranfurly Hotel, Bridge of Weir 69 1883 110 Abstract of accounts of the Conservative Club, Glasgow, for the year ending 31 December 1882 69 1883 117 The Clyde Calamity : lines written by W.C. O'Neill of Paisley after the capsize of the "Daphne" on the Clyde, prints to be sold in aid of the fund for the benefit of the widows and orphans 69 1883 121 Notice of the publication of the Collected Writings of Dougal Graham, in two volumes, by George MacGregor 69 1883 124 Notice of the Kibble Reformatory having added to their Industrial Department carpet beating at moderate rates 69 1883 126 Annual report of the Baptist Church, Storie Street, to be submitted to the annual meeting of the Church on Tuesday 18 February 1883 69 1883 134 Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor of Paisley : invitation to a social meeting of its workers, to be held within the Terrace Good Templar Hall on Monday 19 February 1883 69 1883 136 Fiars Court of Renfrewshire : Assizer's Citation for Robert Brown Esq., Underwood Park, Paisley regarding the prices of all grain of the growth of Renfrewshire, for crop and year 1882 69 1883 142 Remembrance card of James Seton Veitch, born at Edinburgh 18 May 1865, died at Paisley 25 January 1883

25 February 2020 Page 306 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 69 1883 147 Notice of the annual meeting of the Paisley Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club, to be held in the Tannahill Halls on Thursday 22 February 1883 69 1883 150 Life after death : a sermon preached in the South Parish Church, Paisley, on Sunday 5 February 1883 by the Rev. W.M. Metcalfe 69 1883 166 Bible Pictures : a series of fifty two lessons, with questions and scripture answers under each, by M.T.S. 69 1883 193 Thirty second annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School 1882 69 1883 211 Inauguration of the George A. Clark Town Hall : Paisley Musical Festival, 2, 3, and 4 February 1883 69 1883 214 River Cart Improvement : letter regarding raising funds to purchase the debt resting upon the river. Includes list of principal subscriptions already received 69 1883 223 Thirtieth annual report of the Paisley Heritable Property Investment Society for year ending 19 February 1883 69 1883 227 Newspaper article report on the Council Meeting regarding the new Municipal Buildings and our Town Council 69 1883 237 Newspaper article on the Edinburgh Architectural Association's fortnightly meeting 69 1883 239 Reply by the Riccartsbar Asylum Committee of the Paisley Parochial Also, Report by Donald Fraser Board to the Report of the Deputation from the City of Glasgow Parish M.D., the Medical Officer, 14 who visited Riccartsbar Asylum on 1 February last March 1883 69 1883 25 Newspaper article on the 74th Highlanders 69 1883 251 St James Street United Presbyterian Church reports for year ending 31 March 1883, including minute of Annual Missionary Meeting on 2 April 1883 69 1883 283 Funeral notice of Walter McGibbon, 19 St Vincent Crescent, Glasgow, late of Paisley, on 29 March 1883, in his 84th year 69 1883 285 Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Glasgow Browns' Society to be held in the chambers at 196 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, on Thursday 8 March 1883

25 February 2020 Page 307 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 69 1883 286 Mission to the Outdoor Blind for Glasgow and the West of Scotland : Letter to the Sabbath School Children of Glasgow and the West of Scotland 69 1883 29 Toast list of the Paisley Burns Club Burns' Anniversary 1883, in the Globe Hotel on Thursday 25 January 1883 69 1883 290 Letter by John Campbell looking for subscribers to issue a volume of his poems and songs 69 1883 292 Programme of Charles Coburn Concert in the Good Templars' Hall on Monday 12 March 1883 69 1883 293 Twenty seventh annual report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland, 1882 69 1883 3 Paisley Ornithological Association : the twenty ninth annual exhibition and competition, open to the United Kingdom, Monday 1 and Tuesday 2, January 1883, in the Drill Hall, High Street 69 1883 30 Invitation from Mr Holms to a dinner on Friday 12 January 1883 69 1883 305 Riccartsbar Asylum, Paisley : report by Donald Fraser M.D., the Medical Officer, 14 March 1883 69 1883 31 Gentleman's ticket to an evening assembly in the George A. Clark Halls on 26 January 1883 69 1883 316 Invitation to attend a meeting of the General Committee of the Clark Statue Fund in the Council Chambers on Friday 23 March 1883, for the purpose of inspecting the model of the proposed statue submitted by Mr Mossman 69 1883 319 Glasgow Browns' Society : dinner of members and friends to be held in the Bath Hotel, 152 Bath Street, on Friday 30 March 1883 69 1883 32 Menu (in French), for the evening assembly in the Clark Halls on 26 January 1883 69 1883 322 Abstract of the agricultural returns for the year 1882, and total for 1881. For the information of occupiers of land 69 1883 323 Paisley Infirmary Board of Directors, 1882-83 69 1883 325 Income and expenditure of the Free Middle Church, Paisley, from 15 March 1881 till 15 March 1882

25 February 2020 Page 308 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 69 1883 326 The Bailie "My Conscience!" No.52, Wednesday 7 March 1883 69 1883 329 Burgh of Paisley, Drainage District No.2 (Newtown District) : notice to the owners and factors of houses and buildings 69 1883 33 Programme of the evening assembly in the Clark Halls on 26 January 1883 69 1883 330 St George's Free Church, Paisley : accounts for the year ending 15 March 1883, approved by the Deacons' Court, and submitted to the annual meeting on 11 April 1883 69 1883 334 Abstract of the accounts of the Free High Church Congregation, Paisley, for the year ended 15 March 1883 69 1883 338 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company, to the thirty eighth Annual General Meeting of the shareholders, 27 March 1883 69 1883 34 Syllabus for "The Muse of Coila", a concert-lecture on the songs of Robert Burns by Jennie J. Young of New York, in the George A. Clark Hall on Monday 15 January 1883 69 1883 342 West of Scotland Cricket Club : programme of sports for the Amateur Athletic Sports at Hamilton Crescent Grounds, , on Saturday 14 April 1883 69 1883 346 Report of the Paisley Sick Aid Association, 1881-82, and 1882-83, issued in April 69 1883 358 List of the Members of the Political Committee of the Conservative Club, Glasgow, and its purpose, constituted 8 June 1881 69 1883 370 Invitation from the Paisley Water Commissioners to attend the cutting of the sod of the Camphill Reservoir on Thursday 12 April 1883 69 1883 372 The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland : address by William Milligan, D.D., Moderator 69 1883 38 Forty fifth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 8 January 1883, with the minutes of the meeting 69 1883 381 Loan exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures in the Art Gallery of the Library and Museum, the gift of Sir Peter Coats 69 1883 397 Fiftieth annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1882

25 February 2020 Page 309 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 69 1883 405 Prospectus for the publication of a new History of Renfrewshire, from Alexander Gardner 69 1883 408 Prospectus and subscription form for the publication of An Archaeological and Historic Survey of the County of Renfrew, volumes 1 and 2 69 1883 413 Collegiate Church of Sempill : Plate 5, figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, showing tracery of window on north side of chancel, and plan and views of socket stone for cross 69 1883 419 Invitation to accompany the Cart Navigation Trustees during their annual inspection on Tuesday 17 April 1883 69 1883 422 Church of Scotland Smaller Livings Augmentation Fund : amount of subscriptions formerly received towards the capital fund, and a list of new subscriptions 69 1883 423 Letter of invitation to a private meeting of gentlemen favourable to the establishment in Paisley of a High Class School, in the Good Templars' Terrace Hall on Wednesday 25 April 1883 69 1883 430 Paisley Art Institute : notice of the April Conversazione to be held in the School of Art on Thursday 26 April 1883 69 1883 432 Church of Scotland's Home Mission Scheme : annual collection to be made on Sunday 15 April 1883 69 1883 436 Invitation to attend the funeral of John Baird at Paisley Cemetery on Thursday 12 April 1883 69 1883 440 Notice of the Magistrates of the Burgh of Paisley to hold a Court within the Council Chambers on Monday 7 May 1883, for considering applications for licenses for cattle sheds, cow houses, and byres within the Burgh 69 1883 442 Ancient Cannon from The Peel, now at Castle Sempill : Plate 7, figures 1 to 4, showing The Peel, sections of moulding on muzzle, section of mouldings at breach, and full size sketches of the crest 69 1883 444 Fenian Trials - supplement given away with the Weekly Freeman of 21 April : number one - from the photograph produced in court, and recognised by Carey the informer

25 February 2020 Page 310 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 69 1883 446 Fenian Trials : portraits of prisoners, including those of the approvers James Carey and M. Kavanagh. Gratis supplement with the Glasgow Weekly Herald, 14 April 1883 69 1883 448 Headed note paper of the Cuilfall Hotel, Kilmelford, by Lochgilphead 69 1883 450 Abstract statements of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Burgh School Board, for the year ending 15 May 1882, and estimate of the probable income and expenditure for the year ending 15 May 1883 69 1883 46 Glasgow Asylum for the Blind : invitation to a meeting in the Council Chambers on Monday 22 January 1883 to consider the Claims of the Institution and devise means for raising subscriptions 69 1883 466 Income and expenditure of the Riccartsbar Paisley Asylum Committee, from 14 May 1882 till 14 May 1883 69 1883 474 Testimonials in favour of John Barclay, for his application for the Surveyorship of the Stirling District Road Committee 69 1883 482 List of members of The Club, Paisley 69 1883 49 Destitution in the Lews : invitation to a meeting with the Provost and Magistrates on Monday 5 February 1883, to consider the Appeal from Lews for Aid, and devise means for raising Subscriptions 69 1883 490 Veterinary Establishment, Cross Arthurlie, Barrhead : Notice of Alexander Brown that he has begun practice in Barrhead 69 1883 492 The Club, Paisley : report by the Committee of The Club and statement of accounts for the year ended 30 April 1883, to the third Annual General Meeting, 21 May 1883 69 1883 496 Paisley Conservative Association membership ticket, 1 May 1883 to 1 May 1884 69 1883 498 Programme for Saturday afternoon popular concert in the George A. Clark Town Hall on 10 May 1883 69 1883 499 Notice of a meeting of the Scotch Girls' Friendly Society to be held in the George A. Clark Minor Hall on Monday 21 May 1883 69 1883 5 Observatory rules, as agreed to at a meeting of Council of the Philosophical Institution, held 16 January 1883

25 February 2020 Page 311 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 69 1883 50 Announcement by Miss Donaldson of her retiral from Caversbank House Ladies' School, to be succeeded by Mrs Boog and her daughter 69 1883 500 The Irish Dynamite Plot in London : prisoners and approver : sketches of prisoners as they appeared in Bow Street Police Court, London. Gratis supplement with the Evening Times of 2 May 1883 69 1883 501 Newspaper article regarding Provost Clark's sermon to the Salvationists 69 1883 506 Portrait and memoir of David Riddell, Blackhall. The Bailie No.550, Wednesday 2 May 1883 69 1883 510 Portrait and memoir of James Coats, son of Thomas Coats. The Bailie No.554, Wednesday 30 May 1883 69 1883 513 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1882 till 14 May 1883 69 1883 525 Renfrewshire County Funds : State of the public accounts of the County of Renfrew under the control of the Commissioners of Supply, 1882-83 69 1883 53 Paisley New Book Club : Unanimously resolved at the Annual Meeting of the Members to adopt the recommendation of the Committee to wind up the Club, and to hand the books belonging to the Club over to the Paisley Free Library 69 1883 539 Comparative abstracts of valuation of the County of Renfrew, 1882-83 and 1883-84 69 1883 54 Extract from the Edinburgh Gazette 12 January 1883, regarding the dissolution of the business of David Murray & Son to the other subscribers C.T. Bowie & Co. 69 1883 543 County of Renfrew : estimates for assessments and programme of business for Annual General Meeting of Commissioners of Supply at Renfrew, 30 October 1883 69 1883 547 Renfrewshire Constabulary : Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1882 till 15 May 1883 69 1883 549 Sixth annual report of the Paisley Art Institute 69 1883 55 Report of the Paisley Ladies' Sanitary Association and Sick Fund, 1879-80, and 1880-81

25 February 2020 Page 312 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 69 1883 565 Tannahill Anniversary : Part songs harmonized for the Glen Concert, Saturday 2 June 1883 69 1883 585 Musical score and words of "Tannahill's Birthday, 1883". Words by William Woodrow, Paisley ; Music by J. Trench, Teacher of Music, Paisley 69 1883 590 Annual statement of various funds in connection with the Evangelical Union Church, New Street, Paisley, for the year commencing 21 May 1882 and ending 20 June 1883 69 1883 594 Church of Scotland Foreign Missions : annual general collection to be made on Sunday 17 June 1883 69 1883 598 "Sneddon Callans" Association : twenty seventh annual report, 1882-83 69 1883 602 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society : Catalogue of County Show at Paisley on Thursday 7 June 1883 69 1883 662 Paisley Cemetery Company : Notice of special meeting on Wednesday 11 July 1883 regarding registering the Company as a Limited Company 69 1883 663 Invitation to the formal opening of the New Club House at 95 High Street, on Wednesday 13 June 1883 69 1883 664 Paisley Sabbath School Union : Request for subscriptions to fund the Scottish National Sabbath School Convention, to be held in Paisley during October 69 1883 665 Preliminary announcement of the Sixteenth Scottish National Sabbath School Convention to be held in Paisley Thursday 11 October to Sunday 14 October 1883 69 1883 666 Invitation and programme of music and recitations at the Distribution of Prizes to take place in the George A. Clark Minor Hall on Wednesday 27 June 1883 69 1883 667 Toast list of the luncheon of the Renfrewshire Agricultural Society Show on 7 June 1883 69 1883 668 Catalogue of household furniture and plenishing, for sale, by auction, at Netherhill House, Renfrew Road, Paisley, on Tuesday 19 June 1883 69 1883 67 Forty second annual report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, November 1882

25 February 2020 Page 313 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 69 1883 683 Paisley (Burgh) School Board, School Attendance Committee : seventeenth half-yearly report on school attendance, April 1883 69 1883 686 Newspaper report on commercial news regarding oil companies, Saturday 9 June 1883 69 1883 690 Newspaper article on the principal fire insurance companies for 1882, 20 June 1883 69 1883 693 The Paisley Grammar School and Academy : Programme of Examination and Distribution of prizes, 28 June 1883 69 1883 74 Annual report of The Abbey, Paisley, 1882 69 1883 89 The Abbey Church collecting card, for schemes of the Church and congregational work, 1883 69 1883 9 Year book of the Congregational Church, Paisley, 1883 69 1883 90 Report to the Trustees of the River Cart Navigation upon the improvement of the River Cart, and the construction of docks and quays at Paisley, by Messrs Bell & Miller, Mems. Inst. C.E., Westminster and Glasgow 70 1883 1 Prospectus of the Paisley Grammar School and Academy, under the managements of the School Board, session 1883-84 70 1883 113 Newspaper article on the "Critical Juncture in the Annexation Movement", Melbourne, 10 July 1883 70 1883 120 Newspaper article on "The Use of the Poorhouse as a Test" 70 1883 123 Newspaper article on the late Mr Robert Bruce Bell, C.E., Herald, 18 August 1883 70 1883 126 Newspaper article on "Gas and Gas Balances" 70 1883 129 Newspaper article on Burns' tombstone at Kirkoswald 70 1883 135 Statement of the Church of Scotland Smaller Livings Augmentation Fund 70 1883 136 Invitation to accompany the Chairman to the reserved enclosure at the inauguration of the Hugh MacDonald Memorial Well on "The breist o' the brae", on Saturday 8 September 1883 70 1883 137 Programme of Paisley Race Meeting 1883, Thursday 9 and Friday 10 August 1883

25 February 2020 Page 314 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 70 1883 141 In Memoriam card of Andy Orr, who died at Fairhill, Paisley, on Thursday 23 August 1883, in his 9th year. Interred at Paisley Cemetery 27 August 1883 70 1883 141 In Memoriam card of Margaret Finlayson Rowat, widow of the late Robert Rowat, who died at St Margaret's, Paisley, on 16 August 1883, in her 80th year. Interred in Paisley Cemetery 20 August 1883 70 1883 142 Stock list of John Cashmore, fruiterer and confectioner, 92 High Street and 94 Causewayside Street, Paisley. With 1882 calendar 70 1883 143 Glasgow Archaeological Society : Notice of the annual excursion to be made to Doune Castle, the Roman Camp at Ardoch, and Dunblane Cathedral on Thursday 20 September 1883 70 1883 147 Notice of a public meeting of all interested in the sick, the convalescent, and the incurable, to be held in the Art Gallery of the George A. Clark Town Hall on Wednesday 5 September 1883. Miss Beatrice Clugston to speak. 70 1883 148 Invitation to attend the funeral of Peter Guilleaume on Saturday 8 September 1883 70 1883 149 Invitation and platform tickets to the laying of the foundation stone of the Sheriff Court House Buildings at Paisley, on Saturday 29 September 1883 70 1883 151 Part songs to be sung at the inauguration of the Hugh MacDonald Memorial at the "Bonnie wee Well on the briest o' the brae" on Saturday 8 September 1883 70 1883 167 Newspaper article on Scotch cricket in 1883 70 1883 174 Newspaper article on School Dinners, Glasgow News 21 September 1883 70 1883 177 Newspaper article on "A Great Scotch Inventor", William Murdock 70 1883 183 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church (Low Parish Paisley), with other statements, 1882-83 70 1883 21 The Conservative Club, Glasgow : Notice of a special meeting to be held within the Club House, on Wednesday 4 July 1883, to consider and dispose of alterations proposed to be made upon the Rules and Regulations of the Club

25 February 2020 Page 315 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 70 1883 221 Letter of criticism by Alex Galloway regarding articles reporting on the excursion to Dunkeld of the Glasgow Archaeological Society 70 1883 226 Notice of the 43rd Annual General Meeting of the Paisley Iceland Curling Club on Thursday 27 September 1883 in the County Hotel 70 1883 227 Burgh of Paisley : Loss of Police Rates - Statement to the employers of labour in Paisley by James Clark, Provost 70 1883 229 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of the High Church of Paisley, 1882-83, with appendix 70 1883 23 Catastrophe on the Clyde : Invitation to a meeting of the inhabitants to be held within the Council Chambers, County Buildings, on Thursday 12 July 1883 to consider the propriety of organising a subscription in aid of the widows 70 1883 25 Burns Club : Programme of a short excursion organised for Wednesday 11 July 1883 - walking from Crosslee to Barochan, then on to Bridge of Weir, with dinner at the Ranfurly Hotel 70 1883 257 Prospectus of Mr S. C. Foster, dancing, deportment, and calisthenics, Good Templars Hall, Terrace Buildings, High Street, Paisley 70 1883 259 Details of the laying of the foundation stone of the new Court Hall buildings on Saturday 29 September 1883 70 1883 263 Obituary of High Church members, 1882-83 70 1883 265 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, Paisley, 1882-83 70 1883 27 Notice of "A descriptive catalogue of the medals of Scotland from the earliest period to the present time" by R.W. Cochran-Patrick MP, to be shortly issued in one volume 70 1883 289 Statement of the Mission to the Outdoor Blind for Glasgow and the West of Scotland 70 1883 293 Forty eighth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, with list of subscriptions and abstract of income and expenditure 70 1883 305 Mission to the Outdoor Blind for Glasgow and the West of Scotland : extension to Dumbarton, Bute, and shires 70 1883 307 Newspaper article on Sir Charles Dilke in Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 316 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 70 1883 309 Newspaper article on the presentation of the Freedom of the Burgh to Sir Charles Dilke 70 1883 317 Newspaper article on a great Liberal demonstration while Sir Charles Dilke in Paisley 70 1883 33 Royal Northern Yacht Club : Programme of a regatta at Rothesay on Saturday 7 and Monday 9 July 1883 - yacht entries, racing flags, and chart 70 1883 337 Invitation to attend a meeting of the Tannahill Memorial Committee in the Clark Halls on Wednesday 3 October 1883, to fix a date for the inauguration 70 1883 338 Invitation to accompany the Tannahill Memorial Committee to the platform for the ceremony of unveiling the statue in memory of Robert Tannahill, Abbey Church Yard, Paisley, on Saturday 20 October 1883 70 1883 339 Letter requesting ex-Provost Brown to propose a toast to "The Relatives of Tannahill" at the banquet following the unveiling of the Tannahill Memorial statue on Saturday 20 October 1883 70 1883 340 Invitation to attend a meeting of the Tannahill Memorial Committee in the Clark Halls on Tuesday 9 October 1883, to finalise arrangements for the unveiling of the Tannahill Memorial statue on Saturday 20 October 1883 70 1883 341 Ticket to the ceremony of unveiling the statue in memory of Robert Tannahill, Abbey Church Yard, Paisley, on Saturday 20 October 1883 70 1883 342 Toast list of the annual dinner of the Incorporation of Hammermen in Paisley, 21 October 1881 70 1883 343 Toast list of the annual dinner of the Incorporation of Hammermen in Paisley, 27 October 1882 70 1883 344 Letter informing Robert Brown that he was elected a Director of the Society of Merchants of Paisley at a meeting on 11 October 1883 70 1883 345 Order of service of the funeral of Thomas Coats Esq., 18 October 1883 70 1883 346 Memorial to Thomas Coats Esq., of Ferguslie, born 18 October 1809, died 15 October 1883. Gratis supplement to the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette of 20 October 1883

25 February 2020 Page 317 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 70 1883 347 Invitation to attend a public meeting of the inhabitants of Paisley to be held in the George A. Clark Minor Hall, on Wednesday 24 October 1883, to consider erecting a statue of the late Thomas Coats Esq. of Ferguslie 70 1883 348 Toast list of a cake and wine banquet in the Art Gallery of the George A. Clark Halls on Saturday 20 October 1883, on the occasion of unveiling the statue to the memory of Robert Tannahill 70 1883 349 Report of the seventy fifth general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution, 1883 70 1883 367 Observatory rules, as agreed to at a meeting of Council of the Philosophical Institution, held 16 January 1883 70 1883 371 The Sword of Honour, presented to Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Alison Bart., K.C.B., by the citizens of Glasgow in recognition of distinguished services in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1883 70 1883 372 The Bailie, Volume 22, No.572, 3 October 1883 : New Municipal Buildings of Glasgow, foundation stone laid by Lord Provost Ure, 6 October 1883. Images of the Hon. John Ure Lord Provost and William Young Esq., architect 70 1883 374 Incorporation of Old Weavers : Letter regarding a Deacon's Chapter to be held in the Globe Hotel on Friday 19 October 1883 70 1883 375 Letter announcing the commencement of business of Miss Ritchie's Jacket and Mantle Making, 99 High Street, Paisley, October 1883 70 1883 376 Invitation to attend a meeting of the Tannahill Memorial Committee in the Clark Halls on Friday 2 November 1883, to discuss the final report and balance 70 1883 377 Invitation to attend a meeting to be held in Miss Stevenson's Coffee House on Tuesday 30 October 1883, to make arrangements for a United Celebration of the fourth centenary of Luther's birth 70 1883 378 Invitation from Mrs Arthur to Mrs Brown to attend a Drawing Room meeting on Thursday 26 October 1882 to meet Mrs Scatcherd and Mrs Shearer who are to speak on Woman's Suffrage 70 1883 379 Programme of Mr Rushbury's Excelsior Concert Company's annual concert in the Good Templar Hall, Paisley, on Monday 8 October 1883

25 February 2020 Page 318 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 70 1883 383 Sketch of the casket presented to Sir Charles W. Dilke, Bart., M.P., by the Burgh of Paisley 70 1883 386 Beaconsfield Club, Paisley : invitation to Robert Brown to accompany the Right Hon. Sir R.A. Cross M.P. to the platform on the occasion of a Conservative Demonstration in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Thursday 8 November 1883 70 1883 387 Service of Song at Paisley Abbey on Sunday 23 December 1883 70 1883 389 Newspaper article on the funeral of Mr Thomas Coats of Ferguslie 70 1883 400 Seventy second annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1883 70 1883 408 Bailie Dickson on "Crime in the City" on retiring from the Magistracy 70 1883 409 Second Ward Election : reasons why the electors should vote for Mr Muir 70 1883 41 Royal Clyde Yacht Club : Programme of a regatta at Hunter's Quay on Saturday 14 and Monday 16 July 1883 - yacht entries, racing flag, and chart of courses 70 1883 410 The Glasgow Herald on the Second Ward election 70 1883 411 Menu of a ball at Ardgowan, 27 November 1883 70 1883 412 Advertisement for Lectures by Professor Thomas Moore, Phrenologist, in the Good Templar Hall, Dyer's Wynd, Paisley, for 6 nights commencing Tuesday 6 November 1883 70 1883 413 Great Conservative Demonstration, under the auspices of the Paisley Beaconsfield Club, George A. Clark Town Hall, 8 November 1883 70 1883 461 Newspaper article on the Annual General Meeting of the Renfrewshire Commissioners of Supply 70 1883 468 Newspaper article on the marriage of Mr Michael Hugh Shaw-Stewart, eldest son of Sir Michael R. Shaw-Stewart, Bart. of Ardgowan, to Lady Alice Emma Thynne, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Bath 70 1883 486 Newspaper article on a Tenantry Dinner in the Wheat Sheaf Hotel to celebrate the birthday of Sir Michael R. Shaw-Stewart and the marriage of his son

25 February 2020 Page 319 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 70 1883 49 Testimonial to Mr J. Jack Robertson, secretary of the Beaconsfield Club, on his resignation in view of his taking up residence in London 70 1883 498 Dance programme of a ball at Ardgowan, 27 November 1883 70 1883 499 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, one hundred and fourth session, 1883­ 84 70 1883 50 St Mirren Football Club : Programme of the Annual Amateur Athletic Sports to be held at Westmarch Grounds, off Greenhill Road, on Saturday 28 July 1883 70 1883 506 Reward notice for the finder of a parcel left on a train 70 1883 507 Paisley Ornithological Association : the thirtieth annual exhibition and competition, open to the United Kingdom, Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 January 1884, in the Drill Hall, High Street 70 1883 510 Advertisement of a comic concert and assault-at-arms in Paisley Town Hall on Wednesday 28 November 1883 : featuring Jem Mace, the champion boxer of the world and Mr J. Davis, the undefeated champion of the middleweight of America 70 1883 512 Committees of the Paisley Free Library & Museum, session 1883-84 70 1883 513 Invitation from the Provost and Magistrates to meet the Right Honourable Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bart., M.P., in the George A. Clark Minor Hall on Thursday 1 November 1883 70 1883 514 Balcony ticket to the Presentation of Freedom of the Burgh of Paisley, to the Right Honourable Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bart., M.P., in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Thursday 1 November 1883 70 1883 515 Platform ticket to the Presentation of Freedom of the Burgh of Paisley, to the Right Honourable Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bart., M.P., in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Thursday 1 November 1883 70 1883 516 Platform ticket to the Presentation of Freedom of the Burgh of Paisley, to the Right Honourable Sir Richard Assheton Cross, M.P., in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Friday 9 November 1883 70 1883 517 Balcony ticket to the Presentation of Freedom of the Burgh of Paisley, to the Right Honourable Sir Richard Assheton Cross, M.P., in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Friday 9 November 1883

25 February 2020 Page 320 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 70 1883 518 Platform ticket to a Conservative Demonstration, under the auspices of the Beaconsfield Club, in the George A. Clark Town Hall, Paisley on Tuesday 8 November 1883. Address by the Right Honourable Sir Richard Assheton Cross, M.P. 70 1883 518 In Memoriam card of Mary Millar Wilson, relict of John Wilson, died at 44 Moss Street, Paisley on Thursday 1 November 1883, in her 78th year 70 1883 519 Letter to raise subscriptions to express appreciation, in tangible form, of the worth of Mr W.A. Lochhead, editor of the Paisley Daily Express 70 1883 520 Programme of a Great Conservative Meeting in the George A. Clark Town Hall, to receive an address from the Right Honourable Sir Richard Assheton Cross, M.P. 70 1883 521 Programme of musical entertainment in the George A. Clark Town Hall Fine Art Gallery 70 1883 525 Neilson Institution Senior School, Scheme of Lessons for session 1883-84, Quarter 2, No.86 November 1883 to February 1884 70 1883 526 Abstract report of the Committee of Management of George Street United Presbyterian Church, Paisley, December 1883 70 1883 533 Directory of Baptist Church, Victoria Place, Paisley 70 1883 549 Ninety Seventh annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary for the year ending 31 December 1882 70 1883 55 The Mercantile Age, 28 July 1883 : Article on British engineers Messrs Fullerton, Hodgart & Barclay, engineers, millwrights, boilermakers, and founders, Vulcan Foundry & Engine Works, Paisley 70 1883 57 Prize list of the John Neilson Institution Examination, session 1882-83 70 1883 580 Report of Canal Street United Presbyterian Congregation, Paisley, 1882, Rev. George Clark Hutton D.D., Minister 70 1883 604 Report of Canal Street United Presbyterian Congregation, Paisley, 1883, Rev. George Clark Hutton D.D., Minister 70 1883 628 Report and abstract of accounts of Miss Kibble's Reformatory Institution, Paisley, 31 December 1881 70 1883 644 Annual report of The Abbey, Paisley, 1883

25 February 2020 Page 321 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 70 1883 661 Paisley Choral Union : prospectus of the second series of Choral & Orchestral Concerts in the George A. Clark Town Hall, season 1883-84 70 1883 671 Fifth annual report of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor in Paisley, 1882-83 70 1883 683 Paisley Art Institute : Annual Exhibition of Pictures to be opened by a special conversazione to be held in the Free Library and Museum Picture Gallery on Monday 24 December 1883 70 1883 684 The Conservative Club, Glasgow : report on the Political Fund, 1883 70 1883 686 Paisley Herald Printer's Devil's New Year's Address to his readers, 1881 70 1883 687 Paisley Art Institute : Eighth Annual Exhibition of Pictures to be opened in the Picture Gallery of the Free Library and Museum on Tuesday 25 December 1883 70 1883 688 Advertisement for a performance of Tannaker's Temple of Japan & Japanese Troupes in the George A. Clark Town Hall, on Monday 19 November 1883 70 1883 689 Programme of dramatic entertainment in aid of the funds of the Mission Hall, 14 New Sneddon Street, on Tuesday 18 December 1883 70 1883 691 High Church : vote to be cast regarding the continuation of use of a Harmonium in aid of the service of praise 70 1883 692 Newspaper article on the preparation of provender for horses. Glasgow Herald 10 December 1883 70 1883 695 Statement of session funds of the Martyrs' Parish Church, Paisley, from 1 January to 31 December 1882 70 1883 698 Programme of prizes to be awarded at the thirtieth Annual Exhibition and Competition of the Paisley Ornithological Association, in the Drill Hall, High Street, on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 January 1884 70 1883 701 The Abbey Church : collecting card for schemes of the Church and congregational work, 1884 70 1883 81 Report of the thirty first annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 18 July 1883

25 February 2020 Page 322 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 71 1884 1 Paisley Ornithological Association : the thirtieth annual exhibition and competition, open to the United Kingdom, Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 January 1884, in the Drill Hall, High Street 71 1884 127 Forty sixth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 14 January 1884, with the minutes of the meeting 71 1884 134 Report of the seventy sixth general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution, 1884 71 1884 157 "Barney McCaffrey, the Bold American Irishman in Paisley" : poetry by William Woodrow 71 1884 159 Advertising booklet of Archibald Bell & Sons, Dyers, Stanley Dyeworks, Paisley 71 1884 171 Forty third annual report of the Paisley Christina Benevolent Society, November 1883 71 1884 179 Thirty fourth annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1884 71 1884 183 Eighteenth annual report of the Paisley Infirmary Dorcas Society, 1883-84 71 1884 194 Toast list of the Paisley Burns Club, Burns Anniversary, in the Globe Hotel on Friday 25 January 1884 71 1884 195 Letter regarding a petition by Mr Thomas McQueen to the Clerk of the Peace for Renfrewshire, regarding a license to exhibit stage plays in premises at Old Sneddon Street, formerly the Abercorn Theatre, now called the Royalty Theatre 71 1884 196 Programme of a grand concert to be given in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Thursday 21 February 1884 71 1884 202 Advertisement for the performance for three nights at the George A. Clark Town Hall of Sam Hague's Minstrels, Monday 11 to Wednesday 13 February 1884 71 1884 206 Newspaper article on The Disestablisher's Prayer, Glasgow Herald 13 February 1884 71 1884 208 Beaconsfield Club : invitation to meet Lord George and Lord Ernest Hamilton on Saturday 2 February 1884

25 February 2020 Page 323 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 71 1884 209 Advertisement for a great popular Burns' concert in the George A. Clark Town Hall, 9 February 1884 71 1884 211 Newspaper article on the Paisley election : Sir Peter Coats on Treasurer Cochran's candidature, 13 February 1884 71 1884 214 Thirty third annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1883 71 1884 229 Paisley Sabbath School Union : Programme for United Meeting of Scholars, October 1883, and Singing Competition, March 1884 71 1884 249 Fifty first annual report of the Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, being for the year 1883 71 1884 256 Menu for the Paisley Annual Ball in the Clark Halls, Paisley, 7 March 1884 71 1884 257 Thirty first annual report of the Paisley Heritable Property Investment Society, year ending 18 February 1884 71 1884 261 Report by the Paisley Cemetery Company Limited, to the thirty ninth Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders, 25 March 1884 71 1884 264 Elderslie Parish Church Bazaar to be held in the Drill Hall, Paisley on Thursday 26, Friday 27, and Saturday 28 February 1885, in aid of manse enlargement and erection of a church hall 71 1884 265 St James' Church, Paisley, opening services on Sunday 2 March 1884 71 1884 266 Newspaper articles on Paisley Subscriptions to the Liberation Society, and the Paisley Election 71 1884 267 Letter of invitation to a meeting in the Council Chambers on Wednesday 12 March 1884 to discuss a memorial for Dr Richmond's jubilee 71 1884 269 Invitation to attend a meeting of the Managers of the Corporation of Maltmen in the Clerks Office, County Buildings, on Monday 31 March 1884, to discuss the election of Directors and an audit of the Treasurer's books 71 1884 270 Beaconsfield Club : meeting to discuss steps to be taken to defray expenses of presenting an Illuminated Address to Lord Ernest Hamilton. Suggestion of subscriptions of one shilling 71 1884 271 Mossvale U.P. Church : services in connection with the opening of the church on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 March 1884

25 February 2020 Page 324 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 71 1884 272 Paisley Choral Union, season 1884 : Grand orchestral concert on Thursday 7 February, and a performance of Handel's "Messiah" on Thursday 27 March 1884 71 1884 274 Kelburne Cricket Club : letter regarding raising subscriptions to employ a professional 71 1884 275 Paisley Tract Society : notice of a soiree in connection with the fifty first Annual Meeting of the Society to be held in the Minor Clark Halls on Tuesday 25 March 1884 71 1884 276 Paisley Art Institute : February conversazione to be held in the School of Art on Thursday 28 February 1884 : Mr James P. McGillivray to read a paper on the subject of "Notes on Art" 71 1884 278 St George's Free Church, Paisley : annual reports for year ending 15 March 1884 71 1884 306 Newspaper article on a proposed memorial for the Battle of Langside, Glasgow News 8 March 1884 71 1884 313 Newspaper article on the monthly meeting of Glasgow Town Council, Glasgow News 7 March 1884 71 1884 315 Newspaper article on the ceremonial demonstration expenses of the laying of the foundation stone of the New Municipal Buildings, 6 March 1884 71 1884 318 The Paisley Philharmonic Society, session 1883-84 : programme of an orchestral concert in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Monday 17 March 1884 71 1884 319 Paisley Art Institute : April conversazione to be held in the School of Art on Thursday 24 April 1884 : Rev. George Park to read a paper on the subject of "The Old Ballads of Scotland" 71 1884 320 Invitation from the Missions Committee of the Presbytery of Paisley to a meeting of Ladies in the Good Templar Hall on Wednesday 7 May 1884. Address by the Rev. John Pagan, Bothwell 71 1884 321 Letter to raise subscriptions on behalf of Captain John Crawford, lately Editor and Proprietor of the Military Record and Volunteer News, and formerly of the Northern British Daily Mail

25 February 2020 Page 325 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 71 1884 323 Newspaper article on Mr Abercrombie's sketch of Lord Beaconsfield, Paisley Daily Express 9 April 1884 71 1884 332 Newspaper article on the progress of British Merchant Shipping, 23 April 1884 71 1884 337 Newspaper article on the United Presbyterian Synod, Glasgow Herald 7 May 1884 71 1884 339 Invitation to a meeting in McNicol's Hall, Moss Street on Thursday 29 On his appointment to the May 1884, to discuss offering a token of appreciation to Mr William Glasgow & South-Western Auchentorlie, Superintendent of the Glasgow & Paisley Canal Railway Railway Company 71 1884 340 Income and expenditure of the Riccartsbar Paisley Asylum Committee, from 14 May 1883 till 14 May 1884 71 1884 349 Newspaper article on the death of the Rev. William G. Forbes 71 1884 350 Programme of an organ recital in St James' Church by Mr William Agate, on Wednesday 14 May 1884 71 1884 351 Programme of a grand concert of Scottish part songs with grand organ accompanying the Tannahill Choir, in the George A Clark Town Hall on Monday 16 June 1884 71 1884 354 Programme of Paisley Grammar School Sports, at Blackstoun Park on Saturday 14 June 1884 71 1884 359 Programme of a grand complimentary benefit to Miss M. Aitken (Mrs J.L. Bunten), elocutionist, in the Good Templar Hall, Paisley on Wednesday 2 April 1884 71 1884 361 The Peter Brough Bequest Fund Bursaries Scheme : examination to be held in May 71 1884 365 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15 May 1883 till 14 May 1884 71 1884 377 Twenty eighth annual report of the "Sneddon Callans" Association, 1883­ 84 71 1884 391 Newspaper article on the Tannahill Anniversary dinner in the new Globe Hotel 71 1884 411 Tannahill Anniversary 1884 : part songs to be sung by the Tannahill Choir on the Braes o' Gleniffer, Saturday 7 June 1884

25 February 2020 Page 326 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 71 1884 431 Letter regarding the Paisley Burns Club summer trip to Ayr on Saturday 28 June 1884 71 1884 433 Prospectus of Paisley Grammar School and Academy, under the management of the School Board, session 1884-85 71 1884 457 Annual meeting and report of the Paisley Sabbath School Union, 1884 71 1884 469 Fourth annual report of the Glasgow Mission to the Deaf and Dumb, Paisley Branch, for the year 1884 71 1884 481 Report of the thirty second annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 16 July 1884 71 1884 51 Newspaper article on the Cost of Deputations 71 1884 517 Letter of invitation to a meeting in the George A. Clark Minor Hall for the purpose of Memorializing the Town Council to reconsider their Scheme for providing New Municipal Buildings 71 1884 519 St Mirren Football Club : Request for one of Mr Brown's daughters to attend the presentation of prizes at the athletic meet next Saturday, 26 July 1884 71 1884 52 Newspaper article on the Manufacture and Price of Gas 71 1884 521 Programme and order of events at the Neilson Institution Amateur Athletic Sports, in Westmarch Grounds (off Greenhill Road) on Saturday 28 June 1884 71 1884 526 Invitation from Mrs Boog and the programme of music and recitations at the distribution of prizes in the George A. Clark Minor Hall on Wednesday 25 June 1884 71 1884 529 Tariff of charges for the Grant Arms Hotel, Grantown 71 1884 531 St Mirren Football Club : Programme of annual amateur athletic sports, to be held at Westmarch Grounds, off Greenhill Road, on Saturdays 19 and 26 July, 1884 71 1884 539 Programme of Paisley Race Meeting on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 August 1884 71 1884 543 Newspaper article on Greenock Harbour Trust and the Coal Traffic Rates 71 1884 545 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, Paisley, 1883-84

25 February 2020 Page 327 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 71 1884 572 Newspaper article on an arbitration case between Messrs Robert Brown and the Glasgow & South Western Railway Company 71 1884 573 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church (Low Parish, Paisley), with other statements, 1883-84 71 1884 59 Newspaper article on the Will of the Late Thomas Coats Esq. of Ferguslie 71 1884 607 Report for 1883-84 of the High Church Ecclesiastical Trustees 71 1884 62 Toast list, menu, and invitation to the Annual Dinner of the Beaconsfield Club, in the George A. Clark Town hall on Thursday 10 January 1884 71 1884 639 Annual report of The Abbey, Paisley, 1884 71 1884 65 Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District : rotation of presiding Justices, 1884 71 1884 655 The Conservative Club, Glasgow : Invitation to attend an address by the Marquess of Salisbury in St Andrew's East Halls on Wednesday 1 October 1884 71 1884 657 Paisley Convalescent Home : invitation to a meeting of subscribers on Tuesday 30 September 1884, regarding the offer by Mr Arthur of Barshaw, of ground near West Kilbride for the erection of a home 71 1884 659 Beaconsfield Club, Paisley : invitation to attend the presentation of addresses of welcome to the Marquis of Salisbury at Abercorn Station on Tuesday 9 September 1884 71 1884 661 Newspaper article on the Lochleven angling season, Glasgow News, 5 September 1884 71 1884 667 Forty ninth annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, with list of subscriptions and abstract of income and expenditure 71 1884 67 The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society : statements as to the present position of the Society 71 1884 679 Proposed improvement of the River Cart : public meeting of ratepayers in the George A. Clark Town hall, on 20 October 1884. Reprinted from the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette, 25 October 1884 71 1884 69 Paisley and District Tramways : notice to Frontagers 71 1884 70 Letter to the electors of Paisley by Stewart Clark

25 February 2020 Page 328 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 71 1884 713 Caricature sketches of people in attendance of The Marquis of Salisbury's address in St Andrew's Halls, Glasgow, on Wednesday 1 and Friday 3 October 1884. From "Quiz" Friday 10 October 1884 71 1884 715 Newspaper article on The Marquis of Salisbury in Paisley 71 1884 72 Letter to the electors of Paisley by Ernest Hamilton 71 1884 725 Invitation to a meeting of Ratepayers in the Committee Room of the George A. Clark Town Hall on Monday 20 October 1884, regarding the River Cart Improvement 71 1884 727 Beaconsfield Club : Invitation to Robert Brown to accompany Lord Ernest W. Hamilton to the platform on the occasion of a Conservative Demonstration in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Wednesday 12 November 1884 71 1884 729 Notice to the electors of the Fourth Ward regarding James Winning's intention to stand for election 71 1884 731 Price list of William M. Anderson, Grocer & Provision Merchant, 75 Love Street, Paisley, October 1884 71 1884 74 Letter to the electors of the Burgh of Paisley by William B. Barbour 71 1884 741 Letter to the editor of the Glasgow News regarding the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway 71 1884 745 Programme of Mr Sims Reeves' appearance at a Grand Concert in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Thursday 13 November 1884 71 1884 747 Programme of a Conservative Demonstration in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Wednesday 12 November 1884 71 1884 749 Programme of Mr Sims Reeves' appearance at a Grand Concert in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Thursday 13 November 1884 71 1884 75 Renfrewshire County Ball, George A. Clark Town Hall, Paisley, 15 January 1884 71 1884 753 Programme of the Sixth Organ Recital of the series in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Saturday 29 November 1884 71 1884 755 Newspaper article on the Local Option Plebiscits, from the Express 22 November 1884

25 February 2020 Page 329 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 71 1884 757 Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley ; Water, Gas and Police Commissioners ; Public Health Local Authority ; Road and Cart Navigation Trustees ; Committees, etc for 1884-85 71 1884 759 Notice of the opening of William Pollock's extensive New and Used Furniture Warehouse, at 69 High Street (second land west of Museum), on Saturday 1 November 1884 71 1884 761 Programme of Paisley Abbey's Harvest Thanksgiving Service of Praise on Sunday 2 November 1884 71 1884 767 Programme of the Fourth Organ Recital of the series in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Saturday 8 November 1884 71 1884 77 International Health Exhibition, London, 1884 : invitation to attend a public meeting of manufacturers, merchants, and others interested in approaching International Exhibition 71 1884 771 Programme of dramatic entertainment "Maria" in aid of the funds of the Mission Hall, 14 New Sneddon Street, Paisley, on Wednesday 3 December 1884 71 1884 773 Letter regarding convening a meeting of gentlemen in favour of instituting in Paisley a Home for patients suffering from Incurable Disease, to be held in the Council Chambers on Monday 15 December 1884 71 1884 775 Notice of Paisley Art Institute's annual exhibition, to be opened by a special conversazione in the Free Library and Museum Picture Gallery on Wednesday 24 December 1884 71 1884 777 Notice of Thomas Dalgliesh's new Ironmongery Warehouse, 18 Moss Street, Paisley 71 1884 779 Local Option and the Liquor Traffic : Notice of a local canvass in Paisley to ascertain whether its inhabitants are in favour of Local Option 71 1884 78 Rules of the Paisley Lawn Tennis Club, 1881 71 1884 783 Paisley Canal Line : Newspaper article on an action against the Glasgow & South Western Railway Company by Messrs Robert Brown & Son 71 1884 787 Conservative Demonstration : Platform ticket to the presentation to Lord Ernest W. Hamilton, in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Wednesday 12 November 1884

25 February 2020 Page 330 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 71 1884 789 Portrait of Lord Ernest W. Hamilton, taken by G. McKenzie, 5 Gilmour Street, Paisley 71 1884 79 The story of Lady Flora Hastings : reprinted from "Ayrshire Notes & Queries" in the Kilmarnock Standard 71 1884 791 Programme of a Grand Concert in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Tuesday 4 November 1884 71 1884 795 Programme of the Fifth Organ Recital of the series in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Saturday 22 November 1884 71 1884 797 Voting paper for the Leadership of Psalmody of the High Church, to be returned on Sunday 2 and Sunday 9 November 1884, with results 71 1884 802 Programme of the Seventh Organ Recital of the series in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Saturday 13 December 1884 71 1884 803 First annual report of the Paisley Gospel Temperance Union 71 1884 811 Paisley Philosophical Institution : course of lectures for session 1884-85 71 1884 813 Paisley Choral Union : prospectus of the choral and orchestral concerts (Third Series) in the George A. Clark Town Hall, season 1884-85 71 1884 823 Obituary of Mr Thomas Crichton of Paisley. From the Renfrewshire Advertiser of 23 November 1884 71 1884 825 Paisley Select Choir : Notice of a recital in St James' U.P. Church on Tuesday 16 December 1884 71 1884 827 Invitation to attend the George A. Clark Town Halls on Friday 9 January 1885 71 1884 829 Invitation to attend an evening assembly in the George A. Clark Halls on Friday 26 January 1883 71 1884 833 Obituary of Mr John Bartlemore of Bourtrees. Glasgow Herald 1 December 1884 71 1884 836 Paisley Art Institute : Honorary Member's Admission Ticket, exhibitions 1883-84 71 1884 839 In Memoriam card and invitation to attend the funeral of John Bartlemore on Wednesday 3 December 1884

25 February 2020 Page 331 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 71 1884 842 Newspaper article regarding Mr John Polson's letter on Henry George and the Land Question 71 1884 849 Newspaper article on the grand ball at Ardgowan to celebrate the marriage of Mr Michael Shaw Stewart 71 1884 854 Scottish Geographical Society, first session : Platform ticket for the inauguration address by Mr H. M. Stanley, in St Andrew's Hall, Glasgow on Monday 8 December 1884 71 1884 855 Notice of a general meeting of the shareholders of the Oban Hills Hydropathic Sanatorium regarding the liquidation of the company 71 1884 856 General abstract of the income and expenditure of the Loyal Alexander Wilson Lodge of Oddfellows, Paisley, No.2480, M.U., from 31 December 1883 to 31 December 1884 71 1884 860 Notice by Order of the Provost & Magistrates of the Burgh of Paisley regarding acceptable public behaviour 71 1884 862 Memoir and portrait of Mr D. Mackenzie Wallace : from The London Figaro, No.10, 27 December 1884 71 1884 864 Annual return of the Paisley Burgh Police for the year ending 31 December 1884 71 1884 866 Proposed feuing plan of part of the lands of Ardconnell, Oban, 1884 71 1884 868 Life of the Rev. Alexander Fleming, D.D., Minister of the Parish of Neilston, by John Fleming, M.A., Paisley 71 1884 872 The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society : notice of the Annual Meeting to be held on Monday 22 December 1884, and abstract statement of the Treasurer's Accounts 71 1884 877 Valuation of the Burgh of Paisley, and Paisley Parliamentary and Municipal Register of Voters, 1884-85, submitted by Mr Nisbet, Assessor 71 1884 95 Ninety eighth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary, for the year ending 31 December 1883 72 1885 1 Canada : its extent, general resources, etc. Information for intending settlers, published by the Government of Canada, with a map

25 February 2020 Page 332 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 72 1885 1016 Programme of a grand illustration of the life and works of Handel, to be given in the lecture hall of the Free Library and Museum on Tuesday 8 December 1885 72 1885 1018 Paisley Burgh Police : Superintendent's Return for the year ending 31 December 1885 72 1885 106 Report of the seventy seventh general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution, 1885 72 1885 152 Constitution and rules of the Paisley Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club, 1885 72 1885 164 Paisley Choral Union, third series of Choral & Orchestral Concerts, season 1884-85 : Programme of third orchestral concert in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Thursday 5 February 1885 72 1885 172 Invitation to attend the unveiling of the statue of George A. Clark, to be held in the Minor Hall of the George A. Clark Town Hall, on Wednesday 18 February 1885 72 1885 173 River Cart Improvement : invitation to attend a meeting in the Terrace Hall, Good Templar Buildings on Wednesday 18 February 1885, regarding the proposed tax for deepening the Cart 72 1885 174 Death notice of James McAlley, Bankside, 25 February 1885, aged 68 72 1885 175 Catalogue of ornamental coniferous trees, shrubs, fruit trees, roses, etc., Front page only to be sold by auction in the Good Templars' Lesser Hall, Paisley, on Thursday 12 February 1885. Robert Paterson, Auctioneer. 72 1885 176 Ticket to the re-opening services of the Middle Parish Church, 22 February 1885 72 1885 177 Advertisement of a lecture by Edith O'Gorman (the escaped nun), in the Good Templar Hall on Saturday 21 February 1885 72 1885 178 Annual reports of St George's Free Church for year ending 15 March 1885 72 1885 230 The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society : circular regarding increasing membership to enhance the funds of the Society 72 1885 233 Statistics of population and death rate of the Burgh of Paisley (Districts and Streets) for the year 1885

25 February 2020 Page 333 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 72 1885 234 Paisley Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club : invitation to attend a meeting of the Conservatives of the First Ward, to be held in the Free Martyrs Mission Hall, George Street, on Friday 27 February 1885, to appoint a Ward Committee 72 1885 235 Elderslie Parish Church : notice of a bazaar to be held in the Drill Hall, Paisley, on Thursday 26, Friday 27, and Saturday 28 February 1885, in aid of Manse enlargement and erection of Church Hall 72 1885 236 Newspaper article on the Middle Parish Church Congregational Soiree 72 1885 243 Newspaper article on The School Board and Grammar School Teacher's high salaries 72 1885 246 Newspaper on the Burgh Parochial Board election of Chairman and Committees 72 1885 249 Programme of the Fifteenth and last Organ Recital of the series in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Saturday 21 March 1885 72 1885 250 St Mirren Football Club : programme of Amateur Athletic Sports Bicycle Meeting, to be held at Westmarch Grounds, off Greenhill Road, on Saturday 18 April 1885 72 1885 254 Paisley Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club : letter notifying Robert Brown that he was elected as Honorary Vice President at the annual meeting 72 1885 254½ Bradshaw's Railway Map 72 1885 255 Newspaper article on the funeral of Dr Daniel Richmond 72 1885 257 The Improvement of the River Cart : report of the meeting of Town Council to consider the Cart Navigation Bill, Thursday 16 April 1885. Reprinted from the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette of 18 April 1885 72 1885 303 Letter regarding a meeting to be held in the Presbytery House, St George's Church, on Tuesday 21 April 1885, regarding petitions against Mr Dick Peddie's Bill 72 1885 304 Scotch Girls' Friendly Society : report and finances as at annual meeting, 8 April 1885

25 February 2020 Page 334 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 72 1885 307 Letter requesting attendance at a meeting of Conservatives to be held within the Lesser Room of the George A. Clark Town Hall on Friday 8 May 1885, for the purpose of constituting a Conservative Association for the Western Division of the County 72 1885 308 Abercorn Football Club: programme of Amateur Athletic Sports and Grand Musical Promenade to be held on the Club Ground, Blackstoun Park, Paisley on Saturday 16 May 1885 72 1885 312 Prospectus of Paisley Grammar School and Academy, under the management of the School Board, session 1885-86 72 1885 359 Opposition to Cart Bill : invitation to attend a meeting of objecting ratepayers to be held within the Terrace Committee Rooms on Monday 1 June 1885 72 1885 360 Menu for the Renfrewshire Cattle Show, Paisley, 4 June 1885 72 1885 361 Beaconsfield Club, Paisley : letter regarding subscriptions wanted 72 1885 364 Programme and list of competitors for the Paisley Grammar School Amateur Athletic Sports and Musical Promenade, at Blackstoun Park on Saturday 13 June 1885 72 1885 366 Invitation and Programme of music for the Distribution of Prizes for Caversbank House Ladies' School, to take place in the George A. Clark Minor Hall on Wednesday 24 June 1885 72 1885 367 Paisley High Church : voting form for the nomination of Elders 72 1885 368 Letter regarding the summer excursion of the Burns' Club members to Maybole, Culzean, etc. 72 1885 369 Sketches of the new cabinet of The Marquis of Salisbury. From "The Bailie", volume 26, No.663, 1 July 1885 72 1885 370 Programme and order of events of the John Neilson Institution Amateur Athletic Sports, in Westmarch Grounds, off Greenhill Road, on Saturday 4 July 1885 72 1885 374 St Mirren Football Club : Programme of the sixth Annual Amateur Sports to be held at Westmarch Grounds, off Greenhill Road, on Saturday 25 July 1885

25 February 2020 Page 335 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 72 1885 382 Report of the thirty third annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley, 15 July 1880 72 1885 458 Programme of the Paisley Race Meeting, Thursday 13 and Friday 14 August 1885 72 1885 462 Programme of the Strathspey Athletic Sports, 1885 72 1885 463 Newspaper article on a Bazaar at Grantown 72 1885 470 Newspaper article on the Strathspey Farmers' Club annual show 72 1885 477 The Paisley Tramways Company (Limited) : issue of 2900 shares 72 1885 478 Advie Manse Bazaar : a grand fancy bazaar in aid of the fund for building a manse at Advie, Strathspey, to be held within the Public Hall, Grantown, on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 August 1885 72 1885 482 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church (Low Parish, Paisley), with other statements, 1884-85 72 1885 559 Annual report of the Abbey, Paisley, 1885 72 1885 591 Report for 1884-85 of the High Church Ecclesiastical Trustees 72 1885 647 Newspaper article regarding the purchase of Burns manuscript of Tam o'Shanter by Kilmarnock Museum 72 1885 647 Burns Club : Letter regarding a trip to Fairlie on Saturday 5 September 1885, leaving Canal Street Station 72 1885 648 Paisley Coffee Room : letter regarding increasing subscriptions 72 1885 650 Paisley Conservative Association : letter of invitation to accompany Lord Harris and Mr C.B. Stuart-Wortley MP to the platform on the occasion of a Conservative Demonstration in the Town Hall on Wednesday 30 September 1885 72 1885 651 Programme for a Grand Concert of the Glasgow Select Choir in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Monday 28 September 1885 72 1885 652 The Paisley Chronicle : Advert for a new weekly newspaper for Paisley and District to be published for the first time on Saturday 12 September 1885 72 1885 653 Programme for the first of a series of organ recitals in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Saturday 19 September 1885

25 February 2020 Page 336 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 72 1885 656 Newspaper article on the Paisley and Renfrewshire Electoral Statistics 72 1885 659 Photograph of Archibald MacKenzie Esq., one of the Bailies of Paisley. Supplement to the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette of 3 October 1885 72 1885 660 Photograph of Robert Cochran Esq., Ladyburn, Town Treasurer, Paisley. Supplement to the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette of 26 September 1885 72 1885 661 Photograph of James Weir Esq., one of the Bailies of Paisley. Supplement to the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette of 17 October 1885 72 1885 662 Photograph of George Dobie Esq., one of the Bailies of Paisley. Supplement to the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette of 24 October 1885 72 1885 663 Forty fourth annual report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, September 1885 72 1885 668 Report for 1884-85 of the High Church Ecclesiastical Trustees 72 1885 724 Notice to the electors of Paisley from W.B. Barbour regarding not standing for re-election 72 1885 726 Letter of invitation to attend a meeting of the Church Interests Committee in the Presbytery House on Tuesday 29 September 1885. To consider Report of Committee appointed to draft constitution for a Church Defence Association in Paisley 72 1885 727 Beaconsfield Club, Paisley : proposal for Sir Archibald C. Campbell take the chair at the demonstration on Wednesday 30 September 1885 72 1885 728 Paisley Conservative Association : programme for a Conservative demonstration in the Town Hall on Wednesday 30 September 1885 72 1885 729 Paisley Conservative Association : platform ticket for a Conservative demonstration in the Town Hall on Wednesday 30 September 1885 72 1885 730 Portrait of Major R. M. McKerrell of Hillhouse, Conservative candidate for Paisley. Supplement of the Paisley Daily Express 30 September 1885 72 1885 731 Robert Mure McKerrell of Hillhouse, Conservative candidate for Paisley : sketch of his family and career. Paisley Daily Express 24 September 1885 72 1885 737 Newspaper article regarding the National Union of Conservative Associations for Scotland annual conference, to take place in the Galleries of the Institute of Fine Arts, Glasgow

25 February 2020 Page 337 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 72 1885 737 Burns Club : letter regarding the annual trip being arranged for Saturday 10 October to Bridge of Weir 72 1885 738 Ticket to a meeting of ratepayers in the Burgh of Paisley to be held within To consider the Scheme for the George A. Clark Town Hall on Monday 20 October 1884 Improving the Navigation of the River Cart, and Harbour of Paisley, and Sanction a Guarantee Rate in aid thereof 72 1885 739 Notice to the Electors of West Renfrewshire from A.C. Campbell stating his intention to offer himself as a Candidate for representation in Parliament 72 1885 74 Programme for Burns' Anniversary in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Monday 26 January 1885, for the Monument Fund. The Tannahill Choir of 350 voices will sing with grand organ accompaniment 72 1885 740 Letter and subscription form from Alexander Gardner regarding the first volume of "Archaeological and Historical Collections relating to the County of Renfrew" is ready 72 1885 742 Programme for a grand pianoforte and violin recital to be held in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Tuesday 6 October 1885 72 1885 743 Programme for the fourth of a series of organ recitals in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Saturday 31 October 1885 72 1885 744 Programme for the third of a series of organ recitals in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Saturday 17 October 1885 72 1885 745 Platform ticket for the presentation of Freedom of the Burgh of Paisley to the Right Honourable The Earl of Roseburn, in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Friday 16 October 1885 72 1885 746 Letter to the Electors of Paisley from James Clark offering himself as a Candidate to represent them in parliament in the Liberal interest 72 1885 747 Invitation to the opening of the Model Lodging House, Well Street, Paisley on Monday 2 November 1885 72 1885 748 Notice of properties (Nos. 11 and 12) in New Smithhills Street, Paisley, to be sold within the County Hotel on Thursday 12 November 1885 72 1885 749 Programme of a grand pianoforte and violin recital to be given in the George A. Clark Town Hall, Paisley on Tuesday 6 October 1885

25 February 2020 Page 338 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 72 1885 75 Evangelical Union Church, New Street, Paisley : annual soiree on Tuesday 6 December 1881 72 1885 750 Notice of a special morning service to be held in celebration of the Season of Universal International Prayer on behalf of Sabbath School Work, in the Good Templar Hall on Sunday 18 October 1885 72 1885 751 Beaconsfield Club : invitation to attend a meeting of the Electors of the 4th Ward in the Good Templar hall on Tuesday 27 October 1885, and to accompany Major McKerrell to the Platform 72 1885 753 Parliamentary Election : Election notice to the electors by R.M. McKerrell, 1 October 1885 72 1885 754 Conservative Club, Glasgow : Invitation to a dinner in the Club on Wednesday 4 November 1885, attended by Lord Iddesleigh, prior to the meeting in Saint Andrews Hall 72 1885 755 Paisley Church Defence Association : notice of a meeting to be held in the High Church hall, Oakshaw Street, on Wednesday 14 October 1885 72 1885 756 Letter from Archibald MacKenzie regarding nomination for representing the Fourth Ward in the upcoming election 72 1885 757 Family Card for the Paisley Horticultural Society's Exhibitions on 26 & 27 March and 3 & 4 September 1885 in the George A. Clark Town Hall 72 1885 758 Abercorn Habitation : Letter from the Council of the Ladies' Rainbow League requesting attendance of a meeting in the Clark Halls, Paisley on Thursday 5 November 1885 72 1885 759 Notice of a reduction in price of the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette on Saturday 31 October 1885, to one penny 72 1885 760 High Church : voting paper on the introduction of an organ into the High Church, with results 72 1885 761 Paisley Choral Union : Prospectus of the fourth series of choral and orchestral concerts in the George A. Clark Town Hall, season 1885-86 72 1885 767 Notice of a lecture by Sir Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne 72 1885 768 Notice debating the allegation "Is the Church of Scotland a Minority?" in a volume entitled "The Case for Disestablishment" recently published

25 February 2020 Page 339 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 72 1885 770 Paisley Convalescent Home : invitation to attend a meeting on Wednesday 21 October 1885, to consider Draft Constitution and Rules, and to appoint additional Directors 72 1885 771 Notice of the extension of the visit of The Magneticon : Magnetism and Electricity, in the George A. Clark Town Hall, until Saturday 31 October 1885 72 1885 775 Paisley Church Defense Association : Notice of a meeting of Churchmen and others opposed to the Disestablishment of the Church of Scotland, in the Clark Town Halls on Wednesday 21 October 1885 72 1885 776 Sketch of Lord Rosebery's visit to Paisley, showing Provost Clark presenting the Freedom of Paisley. By W.A. Donnelly 72 1885 778 Letter written by the Marquis of Salisbury to Mr T.G. Murray of Edinburgh, in answer to a communication calling his Lordship's attention to the Resolution passed at the recent meeting of the Commission of the Church of Scotland 72 1885 782 The Illustrated London News, No.2427, vol. LXXXVII, Saturday 24 October 1885 : The General Election Campaign - sketches of Lord Rosebery at Paisley 72 1885 784 Cartoon on the subject of the Parliamentary Election, Paisley, 1885 "Weighed in the Balance" 72 1885 785 Cartoon on the subject of the Parliamentary Election, Paisley, 1885 "Mrs M'Sneddon's Dream" 72 1885 786 Cartoon on the subject of the Parliamentary Election, Paisley, 1885 "The Modern St George". Included in sketch "Keep your eye on Paisley" 72 1885 787 Committee of Management of the Paisley Free Public Library & Museum, November 1885 72 1885 788 Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley ; Water, Gas, and Police Commissioners ; Public Health Local Authority ; Road and Cart Navigation Trustees, Committees, etc., 1885 - 1886 72 1885 789 Paisley Philosophical Institution : programme of a course of lectures for session 1885-86 72 1885 79 Paisley Burns Club : Toast list for Burns' Anniversary in the Globe Hotel on Monday 26 January 1885

25 February 2020 Page 340 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 72 1885 790 Letter regarding polling in the County of Renfrew on Tuesday 1 December 1885 72 1885 791 Gilchrist Educational Trust : Syllabus of science lectures for the people, under the auspices of The Paisley Philosophical Society, on Thursday evenings in the Lecture Hall of the Good Templar Hall 72 1885 792 The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society : letter inviting ex-Provost Brown to be nominated as a Director of the Society 72 1885 793 Relief of the Unemployed : Provost Cochran calling a meeting to co­ operate in a movement for raising a Subscription to relieve the destitute and unemployed, to be held in the Council Chambers on Monday 30 November 1885 72 1885 794 Letter from William Bow regarding voting for him at the election of Trustees of the River Cart, on Tuesday 10 November 1885 72 1885 795 Address by Sir Archibald Campbell to the electors of West Renfrewshire 72 1885 797 Address by R.M. McKerrell regarding securing his vote at the Parliamentary Election for the representation of Paisley, on Wednesday 25 November 1885 72 1885 799 Objectives of The Primrose League, 122 George Street, Edinburgh 72 1885 80 Paisley Burns Club : Menu for Burns' Anniversary in the Globe Hotel on Monday 26 January 1885 72 1885 800 Newspaper article on Mr Barbour, the Liberal Candidate, 24 November 1885 72 1885 803 Sketch of William B. Barbour Esq., the Liberal Candidate for Paisley. Supplement to the Paisley Daily Express, 24 November 1885 72 1885 804 Eighth annual report of the Paisley Art Institute, 1885 72 1885 81 Programme of the Ninth Organ Recital of the series in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Saturday 10 January 1885 72 1885 82 Forty seventh annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 12 January 1885, with the minutes of the meeting 72 1885 835 Programme of a grand concert to be given in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Monday 9 November 1885

25 February 2020 Page 341 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 72 1885 839 An Election lay, by "Justice" 72 1885 840 Programme of a grand organ recital to be given in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Tuesday 17 November 1885 72 1885 844 Programme for Mr McKerrell's meeting on 24 November 1885 72 1885 845 Summary of election offences 72 1885 846 The Bit o' Land, by "Tatby" 72 1885 847 Newspaper article on Mr Gladstone in Edinburgh : unveiling of the Market Cross 72 1885 859 Paisley Philosophical Institution : Coats Observatory meteorological observations, 1885 72 1885 860 Disestablishment : a Scottish Catechism for the Times, by the Rev. James Dodds, D.D., Minister at Corstorphine 72 1885 877 Thirty fifth annual report of the Paisley Ragged and Industrial School, 1885 72 1885 89 In Memoriam card of Aleck Gordon, fourth son of James Murray, died at Langholme, Castlehead, Paisley, on Monday 12 January 1885, aged 2 years and 6 months 72 1885 89 In Memoriam card of James Clark, died at 64 Canal Street, paisley on 27 January 1885, aged 71 years 72 1885 890 First annual report of the Paisley Society for the Treatment of Diseases Considered Incurable, year ending 31 December 1885 72 1885 898 Programme for the sixth of a series of organ recitals in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Saturday 5 December 1885 72 1885 898½ Menu for a reception for the commemoration of the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign, in the Free Public Library and Museum, 22 June 1897 72 1885 899 Letter of apology for absence from the Rev Brown to the Library Committee 72 1885 899½ Address by Robert Mure McKerrell regarding securing his vote at the Parliamentary Election for the representation of Paisley, on Wednesday 25 November 1885

25 February 2020 Page 342 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 72 1885 90 Invitation to dinner from Mr Stewart Clark to ex Provost Brown, on Monday 19 January 1885 72 1885 900 Advertisement and order form for The History of Paisley by Robert Brown, Underwood Park, Paisley 72 1885 900½ Ardconnel Lodge, Oban : Highland Residential and Feuing Estate, for sale by private bargain 72 1885 905 Annual return of the Paisley Provident Co-Operative Society Limited, for the year ending 31 December 1885 72 1885 906 Annual statement of the Paisley Equitable Friendly Society income and expenditure from 1 December 1884 to 30 November 1885. Also a general balance for the year 1885 72 1885 907 Paisley Coffee Rooms : Letter regarding unpaid rent for the half year of £25 72 1885 908 Ticket for a conversazione of the Workers of the High Parish Church, in the Art Gallery of the George A. Clark Hall on Wednesday 2 December 1885 72 1885 909 The Scottish Provident Institution : correspondence regarding Mr Winning's Agency 72 1885 91 Toast list and sentiments of the Innocents at Home, on Friday 2 January 72 1885 913 Royalty Theatre, Paisley : notice of last appearance tonight of Miss Florence Warden and her company in the great drama of The House on the Marsh 72 1885 914 Catalogue of the books connected with Paisley, and other works, being part of the library which belonged to the late P. Comyn MacGregor Esq. of Brediland, to be sold by public auction on Wednesday 9 December 1885 within the Terrace Good Templar Hall, Pais 72 1885 916 Paisley Art Institute : catalogue of the Tenth Exhibition in the Library and Museum Picture Gallery, opened Wednesday 23 December 1885 72 1885 95 Newspaper article on the Educational Census of Paisley, Thursday 29 January 1885

25 February 2020 Page 343 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 72 1885 97 The Paisley Society for the Treatment of Diseases Considered Incurable : Mr Archibald Coats of Woodside Letter regarding the setting up of a Home for Patients suffering from donating a property on Corsebar diseases considered incurable. Road for this purpose 72 1885 976 Catalogue of illustrated and scientific books and library furniture, which belonged to the late P. Comyn MacGregor Esq. of Brediland, to be sold at public auction on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 December 1885 72 1885 98 Constitution and regulations of The Paisley Society for the Treatment of Diseases Considered Incurable 72 1885 Page661½ Photograph of James Wills Esq., one of the Bailies of Paisley. Supplement to the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette of 10 October 1885 73 1886 1 Paisley Ornithological Association : catalogue of entries of poultry, In connection with the pigeons, canaries, home & foreign birds etc. Association's thirty second annual grand exhibition and competition, held in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley, on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd January 1886 73 1886 103 Special family ticket to the Paisley Ornithological Association's thirty second annual grand exhibition and competition, held in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley, on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd January 1886 73 1886 104 High Parish Church Scheme of Church Door Collecting : Elders and Trustees, 1886 73 1886 105 Visit to Paisley of Sir William Fox, ex-Prime Minister of New Zealand, on Notice of a Deputation from the Monday 12 January 1885 Scottish Permissive Bill Association to address a meeting under the auspices of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, in the Good Templar Hall on Monday 12 January 1885 73 1886 106 Menu for the occasion of a visit to Paisley of Sir William Fox, ex-Prime Minister of New Zealand, on Monday 12 January 1885 73 1886 107 Newspaper article on the Beaconsfield Club Ball, from the Express, 22 January 1886

25 February 2020 Page 344 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 73 1886 111 Paisley Burns Club : Toast List and Menu for the Celebration of the one hundred and twenty seventh anniversary of the birthday of Robert Burns, in the Globe Hotel, Paisley, 25 January 1886 73 1886 114 Notice of the first Annual General Meeting of the Paisley Society for the Treatment of Diseases considered Incurable, in the Council Chambers on Thursday 28 January 1886 73 1886 116 Plan of seating inside St James Church, Paisley 73 1886 117 Newspaper article on Valuation v Population of Paisley, 1886 73 1886 118 Letter regarding raising subscriptions to form the Central Reading Room, to be based in the Terrace Hall, Good Templar Institute 73 1886 119 Newspaper article on "Of Almost Miraculous Power" from the Glasgow Herald, 16 January 1886 73 1886 121 Advertisement of hairdressing for ladies and gentlemen by Monsieur Felix Fenino (from Calazel's) at 23 School Wynd, Paisley, January 1886 73 1886 122 Paisley Convalescent Home : constitution and rules, and board of directors, January 1886 73 1886 128 Forty eighth annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees and Managers, held 11 January 1886, with the minutes of the meeting 73 1886 135 Letter informing Robert Brown that he has been appointed Honorary Vice President of the Conservative Association, Paisley, 16 February 1886 73 1886 136 Platform ticket for the Presentation of the Burgh of Paisley to the Right Honourable The Earl of Rosebery, in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Tuesday 17 February 1885 73 1886 137 Programme of a Grand Ballad Concert to be held in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Monday 1 February 1886 73 1886 139 "A Rainy Day", poem by Daniel King, Port Glasgow 73 1886 140 Notice of a concert by the Grammar School Choir, in the Good Templars' Hall on Friday 5 March 1886 73 1886 141 Letter of invitation to Robert Brown for a meeting of the Primrose League

25 February 2020 Page 345 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 73 1886 142 Letter regarding the River Cart Improvement, and a list of principal subscriptions already received 73 1886 146 The Primrose League : Rules of the Paisley "Knights" Habitation, no.232, no.1 of Scotland 73 1886 147 Neilson Institution Senior School Scheme of Lessons, Session XXXIV 1884­ 85, Quarter III, no.91, February to April 1885 73 1886 148 Newspaper article regarding the Edinburgh Courant newspaper, from the Glasgow Herald, 6 February 1886 73 1886 151 Newspaper article on a speech by Mr Reginald MacLeod at a meeting under the auspices of the Abercorn Dames Habitation of the Primrose League 73 1886 155 Notice of the death of John McInnes, a writer from Paisley, at Craigmore, Rothesay on 27 March 1886 73 1886 156 Notice of a meeting of objectors to the Cart Navigation Bill, 1885, to be held in the Committee Room of the Good Templar Halls on Monday 9 March 1885 73 1886 157 Letter regarding the meeting of objectors to the Cart Navigation Bill, 1885, to be held in the Committee Room of the Good Templar Halls on Monday 9 March 1885 73 1886 158 Programme of the Paisley Grammar School concert in the Good Templar Hall on Friday 5 March 1886 73 1886 162 The Primrose League, Paisley Knights Habitation no.232, no.1 of Scotland : Ticket for an address on the aims and objects of the League, by W.H. Hadow Esq., Edinburgh, on Thursday 4 March 1886, in the Terrace Templar Hall 73 1886 163 Letter regarding attending the meeting of promoters of the Cart Navigation Bill, 1885, to be held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday 11 March 1885 73 1886 164 Ticket for the thirteenth annual soiree of the employees of Vulcan Works, Fullerton, Hodgart & Barclay, in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Friday 19 March 1886

25 February 2020 Page 346 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 73 1886 165 The Primrose League, Primrose Day 1886 : Programme for the first annual conversazione of The "Abercorn", 666, and "Paisley"232 (no.1 of Scotland) Habitation, in the Good Templar Hall 73 1886 166 The Scottish Provident Institution : letter regarding the Paisley Agency and the misunderstanding with former agent Mr Winning 73 1886 167 Newspaper article regarding The Primrose League, Wednesday 10 March 1886 73 1886 169 Centenary of Paisley Infirmary : invitation to the 100th annual meeting of subscribers, to be held in the George A. Clark Minor Hall on Thursday 18 March 1886 73 1886 172 St George's Free Church, Paisley : annual reports for year ending 15 March 1886 73 1886 222 Invitation to attend the funeral of Isabella Dunlop at the Southern Necropolis on Tuesday 10 March 1885 73 1886 223 Newspaper article on a lecture by the Rev. Dr. Brown on "Mr Chamberlain's place in politics", in the lecture hall of the Liberal Club, Paisley Daily Express Tuesday 23 March 1886 73 1886 224 Programme for a concert by the pupils of the Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind, London, in St Andrew's Hall on Thursday 12 March 1885 73 1886 225 The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society : invitation to attend a meeting of Directors, at 225 West George Street, Glasgow on 30 March 1886 73 1886 226 Invitation by Mr Stewart Clark to Mr Robert Brown to dinner on Monday 5 April 1886 73 1886 227 Report by the Directors of The Paisley Cemetery Company Limited, to the forty first Annual General Meeting of the shareholders, 30 March 1886 73 1886 228 Paisley Art Institute : notice of the Annual General Meeting of members and honorary members, to be held in the School of Art on Thursday 3 June 1886 73 1886 229 Invitation by Mr Archibald Dunlop to Mr Robert Brown to dinner in the Central Hotel on Wednesday 24 March 1886

25 February 2020 Page 347 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 73 1886 230 Menu for the dinner held by Mr Archibald Dunlop in the Central Hotel on Wednesday 24 March 1886 73 1886 231 Mr John Polson on the Land Question : from the Paisley Daily Express of 30 and 31 March 1886 73 1886 232 St James' United Presbyterian Church : reports for year ending 31 March 1886 73 1886 326 The Paisley Water Commissioners : invitation to Mr Brown to attend the opening ceremony of Camphill Reservoir on Monday 3 May 1886. Includes menu for dinner afterwards 73 1886 327 Testimonials in favour of Mr Donald Sutherland, Superintendent of Police, Paisley for his application for the situation of Superintendent of Police in Dundee, 1876 73 1886 336 Advertisement for George McKenzie, photographer, 5 Gilmour Street, Paisley 73 1886 337 Church History : a paper read by Matthew Blair, at a quarterly meeting of the Elders' Association in connection with the United Presbyterian Presbytery of Paisley, held at Paisley on 23 April 1883 73 1886 370 Advertisement for William Peattie, Merchant Tailor, 2 Gilmour Street, Paisley 73 1886 371 Newspaper article "Mr John Polson on the Irish Question" 73 1886 372 Invitation by the Directors of Paisley Convalescent Home, West Kilbride, to the public opening of the Home on Saturday 8 May 1886 73 1886 373 Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club : invitation to attend a conjoint meeting of the Office Bearers to take place within the Writing Room of the Club on Wednesday 5 May 1886 73 1886 374 Abercorn Football Club Amateur Athletic Sports : programme of the second day at Blackstoun Park, Paisley on Saturday 15 May 1886 73 1886 378 Conservative Association and Beaconsfield Club : letter regarding the Also, arrangements for a further conclusion of a conjoint meeting of the Office Bearers to take place meeting on Wednesday 12 May within the Writing Room of the Club on Wednesday 5 May 1886 1886 73 1886 379 New Club Series : announcement of the intended publication of Chalmers' Caledonia

25 February 2020 Page 348 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 73 1886 380 The Club : suggestion that at the Annual Meeting on 27 May 1886, the members might consider securing a site on the vacant space at the Cross to erect Club premises 73 1886 381 The Clydesdale Bank Limited : invitation to attend a meeting of the Committee to be held at St Mirren Street on Tuesday 1 June 1886 73 1886 382 Home Rule Bill : copy correspondence between A. Cameron Corbett Esq. M.P. and Neil MacNish Esq. 73 1886 385 The Club : notice of a Special General Meeting of the Members of The Club to be held within the club house on Tuesday 8 June 1886 regarding acquiring vacant site at the Cross to erect Club premises 73 1886 386 Renfrewshire Constabulary : Chief Constable's annual return of crimes and offences for the year from 15 May 1885 till 15 May 1886 73 1886 389 Letter from Archibald Cameron Corbett regarding the Home Rule Bill 73 1886 390 The Club, Paisley : report by the Committee of the Club to the sixth Annual General Meeting, 27 May 1886. Includes statement of accounts for the year ended 30 April 1886 73 1886 391 Rules of the West Renfrewshire Conservative Association 73 1886 392 Tenth annual report of the Paisley Art Institute, 1887 73 1886 408 Ninth annual report of the Paisley Art Institute, 1886 73 1886 440 Menu to be served at a dinner at Underwood Park, 4 June 1884 73 1886 441 Burns Club : arrangements for a trip to Mauchline and Tarbolton on Saturday 12 June 1886 73 1886 442 Invitation to attend the funeral of the mother of Jane Law on Saturday 12 June 1886 73 1886 443 Programme of the John Neilson Institution Amateur Athletics Sports in Westmarch Grounds on Saturday 19 June 1886 73 1886 445 Invitation to the Paisley Corporation Gas Exhibition, 1886 73 1886 446 Advertisement for the Paisley Corporation Gas Exhibition to be held in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley on Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 June 1886

25 February 2020 Page 349 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 73 1886 447 Complimentary season ticket to the Paisley Corporation Gas Exhibition, Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 June 1886, available for course of practical lessons on cookery by Miss Keith of the Glasgow School of Cookery 73 1886 448 Statement to the electors of Paisley by J. Parker Smith, 18 June 1886 73 1886 449 Statement to the electors of West Renfrewshire by Archibald C. Campbell, 19 June 1886 73 1886 450 Paisley Burgh Election, 1886 : Mr Parker Smith's candidature 73 1886 451 Paisley Burgh Election, 1886 : statement to the electors of Paisley by William B. Barbour, 19 June 1886 73 1886 452 Statement to the electors of the Western Division of Renfrewshire by William Dunn, 24 June 1886 73 1886 453 Paisley Grammar School and Academy : programme of the public exhibition and distribution of prizes, Friday 25 June 1886 73 1886 454 Letter of invitation to the Paisley Grammar School and Academy public exhibition and distribution of prizes, Friday 25 June 1886 73 1886 455 Paisley Election, 1886 : Invitation to attend a meeting of the General Committee within the Central Committee Rooms, 29 June 1886 regarding Mr Parker Smith's candidature 73 1886 455 Election : Candidature of A. Cameron Corbett M.P. : address to the electors in the Grand National Halls, Main Street, , Thursday 1 July 1886 73 1886 456 Letter regarding the address to the electors of West Renfrewshire by Archibald C. Campbell, 25 June 1886 73 1886 457 West Renfrewshire Conservative Association : letter regarding subscriptions to the fund, and list of current subscribers, by Charles Bine Renshaw 73 1886 459 Beaconsfield Club : invitation to accompany Sir Archibald C. Campbell M.P. to the platform on the occasion of a Unionist Demonstration in Paisley Town Hall on Tuesday 22 June 1886 73 1886 460 Unionist Demonstration : Tickets for "C" front area and "A" platform for the address by The Right Honourable The Earl of Iddesleigh G.C.B., in Paisley Town Hall on Tuesday 22 June 1886

25 February 2020 Page 350 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 73 1886 461 Liberal Unionist Demonstration : Platform ticket for the address by the Most Noble The Marquis of Hartington M.P. in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Saturday 26 June 1886 73 1886 462 Irish Question no.3 : Desertion & Coercion - paper on the Home Rule issue 73 1886 476 Statement regarding the election of Poor Law Guardians for the Bantry Union, County Cork, 1886 73 1886 477 Paisley Burgh Election : reminder to attend the Court Chambers on Friday 2 July 1886 regarding Mr J. Parker Smith's nomination 73 1886 478 Invitation to the annual inspection of the Water Works on Wednesday 14 July 1886 73 1886 479 Example of polling card in favour of William Dunn, for the West Renfrewshire Election on Friday 9 July 1886 73 1886 479½ Example of polling card in favour of W.B. Barbour, for the Paisley Parliamentary Election on Wednesday 7 July 1886 73 1886 479¾ Notice of the thirty fourth annual public examination of the John Neilson Educational Institution to take place on Wednesday 14 July 1886 73 1886 480 Example of polling card in favour of Archibald Cameron Corbett, for the Tradeston Election (16th Ward) on July 1886 73 1886 481 Mr J. Parker Smith's candidature for the Paisley Burgh Election of 1886 73 1886 482 Example of polling card in favour of James Parker Smith, for the Paisley Burgh Election on Wednesday 7 July 1886 73 1886 484 West Renfrewshire Election, 1886 : Platform ticket for a meeting of Committees and supporters of Sir A.C. Campbell, in the Good Templars' Hall, on Friday 16 July 1886 73 1886 485 Letter by John Anderson to the Trustees and Managers of the National Security Savings Bank, Paisley, offering himself as a candidate for the vacant position of Auditorship 73 1886 486 Thirtieth Annual Report of the "Sneddon Callans" Association, 1885-86 73 1886 490 Example of polling card in favour of Sir Archibald Campbell, for the West Renfrewshire Election on Friday 9 July 1886

25 February 2020 Page 351 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 73 1886 491 Programme for the examination of the Senior Department of the Neilson Institution on Wednesday 14 July 1886 73 1886 492 The Conservative Club : Invitation to a meeting to consider the proposal of presenting a portrait to Sir Archibald Campbell of Blythswood to recognise his services to the Conservative Cause in the West of Scotland, on Wednesday 28 July 1886 73 1886 493 Invitation to attend the laying of the memorial stone of the Congregational Church, Paisley on Tuesday 3 August 1886 73 1886 494 Letter by Matthew Muir to the Managers of the National Security Savings Bank, Paisley, offering himself as a candidate for the vacant position of Auditor 73 1886 495 The Conservative Club : unanimous agreement to the proposal of presenting a portrait to Sir Archibald Campbell of Blythswood to recognise his services to the Conservative Cause in the West of Scotland, and call for subscriptions 73 1886 496 Programme of St Mirren Football Club seventh Annual Amateur Athletics Sports, to be held at Westmarch Grounds on Greenhill Road on Saturdays 24 and 31 July 1886 73 1886 500 The Primrose League - Scottish Branch : its objects 73 1886 501 Election notice by Mr John Bright, the friend of Ireland, condemning the Home Rule Bill again in his Election Manifesto 73 1886 502 Election notice by the National Liberal Federation of Scotland to the electors of Glasgow 73 1886 503 Letter by James Winning to the Managers of the National Security Savings Bank, Paisley, offering himself as a candidate for the vacant position of Auditor 73 1886 504 Letter from James Dunn seeking support for his application for the vacant position of Auditor with the National Security Savings Bank 73 1886 506 Letter from A.M. Philips seeking support for his application for the vacant position of Auditor with the National Security Savings Bank 73 1886 507 Guarantee Fund for the Fifth Series of Concerts of the Paisley Choral Union, Season 1886-87

25 February 2020 Page 352 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 73 1886 508 Letter from Matthew Muir seeking support for his application for the vacant position of Auditor with the National Security Savings Bank 73 1886 Inside inde Programme of Paisley Musical Association's Grand Sacred Concert "The Good Shepherd", a cantata by Mr John Francis Barnett, and miscellaneous selections, on Thursday 5 April 1877 74 1886 1 What boycotting means ; or, How Irish men govern themselves 74 1886 13 Programme for performance of Mr Sydney Galvayne, the Australian horse tamer and trainer, opening in Paisley on Monday 9 August 1886 74 1886 134 Forty sixth Annual Report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, September 1887 74 1886 14 Programme of the Paisley Race Meeting, Thursday 12 August 1886 74 1886 141 Annual Report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of the High Church of Paisley, 1886-87, with appendix 74 1886 17 Programme of the Paisley Race Meeting, Friday 13 August 1886 74 1886 20 Doggart's Hotel, Pitlochry : new and revised priced list of hires (see excursion list) 74 1886 205 Annual Report of the Middle Parish Church, Paisley, 1884-85 74 1886 23 Letter regarding a dinner to Mr James Wilson in the Globe Hotel on Friday 3 September 1886 74 1886 24 Letter from Mr Brown declining the invitation to the dinner for Mr James Wilson, but enclosing a subscription 74 1886 25 Letter regarding subscribing to the dinner for Mr James Wilson, factor of Hawkhead and Fenwick Estates, in the Globe Hotel on Friday 3 September 1886 74 1886 26 Thirtieth Annual Report of the "Sneddon Callans'" Association, 1885-86 74 1886 261 Annual Report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of the High Church of Paisley, 1885-86, with appendix 74 1886 30 Example of a voting card for the Tradeston Division election, in favour of John Miller Dow Meiklejohn 74 1886 31 Menu for the Crieff Hydropathic, Saturday 21 August 1886

25 February 2020 Page 353 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 74 1886 313 Abstract accounts, charge and discharge of the income and expenditure of the Community of Paisley, from 30 September 1864 till 30 September 1865 74 1886 32 Membership form for the West of Scotland Imperial Union Club 74 1886 33 Glasgow Archaeological Society : itinerary for excursion to Torwood and Stirling, Thursday 9 September 1886 74 1886 339 Newspaper article on the Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir 74 1886 344 Notice of a General Meeting of Justices of the Peace, to be held within the Renfrew Town Hall, on Tuesday 26 October 1886 74 1886 344 Notice of the forty sixth Annual General Meeting of the Paisley Iceland Curling Club, to be held in the County Hotel on Wednesday 20 October 1886 74 1886 345 Invitation to the Annual Meeting of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society to take place on Tuesday 26 October 1886 in the Hall of the Free Middle Church 74 1886 345 Invitation to dinner with Mr Barbour, in the St Enoch Hotel, Glasgow on Thursday 1 October 1886 74 1886 346 List of members of the Conservative Club, Glasgow, 1 October 1886 74 1886 35 Primrose League : Letter regarding holding a meeting with the Ruling Councillors and Secretaries of the Habitations in Glasgow and neighbourhood to discuss the desire to hold a Grand Demonstration of the League in Glasgow during November 74 1886 37 Letter regarding a public meeting of manufacturers, merchants and others interested in the Adelaids Jubilee International Exhibition 1887, in the Council Chambers on Monday 27 September 1886 74 1886 38 Notice of a sale of goods at Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley, and depots connected therewith, following the death of the Managing Partner, John Brown 74 1886 39 The education and employment of the blind, by T.R. Armitage. Reviewed Read at the fifth Annual by John MacDonald Conference of the Scottish Out- Door Blind Teachers' Union, held at Stirling on 15 June 1886

25 February 2020 Page 354 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 74 1886 418 Report of the seventy eighth General Meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution, 1886 74 1886 450 Philosophical Institution : notice of the first Ordinary Meeting of Session seventy eighth, to be held in the Hall of the Free Library on Tuesday 19 October 1886 74 1886 452 Paisley Philosophical Institution : course of lectures for session 1886-87 74 1886 453 Grampian Club : letter regarding delivery of Social Life in Scotland, volume 3 74 1886 455 Private School for the Education of Young Ladies, 28b Upper Gray Street, Edinburgh : course of instruction and terms per quarter 74 1886 456 List of subscribers for the portrait of Sir Archibald C. Campbell 74 1886 459 The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society : invitation to attend a Meeting of Directors to be held in Tuesday 12 October 1886 74 1886 460 Philosophical Institution, session 1886-87 : opening address by the President, Sheriff Cowan, 19 October 1886 74 1886 469 Conservative Association : letter regarding raising a subscription to pay for the decorating and furnishing of new premises at 26 High Street, and to provide a fund to aid in the upkeep of the rooms 74 1886 470 West of Scotland Imperial Union Club : letter regarding the formation of club since a Separatist policy has been adopted and a Separatist party organised under the auspices of the National Liberal Federations of England and Scotland 74 1886 473 Seventy fifth Annual Report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society, 1886 74 1886 481 Newspaper article on "Industries of Paisley - past and present" No.1, from the Glasgow Herald, 21 October 1865 74 1886 488 Comparative abstracts of the valuation of the County of Renfrew, 1885­ 86 and 1886-87, October 1886 74 1886 492 Letter to the electors of the Fourth Ward by Peter Eadie, offering himself as a candidate for the present vacancy

25 February 2020 Page 355 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 74 1886 493 Newspaper article on the Annual Meeting of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, reprinted from the Paisley Daily Express of 28 October 1886 74 1886 496 George Street United Presbyterian Church Bazaar to aid renovation funds, October 1886 74 1886 500 Letter to the electors of the Fourth Ward by James Goudie, offering himself as a candidate for re-election 74 1886 503 Programme of a Grand Evening Concert in the George A. Clark Town Hall, Paisley, on Saturday 6 November 1886 74 1886 506 Scottish History Society : letter regarding renewal of subscription 74 1886 507 Paisley Art Institute : ticket to the opening conversazione to be held in the School of Art on Thursday 4 November 1886, when a paper entitled "Painters and Paintings" by John Lavery will be read 74 1886 508 Advertisement for Alexander King & Son, 4 Gilmour Street, Paisley 74 1886 510 Paisley Maltman Society : invitation to attend a meeting of the Directors on Monday 15 November 1886 74 1886 511 Glasgow Archaeological Society : report by the Council presented at the Annual General Meeting 18 November 1886, for session 1885-86 74 1886 551 Paisley Government School of Science and Art, session 1886-87 : notice of a course of thirty lectures on theoretical chemistry by Mr Charles Manners jnr, commencing Tuesday 12 October 1886 74 1886 553 The History of Paisley, from the Roman period down to 1884, by Robert Brown, Underwood Park, Paisley, volume 1 : contents, list of illustrations and preface 74 1886 557 Paisley Free Public Library and Museum : Committee of Management, Sub-Committees, Picture and Sculpture Galleries, Property, and Lecture Hall Committee, 1886 74 1886 558 St James Street Methodist Church, Paisley : notice of re-opening following renovation, on Sunday 28 November 1886 74 1886 559 Rules of the Scottish History Society 74 1886 560 Voting card for the Fourth Ward Election on Tuesday 2 November 1886, in favour of Peter Eadie

25 February 2020 Page 356 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 74 1886 560 Notice of New Year Holidays for Robert Brown & Son, from Saturday 25 December until about a fortnight thereafter 74 1886 561 Glasgow Archaeological Society : notice of the thirtieth Annual General Meeting of the Society to be held in the Rooms of the Society, 207 Bath Street, on Thursday 18 November 1886 74 1886 562 Advertisement for the Gleniffer Laundry, Paisley 74 1886 564 Portraits of some stallholders at the Fancy Fair for the Sick Children's Including Lady Campbell of Hospital. The Bailie, volume 25, No.632, 26 November 1884 Garscube, Lady Campbell of Blythswood, Lady Elyne Erskine, and Mrs Wilson of West Lodge 74 1886 565 The Club, Paisley : proposal to have a Club Dinner on Tuesday 11 January 1887 74 1886 566 Invitation from John Lavery to a private view of some artwork on view in the Clark Hall, North Committee Rooms, Paisley, from Monday 29 November until Saturday 4 December 1886 74 1886 567 The Oban Hills Hydropathic Sanatorium, Limited ( in liquidation) - Extraordinary General Meeting of the company to be held in the Chambers of Messrs W G & JW Lindsay, chartered accountants, 157 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, on Wednesday 15 December 1886 74 1886 568 Caledonian Railway: Widening and Extension of Gordon Street, Glasgow Station connecting Lines authorised by Acts of 1873 and 1875; Construction of Branch Railway to Midcalder. Robert Brown & Son 360 Eglington Street Glasgow. Parish of Govan Yard and store 74 1886 569 The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society List of Members who have joined the Society during the year from 1st December 1885 to 30th November 1886 74 1886 572 Caledonian Railway: Widening and Extension of Gordon Street, Glasgow Station connecting Lines authorised by Acts of 1873 and 1875; Construction of Branch Railway to Midcalder. Robert Brown & Son 360 Eglington Street Glasgow. N0 44 Yard and store 74 1886 574 The Club Paisley. Sale of Newspapers And Periodicals for year ending 31st December 1887 will be sold within the Club on Saturday 18th inst at Eight O'Clock pm

25 February 2020 Page 357 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 74 1886 575 Died Here, Yesterday Morning at a Quarter-past Twelve o'Clock, James Stewart, of the Firm of Cowan & Stewart Painters. 13 Glen Street, Paisley, 31st Dec, 1886 74 1886 576 Political Committee Secretary's Office The Conservative Club Glasgow 15th Dec 1886 The Convener, Sir A C Campbell Bart M.P has requested to summon a meeting to be held in the Club on Wednesday the 22inst 74 1886 577 Paisley Liberal Club Report and Abstract Of Accounts for the period from 15th May, 1885 to 11th November 1886 74 1886 582 The Oban Hills Hydropathic Sanatorium Limited (In Liquidation) Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company to be held in the Chambers of Messrs W G & J W Lindsay, Chartered Accountants, 157 St Vincent Street Glasgow on Wednesday 29th December 1886 74 1886 583 Free Church Ticket to Grand Bazaar in the George A Clark Town Hall, Paisley On Thursday, Friday and Saturday 18th, 19th and 20th Dec 1884 Ticket with Miss Stewart 74 1886 584 The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society Annual Meeting of the Society will be held in Saint Enochs Station Hotel, Glasgow on Friday 7th prox, at 6 o'Clock pm for the Election of Office Bearers Abstract statement of income and expenditure to November 1886 74 1886 587 Paisley Choral Union Prospectus of the Fifth Series of Subscription Concerts in the George A Clark Town Hall Season 1886-87 74 1886 592 Earl Of Glasgow's Trust Note of terms and conditions on which it is proposed that loans may be made to Purchasers of certain Lots at the PUBLIC SALES of the Estates, to be held on the 24th for Fenwick and 28th December for Hawkhead 74 1886 595 Paisley Philosophical Institution Member's ticket of Robert Brown session 1885-86 Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition 13th December 1886 Non Member's Ticket 74 1886 596 First Annual Report of the Directors of the Paisley Convalescent Home, West Kilbride for the year ending 31st December 1886 Mrs Arthur 74 1886 61 Advertisement of Messrs Bell & Sons now offering Nettoyage a Sec (French Cleaning) of garments

25 February 2020 Page 358 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 74 1886 62 Annual Report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church, (Low Parish, Paisley), with other statements, 1885-86 74 1886 622 Flyer for The Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Paisley Art Institute is now open in the Picture Gallery of the free library and museum on Thursday 24th December 1885 until 23 Jan 1886 74 1886 623 Booklet for Gleniffer Laundry Paisley advertising services including price list 74 1886 631 One Hundred and First Annual report of the Directors of Paisley Infirmary for the year ending 31st December 1886 74 1886 697 Paisley Philosophical Institution Coats Observatory Meteorological Observations 1886 74 1886 707 Thirty Sixth Annual Report of the Paisley Ragged & Industrial School 1886 74 1886 737 One Hundredth Annual Report of the Directors of Paisley Infirmary for the year ending 31st December 1885 with appendix containing proceedings at centenary meeting 74 1886 808 Colour image of The Netherport, Old Edinburgh with description on reverse 74 1886 810 Forty Fifth Annual report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society September 1886 74 1886 824 Paisley Art Institute Eleventh Exhibition opened Wednesday 22nd December 1886 includes a Catalogue 74 1886 884 Advertisement of new premises Andrew R Campbell Wine and spirit merchant 83 Broomlands December 1886 74 1886 885 Hair Dressing & Perfumery Establishment The Cross Paisley. 103 High Street and 50 Moss Street Messieurs Pidard and Hezbenval from Messrs Sturrock and Sons Glasgow have large experience in London and Paris includes list of services and prices 74 1886 888 Dreadful catastrophe at Paisley November 10th 1810 A literal copy of the account published at that date. List of the names of those who perished in the Canal Basin at Paisley 74 1886 889 Paisley Burgh Police Annual return for the year ending 31st December 1886 Donald Sutherland Superintendent of Police

25 February 2020 Page 359 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 74 1886 891 Atlas Assurance Company Report, Accounts and Balance Sheet for the year 1886 74 1886 9 Programme for the Crieff Highland Gathering, to take place in the Market Park on Saturday 21 August 1886 75 1887 1 Paisley Ornithological Association Thirty Third Annual Exhibition & Competition on Saturday & Monday 1st and 3rd January 1887 Drill Hall, High Street. List of subscribers 75 1887 113 Proposed additions to and alterations on the Grammar School Paisley. March 1887. C Davidson architects 3 pages of drawings 75 1887 115 Died here this morning at ten o'Clock. George Heys in his 72nd year. Arthurlie, Barrhead 2nd March 1887 75 1887 116 Paisley Photographic Society. Written Note with card invitation to Second Annual Exhibition in the Free Library and Museum on Wednesday Evening 9th March 1887. George Robertson Jun 75 1887 117 Handwritten invitation. Sir, the favor of your company to attend the funeral of my father George Heys on Monday the 7th inst at Three o,Clock, will oblige. George Heys Arthurlie, Barrhead 75 1887 118 High Parish Church Congregational Soiree Paisley 1st March 1887. Dear Sir, You are requested to meet in the Town Hall on Friday first 4th inst at a quarter past seven o'Clock. J Gray Thomson 75 1887 119 Handwritten Note. Dear Sir, I regret I will not be able to accept the invitation to attend the High Church congregational Soiree. To J G Thomson, Strattonville Meikleriggs Paisley 75 1887 120 Programme of the Paisley High Congregational Church Soiree Friday Evening 4th March 1887 in Paisley Town Hall. 75 1887 122 The Grammar School & Academy Paisley, March 1887. The Grammar School Choir will give a concert in the George A Clark Hall on Friday 25th March at Half past Seven o'Clock in the evening. 75 1887 123 Testimonials in favour of Mr Donald Sutherland Superintendent of Police, Paisley. 75 1887 13 Notice Burgh of Paisley Public Health Smoke From Furnaces from Police Chambers County Buildings, Paisley 20th January 1887 addressed to Robert Brown & Sons, Millarston, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 360 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 75 1887 14 Burns Anniversary Grand Concert by the Tannahill Choir Tuesday evening 25th January 1887 in G A Clark Hall Solo vocalist Miss Edith Ross 75 1887 140 St George's Free Church, Paisley. Annual reports for year ending 15th March 1887 75 1887 15 Free Breakfast Mission New Year's Treat 1887 Stewart Clark Esq., ex M.P., Hon President Appeal for funds and donations to provide a treat to the poor children of the town on New Year's morning 75 1887 16 High Parish Church Scheme of Church door collecting List of Elders and Trustees 1887 75 1887 17 Royalty Theatre Paisley , Auguste Creamer's Pantomime Robinson Crusoe on Christmas Day, New Year's Day and January dates. Lessee Mr Brickwell, Manager Mr G E Clarke 75 1887 192 Article from The Scottish News, 4 March 1887 entitled The Stupid Party. By the author of "New Gleanings From Gladstone". 75 1887 198 . Sketch of route, rail lines and carriage. Dated 11th March. Newspaper article beginning "The passing of the Preamble of the Glasgow Subway Bill" 75 1887 208 Beaconsfield Club, the annual general meeting of "Habitation 232" will take place on Monday evening first, the 21st Curt at Eight o'Clock. Invitation card dated 18th March, 1887 from Alex MacFarlane Chief Secy. 75 1887 209 Newspaper article from The Paisley Evening Herald, 15 March 1887, titled. The Paisley Grammar School (Communicated). Further correspondence 17, 18 & 19th March 1887. 75 1887 21 Paisley Art Institute The Annual Exhibition of Pictures will be opened on Wednesday evening the 22nd current. Chair will be taken by John Clark Esq 75 1887 219 Newspaper article from The Glasgow Herald dated 26th November 1887 titled: Taxation in the City and the Suburban Burghs. Statement of assessments. 75 1887 22 Postcard from Dr & Mrs McKechnie Thorndean, Elderslie saying return thanks for kind sympathy. Addressed to Mrs Brown, Underwood Park, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 361 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 75 1887 220 Notice and Programme. Paisley Abbey, A Grand Concert in aid of the fund for cleaning the organ, will be given by The Abbey Choir, on Monday Evening 28th March 1887. Organist and conductor, Mr J Barratt. 75 1887 222 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company Limited to the forty second annual general meeting of the shareholders 29th March 1887 75 1887 225 Programme for The Paisley Grammar School Concert, George A Clark Town Hall Friday, 25th March, 1887. 75 1887 229 Letter regarding The International Exhibition Glasgow 1888 from the Treasurer's Department seeking subscription to the Guarantee Fund. Glasgow March 1887. Treasurer Alfred Brown 75 1887 23 Second Annual Report of The Paisley Society for the Treatment of Diseases Considered Incurable year ending 31st December 1886. Gleniffer Home, Corsebar Road. Matron Miss Craig 75 1887 230 Programme from Hamilton's Excursions, Charing Cross to Cairo and back in two hours. Synopsis of scenery. Sole and responsible proprietor Mr J. K. Hamilton 75 1887 234 Notice. The Queen's Jubilee. Glasgow fund in in aid of Imperial Institute, March 1887. Public meeting held 15th February in aid of proposed National Memorial of her Majesty's Fifty Years beneficial reigns. 75 1887 240 St James' United Presbyterian Church. Reports for year ended 31st March, 1887 75 1887 3 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society Invitation to a dinner addressed by Thomas Glen Coats to be held in 99 High Street on 27th January 75 1887 30 Renfrewshire Justice Of Peace Court. Paisley District. Rotation Of Presiding Justices 1887 75 1887 31 Fifty Second Annual Report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society with list of subscriptions and abstract of income and expenditure 75 1887 326 Prospectus for The Scotch Whisky Distillers, Limited, comprising The Ben Wyvis, Glen Nevis, Glendarroch, Gleniffer; and Dean Distilleries. The Gleniffer is situated at Glenpatrick, Elderslie, Renfrewshire, established 1834. Line drawings of distilleries

25 February 2020 Page 362 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 75 1887 329 Memorandum of Association of the Scotch Whisky Distillers Limited. Company limited by shares. Offices: 85 Queen Street, Glasgow. 75 1887 332 Programme. Primrose League. "Abercorn" Habitation No 666 "Paisley" Habitation No 232 Second annual conversazione, Good Templar Hall, Paisley, Tuesday evening, 19th April 1887 at 8 o'clock. 75 1887 335 Programme. Primrose League 1393. Barrhead Conservative Association Concert & Demonstration Wednesday 20th April 1887 at 7.30pm James Cowan Esq in the Chair. 75 1887 336 Programme. St Mirren Football Club annual amateur athletic sports bicycle meeting will be held at Westmarch Grounds off Greenhill Road, on Saturday 16th April 1887 commencing at 2.30pm. 75 1887 340 Paisley Burns Club, Paisley 30 April 1887. You are requested to attend a meeting in the Globe Hotel on Thursday evening 5 Feby at 8.30 o'clock. J Edward Campbell, Secretary. 75 1887 342 Catalogue of Frazer & Green Pharmaceutical Chemists to the Queen, Buchanan Street, Glasgow. Established 1830 75 1887 4 Paisley Ornithological Association Subscriber's Family Ticket 1st and 3rd January 1887 J R McLean Secretary 75 1887 41 Queen's Jubilee. Provost Cochran respectfully requests your attendance at a Preliminary Meeting to consider in what form the Jubilee should be commemorated by the Community of Paisley. 75 1887 42 Paisley Society for the Treatment of Diseases considered Incurable. You are requested to attend the Annual General Meeting in the County Hall, Paisley on Monday the 31st inst. Jas H Dunn Secy 75 1887 424 Rules of The Paisley Lawn Tennis Club 1887. Booklet bound in blue cover with gold lettering. 75 1887 43 Prayer Sheet. A Form of Thanksgiving And Prayer to Almighty God upon the completion of fifty years of Her Majesty's Reign. 75 1887 430 The Primrose League, Scottish branch. Annual report 75 1887 434 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 30th April 1887. Commissioners of supply of the County of Renfrew. Annual meeting today.

25 February 2020 Page 363 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 75 1887 439 Two card invitations. County of Renfrew, A general meeting of Justices of the Peace held in Renfrew Town Hall on Tuesday 19th April. Primrose League. Second Annual Conversazione, April 19 1887 in the Good Templar Hall. 75 1887 440 The Club, Paisley. Report and statement of accounts by the committee of The Club to the seventh annual general meeting 28th May 1887. 75 1887 442 Invitation on behalf of the Glasgow Archaeological Society. Excursion to Bothwell castle on Saturday 30th April 1887. Honorary membership ticket for the Beaconsfield Club 1887 belonging to Robert Brown, Underwood Park. 75 1887 443 The Scottish Whisky Distillers Limited. Dean Distillery, Edinburgh. Account of a trip to the distillery. 75 1887 447 Purchased and amalgamated by the Scottish Whisky Distillers Limited: Glen Nevis, Glendarroch, Ben Wyvis, Gleniffer and the Dean distilleries. Accounts of visits to each distillery. 75 1887 460 Letter addressed The Abbey Manse, Paisley, 3rd May, 1887. Dear Sir, Herewith you will receive a lithographical Sketch of Plans of proposed improvements on the Grammar School, Paisley prepared by Mr Davidson, Architect. Signed, Thomas Gentles, Convenor 75 1887 461 Two Invitation cards. The McAll Medical Mission in Paris. Mrs Clazy requests the pleasure of Mrs Brown to afternoon tea to hear an account of the above mission from Dr Anderson. Glasgow Archaeological Society. Speaker at meeting is Dr Collingwood Bruce. 75 1887 462 Newspaper article 12th May 1887 from the Glasgow Herald: The Langside Battlefield Memorial. 75 1887 466 Notice. Her Majesty's Jubilee, Paisley 19th May 1887. Request of Renfrewshire subscriptions for Jubilee fund, signed JA. Caldwell, secretary. 75 1887 467 Invitation card to dinner from Mr Thomson, President, to The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society in the New Club, West George Street, Glasgow to Mr Brown. 75 1887 468 The Club, Paisley. Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting will be held in the Club House on Saturday the 28th May at eight o'Clock p.m. Jas H Dunn Secretary

25 February 2020 Page 364 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 75 1887 469 Newspaper article titled Mr Ruskin and the books a Scotsman ought to read. 75 1887 47 The Conservative Club, Glasgow. Report and Abstract of Accounts for the year ending 1886 75 1887 470 Invitation card: Paisley Art Institute annual general meeting of the Institute will be held in the School Of Art, on Thursday First, the 26th inst at eight o'Clock where the Committee will submit general and financial reports. James Mure, Secretary. 75 1887 471 Newspaper article from The Scottish News 28th May 1887 titled Presbyterian Superintendence. 75 1887 472 Her Majesty's Jubilee, County of Renfrew, Imperial Institute. List of Renfrewshire Subscribers. 75 1887 473 Paisley Cemetery Company, Limited. We hereby call a special meeting on Friday 17th June 1887 for the purpose of considering disposing of the shares held by the Directors on behalf of the company. 75 1887 475 Sheet music and lyrics to a song entitled Evening On The , Under Silver Lighted Trees. Words by William Woodrow, Paisley. Music by S. C. McCall. 75 1887 476 Newspaper article in The Bailie entitled My Conscience! No 763 Glasgow, Wednesday June 1st, 1887. Feature on Robert Wilson born Kilbarchan, Cattle Breeder and Salesman, Paisley. Includes engraved image of Mr Wilson. 75 1887 479 A poem in commemoration of our poet Tannahill's birthday, June 3rd 1887 by William Woodrow. 75 1887 480 Newspaper article 3rd June 1887 entitled The Tannahill Anniversary Club, Supper last night. 75 1887 487 Newspaper article. Glasgow Herald June 7, 1887. Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company accounts and dividends. Includes Clippens. 75 1887 492 Invitation card: Burns Club. 3 County Place, Paisley. Dear Sir, a trip is proposed to Ayr on Friday 17th June 1887. Yours truly, J Edward Campbell Secy

25 February 2020 Page 365 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 75 1887 493 Invitation card. Queen's Jubilee Holiday 16th June 1887. Reception & Conversazione in the free public library and museum at half past seven o'Clock p.m. Lady's Ticket. 75 1887 494 Invitation card. Queen's Jubilee Holiday 16th June 1887. The Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley request the honour of Mr Brown's company. Programme of the Queen's Jubilee Service of The Abbey, Paisley. 75 1887 494½ Incorporation of Old Weavers in Paisley. Annual Dinner, County Hotel on Friday 29th October 1897. Boxmaster George H Coats Esq Collector, John Millar Esq. 75 1887 495 Queen's Jubilee. The Provost, Magistrates and Town Council request the honour of Mr Brown's company to dinner in the George A Clark Minor Hall on Thursday the 16th June at Four o'Clock. 75 1887 496 Seamill Sanatorium, West Kilbride, Ayrshire. Terms for patients and visitors. 75 1887 497 Paisley School Board. Grammar School And Academy. Invitation to the Public Exhibition of the School in the Good Templar Hall on Friday 24th June 1887. Tho Macrobert School Board Clerk. 75 1887 499 Letter from Mr Watson, Chairman, Mission to out-door blind for Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Intimating the resignation of Mr Miller after 27 years and seeking a meeting to mark the achievement. 75 1887 5 Letter from Jane Arthur, Barshaw, Paisley 3rd January 1887 to Robert Brown asking for a donation to provide a bowl of soup to the poorest school children on condition of regular attendance. 75 1887 501 Large Public Notice. Queen's Jubilee Burgh Of Paisley. The Provost, Magistrates and Town Council have fixed Thursday 16th June 1887 as a Holiday in the Burgh. List of events on notice including Dinner will be given to 1000 poor people in the Drill Hall. 75 1887 502 Paisley Grammar School, Amateur Athletic Sports Programme and list of Competitors. Westmarch Grounds Saturday 18th June 1887 75 1887 51 Card Invitation. Popular Lecture by J. T. Smith, London. Thursday 27th January 1887. Subject; A great and pressing one, viz; How emigration may be promoted so as to AID our suffering fellow countrymen, the Unemployed

25 February 2020 Page 366 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 75 1887 52 Newspaper cutting Herald 27 January 1887 Glasgow Archaeological Society, Excursion to Dumbarton 75 1887 55 Paisley Evening Herald January 28, 1887 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society Dinner and Conference. Mr Thomas Glen Coats, the president, kindly invited all the members to the opening dinner in the Good Templar Hall. 75 1887 66 Postcard Invite to the Paisley Burns Club Anniversary Dinner in the Globe Hotel. From J Edward Campbell Secy to Robert Brown. 75 1887 67 Glasgow Archaeological Society The next meeting will be held in the rooms of the society, 207 Bath St on the evening of Thursday the 17th current at eight o'Clock. 75 1887 68 Evening Assembly The Stewarts request the honour of Mrs Brown's company in the George A Clark Town Halls on the evening of Friday the 25th February at nine o'clock. Carriages at 2am 75 1887 69 County Of Renfrew Her Majesty's Jubilee We hereby request a meeting in the County Hall, Paisley, upon Thursday 10th February 1887 to consider the proposal to establish an Imperial Institute for the United Kingdom. M R Shaw Stewart Lord Lieutenant 75 1887 7 Forty Ninth Annual Report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley Annual General Meeting of the trustees and managers held 10th January 1887 with the minutes of the meeting 75 1887 70 Old Greenock from the earliest times to the early part of the 19th Century. Advertisement for book published by Alexander Gardner, Paisley 75 1887 73 The Scottish Review occupies a recognised position as an Independent organ for the expression of literary and public opinion. Advertisement. Published by Alexander Gardner, Paisley 75 1887 75 Paisley Tract Society Annual Soiree A soiree in connection with the fifty fourth annual meeting will be held in the Good Templar Hall on Thursday 3rd February 1887 75 1887 77 Queen's Jubilee NOTICE I hereby call a public meeting of the Inhabitants of Paisley to be held in the George A Clark Minor Hall on Wednesday the 9th day of February 1887 Robert Cochran Provost

25 February 2020 Page 367 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 75 1887 78 Women's Royal Jubilee Offering by request of Provost Cochran , Mrs Stewart Clark invites your presence at an adjourned meeting of Ladies on Wednesday 23rd February 1887 75 1887 79 The Trustees of the Cart Navigation request the honour of Mr Brown's presence at the ceremony of Cutting the Sod at Laighpark in connection of the construction of the harbour and improvement of the river on Monday 21st February 1887 75 1887 82 Died here last night at half past seven o'clock. William Gibson in the eighty second year of his age. 42 Oakshaw Street Paisley 9th February 1887 75 1887 83 Second Annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Convalescent Home. West Kilbride for the year ending 31st December 1887 75 1887 92 Conservative Association Paisley. Note to Robert Brown. Dear Sir, at the annual meeting of the association held 3rd February 1887 you were re elected as honorary Vice President for the current year. Your's Alex MacFarlane Sec 75 1887 93 Radical Times. On Saturday 19th February 1887 will be published the first number of the "Radical Times" , a new weekly journal of 12 pages . In the first number will appear an article on the Radical Rising 75 1887 94 Circular. Bazaar And Exhibition in aid of the unemployed of Greenock to be held in the Town hall and Saloon on Thursday, Friday and Saturday 24th, 25th and 26th February 1887 75 1887 97 Paisley Infirmary. List of Board of Directors 1886-87. The annual meeting of subscribers will be held in the George A Clark Town Hall on the evening of Tuesday, 1st March 1887 75 1887 98 Engraved portrait image of Queen Victoria 75 1887 99 Feature called "Our Queen" in a publication called Good Words. Text and illustrations of residences. Jubilee. 75 1887 Page76 Paisley Conservative Association. Meeting of the General Committee to be held on 7 Feb 1887 Alex MacFarlane secy 76 1887 1 John Neilston Educational Institution. The Thirty Fifth public examination of the Schools will take place on Wednesday the 13th inst. Paisley 8th July 1887. The Directors respectfully request that you attend.

25 February 2020 Page 368 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 76 1887 10 Veterinary Shoeing Forge 4 Glen Lane, Paisley. Letter. We have acquired the business from John McFadzean and transferred business from 2 Smithhills Street. Signed Cassels Brothers July 1887. 76 1887 11 Report of the Thirty Fifth Annual Examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley. 13th July 1887. 76 1887 141 Racecard for Paisley Race Meeting 11th and 12th August 1887 , under the rules of Racing and Grand National Hunt rules. Entrance to paddock and grand stand off Greenock Road.. 76 1887 153 Paisley Cemetery Company Limited. Notice of sale of shares of the Company within the County Hotel on Thursday 22nd September 1887 next at the upset price of 18/ per share. Signed, Young & Martin secretaries. 76 1887 154 Poster. Mr Sydney Galvayne, the Australian horse tamer and trainer. Also Lecturer on Horse Dentition. Opens in Paisley, Monday, August 9th in his Marquee in the field of Lady Lane. Admission Free. 76 1887 155 Bill. Renfrewshire Agricultural Society Annual Show will take place at Craigielea on Thursday 2nd June. President, Thomas Glen Coats of Ferguslie Park. Paisley Terrier 76 1887 156 Glasgow Archaeological Society, Excursion to Crichton Castle and Newbattle Abbey, Tuesday 6th September 1887. Travel details including costs. Hippolyte J Blane. 76 1887 157 Note regarding attendance at the funeral of Thomas Gibb, sent by Mrs Thomas Gibb, 39 New Street, Paisley 12th September 1887. 76 1887 158 In Memoriam Card for Thomas Gibb who died suddenly on Sabbath, 11th September 1887. 39 New Street, Paisley. 76 1887 159 In Memoriam Card for Mary Muir, wife of Peter Jack, who died at Castlehead on Wednesday 14th September 1887 aged forty six years. 76 1887 161 Invitation Card. High Parish Ecclesiastical Trustees. Strattonville, Paisley, 19th September 1887. Requested to attend a meeting of Trustees on Wednesday at 7.30. Business Church Offership. J Gray Thomson, Clerk.

25 February 2020 Page 369 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 76 1887 162 Mission to out door blind for Glasgow and West of Scotland. Mr Miller's Testimonial. Requested to attend a meeting of the Directors of this mission. Signed J P Watson. 76 1887 163 Opening of Scotch Girls Friendly Society Lodge. Mrs Arthur, Mrs Clark and Mrs A Coats request the pleasure of your company at Afternoon Tea, in the Lodge at Forbes Place, on Tuesday, 4th October at 4p.m. Paisley 30th Sept 1887 76 1887 164 Death notice. Died here this morning at 2.40 in her 83rd year, Elizabeth Stobo, relict of Hugh Lang, Wine Merchant, Glasgow. Gartmore, Pollokshields. 28th September 1887. 76 1887 165 In Memoriam Card. In affectionate remembrance of our beloved mother, Elizabeth Stobo, Widow of Hugh Lang, who died on Sabbath, 25th September 1887, aged 82 years. Interred in Southern Necropolis. Gartmore, Pollokshields 76 1887 166 Birnam . The Twenty Third Annual Gathering will be held in Birnam Terrace Park on Thursday 25th August 1887. 76 1887 169 Illustration of International Yacht Race for the America Cup. The Bailie Vol XXX No 780 28th Sept 1887 76 1887 172 The Bailie No 780 Glasgow, Wednesday September 23rd 1887. Feature titled Men You Know, based on the America Cup. 76 1887 174 Annual Report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church, Low Parish, Paisley. In terms of Act 35 and 36 VIC, C, XXX11 with other statements 1886-7 76 1887 2 Letter from Town Clerks Office dated 6th July 1887 inviting ex Provost Brown to the annual inspection of the Water Works. 76 1887 254 Invitation Card. Mr Barbour would like the pleasure of Mr Brown's company at Dinner in the St Enoch Hotel, Glasgow. Woodlands, Paisley 5th Oct 1887 76 1887 256 Funeral Card. Mr Provost Brown will please take Carriage No 3. 76 1887 257 Paisley Grammar School Subscription form. To Mr J R MacGregor Convener.

25 February 2020 Page 370 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 76 1887 258 Paisley Grammar School. Letter to ascertain amount of support from public regarding plan for improvements to school. Plan has been submitted and approved by Teachers, Inspectors and Master of Works of the Glasgow School Board. Cost estimated £5000 76 1887 259 Note. Woodlands, Paisley 10th October 1887. Dear Sir 76 1887 260½ Paisley Conservative Association. Beaconsfield Club, Paisley, 11th October 1887. Meeting to be addressed by Lord Frederic Spencer Hamilton, Sir Herbert E Maxwell, Bart M.P. of Monreith and others. Good Templar Halls. 76 1887 261 Invitation Card. Paisley Conservative Association. Addresses by Lord Frederic Spencer Hamilton and Sir Herbert E Maxwell, Bart M.P. Wednesday 26th October 1887. Chairman R M McKerrell Esq of Hillhouse. Good Templar Halls. 76 1887 262 County Of Renfrew. Road Trust. Report of the County Road Board to the annual meeting of the Trustees. Court Hall. County Buildings, County Square, Paisley. Thursday 13th October 1887. 76 1887 276 Invitation. The Conservative Club, Glasgow. 13th October 1887. The Right Honourable Viscount Cranbrook will dine here on the evening of Tuesday the 27th inst. Yours faithfully William Eastor Secy. 76 1887 277 Invitation Card. Glasgow Archaeological Society. Excursion to Kilbirnie Church and Kilbirnie and Glengarnock Castles on Saturday 22nd October 1887. J A Dalrymple Duncan & William George Black Hon Secs. 76 1887 278 Funeral Notice. Fairhill, Paisley 15th October 1887. The funeral of my Mother takes place on Tuesday the 18th inst. Yours Faithfully, Archibald Hutchison. 76 1887 279 Paisley Burgh School Board. School Attendance Committee. Twenty sixth half-yearly report on school attendance. October 1887. 76 1887 286 Menu St Enoch Station Hotel, Glasgow. Mr Barbour, Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley. Thursday 13th October 1887. 76 1887 287 Invitation Card. Paisley Iceland Curling Club 3 Garthland Place, Paisley. 19th Oct 1887 Sir, The 47th Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held in the County Hotel. Business: 1. Audit 2. Elections 3. Offer of cup

25 February 2020 Page 371 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 76 1887 288 First Division. October 15 1887. Special Case for Robert Brown of Shortroods, Paisley; John Heys, sometime Calico Printer at South Arthurlie, Barrhead, now residing at Woodside there. Antenuptial contract. 76 1887 3 Paisley Trade's Rowing Club. Appeal for donations to fund a Tradesman's Regatta, signed by James B Robertson Hon Secy. 35 Thread Street, Paisley. 76 1887 304 Paisley Cemetery Company Limited. Directors intend to expose 500 shares of the company for sale on Thursday 3rd November. Young & Martin Secretaries. 76 1887 305 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society. Annual General Meeting to be held in the New Globe Hotel Thursday 10 November. Professor Wallace to report on the Agricultural Districts of India and foreign competition. 76 1887 306 St James Church Paisley. Mission Week. A series of Evangelical Services will be conducted by the Evangelistic Deputies of the United Presbyterian Synod. List of events. Week beginning 23 October 1887. 76 1887 309 Seventy sixth annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society 1887 76 1887 317 Paisley Choral Union Season 1887-88. Rates of subscription 76 1887 318 Card. Trinity Episcopal Church St James Place. On Sunday 23 October 1887 Inauguration Of New Organ. Preachers, Rev Penney Rev Hutchison Organist. James Pattinson 76 1887 319 Strattonville Meikleriggs October 25 1887. Letter, according to the rotation scheme of the Kirk session you are requested to take part in the church door collection.. Jon Thomson Clerk of Session 76 1887 320 Glasgow Herald 28 Oct 1887. Article titled Industries Of Paisley, past and present. 76 1887 327 Newspaper cutting. Marriages 1887 Miller Brown At Underwood Park, Paisley on 27 inst by the Rev A Montgomery Lang, High Parish. Archibald Boag, younger son of James Miller, Carruth to Williamina , youngest daughter of Robert Brown.

25 February 2020 Page 372 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 76 1887 328 The Primrose League. The grand habitation of the Scottish branch will be held on Tuesday 29 November in the Hall, George Street, Edinburgh. Walter H Hadow. 76 1887 329 Letter from Thomas Campbell to Robert Brown, Paisley, 22 Oct 1887 Allow me to tell you that I am applying for an advance of salary. 76 1887 330 Programme. Mr Muir Wood begs to announce that he has arranged a Chamber Concert to be given by Dr Charles Halle assisted by Madame Norman Neruda on Saturday afternoon, 15 October 1887 in the George A Clark Town Hall. 76 1887 332 Renfrew United Presbyterian Church. A Bazaar will be held in the George A Clark Halls, Paisley on 20, 21 & 22 October 1887. 76 1887 334 Illustration Glasgow International Exhibition 1888 76 1887 335 Floor plan of International Exhibition Glasgow 1888 76 1887 336 Renfrew United Presbyterian Church Bazaar. List of stall holders and receivers of work. 76 1887 338 Request to dinner in the Town hall from the Provost, Magistrates and Town Council to Ex Provost Brown 31 October 1887 76 1887 339 Glasgow & West of Scotland Technical College. Session 1887-8 Lectures on Agriculture by Mr Robert P. Wright 76 1887 342 The Big Loaf & The Little Loaf. Political article by Sir Stafford Northcote, at Braunton, Devon, May 27th 1885. 76 1887 346 Chalmers Caledonia. Appeal for subscriptions by Alex Gardner, Publisher, Paisley. 76 1887 348 Illustrated advertisement for Isdale & McCallum's Soap entitled Comic Map of Scotland. Isdale & McCallum, Caledonia Soap Works, Paisley. 76 1887 349 Corporation Dinner 4th November 1887. Toast List. Provost Cochran, Chairman. 76 1887 350 Provost, Magistrates & Town Council of Paisley. Annual Dinner 4th November 1887 held in Town Hall, Paisley. Menu list, printed on pink card with gold edging. 76 1887 351 Paisley Choral Union. Prospectus of the Sixth Series of Subscription Concerts in the Town Hall, Season 1887-88.

25 February 2020 Page 373 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 76 1887 358 Paisley Cemetery Company Limited. Meeting regarding sale of 500 shares within the County Hotel on Thursday 8th December. 76 1887 359 Queen Margaret Guild. Two Lectures on Modern Composers of Classical Song by Carl Armbruster Esq with illustrated songs by Miss Pauline Cramer. Hall of the Free Library on Thursday 22nd & Friday 23rd December 1887 76 1887 362 West Renfrewshire Unionist Meeting in Town Hall, Paisley, Friday 18th November 1887 76 1887 363 The Primrose League, 122 George Street, Edinburgh. Explanation of the origins, objects and rules of the League and list of charges for membership. 76 1887 364 Notice of investment opportunity to buy shares in the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Company. Mr Lornie, Kirkcaldy 76 1887 367 New Fuel, Eglington Iron Coy's Coal Briquettes, for domestic purposes. David Caldwell, Agent. Caledonia Coal Depot Underwood. Office 23 Canal Street Paisley. 76 1887 369 One Sided Free Trade. Address by Mr. Wm. V. Jackson of Glasgow. Paisley Town Hall 23rd Nov 1887. Invite to Robert Brown from John Cuninghame, Chairman of Council. 76 1887 370 Invitation Card. One Sided Free Trade. British Labour & Foreign Competition. An Address will be delivered by William V Jackson of Glasgow in the Town Hall Monday 28th November 1887. Major Wallace will preside. 76 1887 371 Re-issue and competition of Chalmers Caledonia. Alex Gardner, Publisher, Paisley. 76 1887 378 Newspaper article titled The Grand Trick. Handwritten note saying Mr Barnum the famous American showman performed this trick on S S Scqllaca in 1887 sailing from New York. 76 1887 379 Bill. Magistrates & Town Council of Paisley; Water, Gas and Police Commissioners; Public Health Authority; Road and Cart Navigation Trustees; Committees. 1887-88 76 1887 380 Glasgow Archaeological Society. Report by the Council presented at the annual general meeting November 1887 for session 1886-87

25 February 2020 Page 374 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 76 1887 4 "Sneddon Callans" Association. Thirty First Annual Report 1886-87. 76 1887 400 Paisley Free Public Library & Museum. Committee of Management. November 1887 76 1887 401 Newspaper cutting. List of ships sailing into port from around the world. 76 1887 402 Newspaper article from The Glasgow Herald December 1, 1887 featuring map of the three new railways. 76 1887 406 Newspaper article from The Glasgow Herald December 2, 1887. The Bathing Screen Case. 76 1887 409 Newspaper article titled Renfrew, the history of the Burgh. 14 December 1887 76 1887 419 Newspaper article titled Renfrew, the history of the Burgh. 14 December 1887 continued 76 1887 423 Invite to attend a Police meeting regarding the condition of Underwood Lane 5th December 1887 76 1887 424 The Club, Paisley. Sale of newspapers and periodicals for the year ending 31st December 1888. Detailed item list. Jas H Dunn Secretary. 76 1887 425 Paisley Art Institute, Annual exhibition. 14th December 1887. Non Member's Ticket 76 1887 428 Note dated 14th December 1887 asking for vote of thanks to J Shand Harvey for opening the Bazaar. 76 1887 430 School Of Design. Invite card to request to attend a meeting of Directors to audit the Treasurers books and accounts and approve the annual report. 13th December 1887 76 1887 431 Invitation card to West Renfrewshire Unionist Meeting in Paisley Town Hall Friday 18th November 1887. J P B Robertson. Sir Charles Dalrymple. Rev James Brown. Donald Fraser. Sir M R Shaw Stewart, Bart in attendance. 76 1887 432 Course Of Popular Lectures. Paisley Total Abstinence Society. Invite to sit on the platform at the lecture, to be held in the Good Templar Hall. Robert Risk Secretary.

25 February 2020 Page 375 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 76 1887 433 Notice promoting a Bazaar in the North Parish Church, Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley. Dec 15, 16 & 17, 1887. Shand Harvey. William Arrol. Provost Cochran. List of stall holders. 76 1887 436 Paisley Trader's Defence Association. List of Executive. President, James O'Neill. Explanation of the purpose of the Association on the next two pages. Co-operative societies. 76 1887 440 Association For Improving The Condition Of The Poor In Paisley. Ninth Annual Report 1886 87. 76 1887 451 One Hundred And Second Annual Report of the Directors of Paisley Infirmary for the year ending 31st December 1887. 76 1887 515 Atlas Assurance Company. Report of the Court of Directors for the year and seven days ending 31st December 1887. 76 1887 519 Paisley Burgh Police. Superintendent's return for the year ending 31st December 1887. 76 1887 522 Second annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Convalescent Home, West Kilbride, for the year ending 31st December 1887. 76 1887 535 Thirty Seventh Annual Report of the Paisley Industrial School. 1887. 76 1887 555 Homely Rhymes etc from the banks of the Fed by Agnes Stuart Mabon, Jedburgh. 76 1887 587 Paisley Infirmary. Board Of Directors 1887-88. The annual meeting of Subscribers will be held in the Board Room of the Infirmary on Monday 27th Inst. 20th February 1888. 76 1887 588 Report of the Seventy Ninth General Meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution 1887 76 1887 617 Paisley Philosophical Institution. Course of Lectures for Session 1887-88 76 1887 8 Poster. Excursion Brake and Waggonettes will leave Doggart's Hotel, Pitlochry, daily during the season for places under-mentioned. Dunkeld, Kenmore, Loch Tummel, Falls of Bruar, Kinloch-Rannoch and Aberfeldy. 8th July 1887 76 1887 81 Programme> St Mirren Football Club Eighth Annual Amateur Athletic Sports on Saturday 30th July 1887. Westmarch Grounds, Greenhill Road, Paisley.

25 February 2020 Page 376 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 76 1887 9 Letter to Mr Brown.. Mission to the out door blind for Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Mr Miller's Testimonial. Request to attend a meeting, signed John MacDonald Supt. 77 1888 1 Under the auspices of the Clark Hall Evangelistic Mission, Mr W M Quarrier (of the Orphan Homes of Scotland ) will deliver a lecture in the Town Hall on Monday 30th January . Arch MacAlpine, Secy. 77 1888 108 The Thirty Second Annual Exhibition and Competition of the Paisley Ornithological Association. 1st & 2nd January 1886. Drill Hall, High Street. 77 1888 115 Royal Jubilee Exhibition Manchester 1887. Specimens wood engraving. The City Wood Engraving Co, St Mary's Gate, Manchester. Farrell & Jepson Proprietors. 77 1888 117 Lawn Tennis. George Lambert's price list and rules of the game. Revised by the Marylebone Cricket Club. 77 1888 137 Sharon Hall Mission 168 George Street. Financial statement for year ending 1887 77 1888 142 Alexander Main, successor to Isaac Richardson, Wholesale Tea Merchant, 29 High Street Paisley. 77 1888 146 Letter from Atkinson & Dresser, Finsbury Circus, London 4 Nov 1887 77 1888 147 Paisley Philosophical Institution. The Coats Observatory. Session 1883­ 84 Member's Ticket 77 1888 149 Paisley Choral Union Season 1888-89. Seventh series of concerts. Guarantee fund. 77 1888 151 Commercial Education, Blairlodge School, Stirlingshire 1888. Booklet. 77 1888 168 The Primrose League. Rules of the Paisley (Dame's) Habitation. No 666 The Abercorn 77 1888 2 Annual Report of The Abbey, Paisley, 1887. 77 1888 200 The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society. List of members and note of funds as at 3oth November 1886 77 1888 204 Certificates and testimonials in Favour of Robert Young M.A., Classical and Mathematical Master. Neilson Institution, Paisley

25 February 2020 Page 377 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 77 1888 220 Third annual report of the Paisley Society for the Treatment of Diseases Considered Incurable, year ending 31st December 1887. 77 1888 227 Archibald McFarlane, Smith, Bell Ringer and Engineer has moved premises from 6 St Mirren Street to 1 Water Brae. 77 1888 228 Paisley Philosophical Institution, Coats Observatory, Meteorological Observations 1887. 77 1888 244 Neilson Institution, Senior School, Scheme Of Lessons. Session 1886-87, May to July 1887. John Gray Thomson, Headmaster, John Woodrow, Assistant. 77 1888 246 Letter heading of Incorporation of Merchants and Traders of Paisley. Invitation dated 21st Oct 1887 to the annual election Dinner in the Globe Hotel on the 28th Oct inst. Signed, William Bartlemore. 77 1888 248 Due to death of partner, John Brown, Sale of Goods at Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley and depots connected therewith. 11th September 1886. Shortroods Works. 77 1888 248 Image of Cross Steeple and Tollbooth, erected 1757. 77 1888 250 Historical Sketch of the Beaconsfield Club. Conservatives, Paisley. President of Conservative Association, Archibald Craig. William Abercrombie Junior, President of Beaconsfield Club. 77 1888 260 The sanitary aspects of cooking and heating by coal gas by Dr Stevenson MacAdam. A lecture to the North British Association Of Gas Managers, July, 1882. Illustrations of gas ovens. 77 1888 286 Newspaper titled British Textile Warehouseman. Article called Historical firms: their rise and progress. William McLaren, Sons & Co. Wholesale drapery trade Scotland, Glasgow. 77 1888 288 The Primrose League. Rules of the Paisley "Knights" Habitation, No 232, No 1 of Scotland. February 3rd 1886. 77 1888 289 The History Of Paisley by Robert Brown. Opinions of the press of Vol 1 & Vol 2. 77 1888 326 Fifty Fifth Annual report of the Paisley Society for the monthly distribution of Tracts for the year 1887. President Rev Dr Andrew Henderson.

25 February 2020 Page 378 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 77 1888 333 Newspaper report dated 24 Dec 1887. School Of Art, Distribution Of Prizes. 77 1888 334 The Scottish Wine, Spirit and Beer Trades Review. Feature on The New Globe Hotel, Paisley. Owner Mr Alexander Morrison. 13th Feb 1888. 77 1888 336 Hand written note to attend a meeting of the County Licensing Committee to be held in the County Hall Buildings , Wednesday 8th February 1888. Business: to consider early closing public houses. 77 1888 337 Mr J Barratt has the honour to announce a Grand Evening Concert on Tuesday, February 7th, 1888 in George A. Clark Hall, Paisley. List of Artists. 77 1888 340 Church Of Scotland, Home Mission Scheme. The General Assembly has appointed the 2nd Sabbath of June 1888 for the Home Mission Collection. List of Mission Churches, Stations and building grants. 77 1888 347 High Church. At the congregational meeting of 11th January it was decided that the repairs and alterations deemed necessary at the Manse should proceed in accordance with the plans prepared by Mr Lamb, Architect. Trustees 8th February 1888. 77 1888 348 Newspaper feature in the Express 7th February 1888 on Sir D McKenzie Wallace, a Paisley man. Taken from The Times of India featuring the book "Russia" , there is a autobiographical sketch of Mr Wallace. 77 1888 352 Newspaper article entitled, Lecture On How To Preserve Health by Dr Shearer. Held in Lylesland U P Church. 77 1888 357 Conclusion of Newspaper article entitled, Lecture On How To Preserve Health by Dr Shearer. Held in Lylesland U P Church. 77 1888 365 St James United Presbyterian Church. Reports for year ended 31st March 1888. Wallneuk Mission. 77 1888 405 Report by the directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the forty third annual general meeting of the shareholders. 27th March 1888. 77 1888 408 Newspaper report. The Paisley owned yachting fleet. Mohican Thistle Volunteer Vandura Hebe Marjorie Express Sprite Zephyr 77 1888 409 Programme of The Paisley Grammar School Concert , George A Clark Town Hall, Tuesday 20th March 1888. Mr D P Gilmour, Conductor. 77 1888 414 Application for Office of Town Chamberlain of Paisley. George Copland.

25 February 2020 Page 379 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 77 1888 418 The Grammar School and Academy, Paisley, March 1888. Invite to annual school concert in Town Hall on Tuesday 20th March.. John Hardie Math Master. 77 1888 419 Newspaper report. Important relic of Robert Burns, enterprising purchase of the Burns Museum, Kilmarnock. Manuscript bought at Sotheby's for 205 guineas 77 1888 42 Free Breakfast Mission. New Year's Treat Report. Paisley 28th January 1888. 77 1888 420 Miss Adelaide Detchon will give a dramatic and musical recital in the Town Hall on Monday 12th March. Programme. Queen's Rooms Glasgow. Edward Owen, Arthur L'Estrange. 77 1888 424 Magistrates & Town Council Of Paisley 1887-88. Water, Gas, and Police Commissioners. Public health local authority. Road and Cart Navigation Trustees. 77 1888 425 The Scottish Provident and The Statist. Letter to the editor of The Statist. 8th March 1888. 77 1888 429 Advertisement card. Royalty Theatre, Paisley presents Mr D'Oyly Carte's Opera Company "The Mikado". Monday March 22nd and during the week. Lessee Mr H T Brickwell. 77 1888 43 Paisley Burns Club. Celebration of the One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Cover features a sketch of the Anniversary of the birthday of Robert Burns. Globe Hotel, Paisley 25th buildings of Paisley. Jan 1887. Programme and Invitation Card. 77 1888 430 St George's Free Church, Paisley. Annual reports for year ending 15th March 1888. 77 1888 457 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church Paisley 1887-88. 77 1888 48 Two Official Stamps featuring J Coats & Son 38 Broomlands and Ham Curers & Grocers Paisley 77 1888 481 Reformed Church Of England (Christ Church) Underwood Road. Opening Services on Sunday 18th March. Right Rev Bishop Gregg. Rev Chas Tully. 77 1888 482 Newspaper report. Paisley Daily Express 7th March 1888. Orphan Homes Of Scotland. Opening of a new Church at Bridge Of Weir.

25 February 2020 Page 380 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 77 1888 486 Newspaper report, Gazette 10th March 1888. The Late Mr A.M. Ross died on Saturday night at his residence of Launceston, Kilmalcolm. Obituary and line portrait drawing. 77 1888 49 Official Ticket for Mr Wm Quarrier Lecture on a trip across the Atlantic, through C. Mon 30th January to the homes and haunts of the Orphan boys and girls among the Canadian farmers. Mon 30 Jan Town Hall. 77 1888 490 Extracts from newspapers. Evening Times 3rd April 1888. Provost Love of Johnstone fined drunk £5. Hotels closed on a Sunday in Glasgow, Paisley & Johnstone. Petition in support to Justices Of The Peace from Johnstone Total Abstinence Society 77 1888 495 Barclay's patented improved spigot & faucet pipe. Advertisement with illustration. James Barclay, Builder, sole makers in Scotland. Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley. Handwritten note on reverse. 77 1888 497 Paisley Burgh School Board, School Attendance Committee. Twenty Seventh Half Yearly Report On School Attendances. 77 1888 504 Admission Programme. Messrs Mackenzie & Thomson. Second Grand Chamber Concert in the Grand Templar Hall on Wednesday 4th April 1888. 77 1888 508 Thirty Second Annual Report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society Of Scotland 1887. President, John M. Symington. 77 1888 51 The International Exhibition, Glasgow 1888. Letter dated 18th October 1887 asking for attendance at a meeting of manufacturers, merchants and others interested in the approaching exhibition. Signed, Robert Cochran, Provost. 77 1888 519 The Club, Paisley. Abstract of the accounts for the year ending 30th April, 1888. G.S. Veitch, Treasurer. 77 1888 52 Wm Peattie, Tailor & Clothier 2 Gilmour Street. Paisley. Price list, Postage & Tram timetables. 77 1888 520 Glasgow Public Libraries Association. Office Bearers And General Council 1887-88 President J. Cleland Burns. Plebiscite. Statement.

25 February 2020 Page 381 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 77 1888 524 Bill. Miss Anna Eva Fay of America assisted by Prof. Williams . The eminent exponent in a grand scientific & spiritual séance. Appearing in Town Hall Paisley for one night only on Monday 30th April 1888. Miss Edmonson, electric, magnetic girl. 77 1888 525 The Humble Petition of the Undersigned Residents in the Royal Parliamentary Burgh of Paisley against the decision of the Council on 24th April 1888 to acquire the farm of Gockston for the purposes of a public cemetery. 77 1888 526 Newspaper report Friday 20 April 1888. The School Board. Meeting Of Ratepayers. Reports on school accommodation, works Grammar School, Finance evening classes and technical education. 77 1888 527 Primrose League. Abercorn Habitation No 666. Third annual conversazione, Good Templar Hall, Paisley. 26th April 1888. Programme. 77 1888 533 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society. Catalogue of Annual Show, Paisley. Saturday 26th May 1888 77 1888 54 Programme. Livermore Bros, Court Minstrels en costume George 11. Sole proprietors and managers, Lechmere, Louis, and Horace Livermore. Paisley Town Hall, Monday to Thursday 9th to 12th Jan 1888. A new era in Minstrely. 77 1888 58 Paisley Society for the Treatment of Diseases Considered Incurable. The annual general meeting will be held in the County Hall, Paisley on Monday 23rd inst. 18th Jany 1888. Archd Coats, Chairman. 77 1888 59 Paisley Burns Club. Programme and Menu of the Celebration of the One Hundred and Twenty Ninth Anniversary of the birthday of Robert Burns. 25th January 1888 in the Globe Hotel, Paisley. 77 1888 597 Christ's Reformed Church Of England, Paisley. Seeking donations for a Bazaar to be opened on 13th December. Secretary J. Caldwell. 77 1888 598 Portrait of Andrew Crawfurd. Mac Lure & MacDonald Lith. Author of the Cairn Of Lochwinnoch. 77 1888 599 By Royal Letters Patent. Archer's air and water tight pipe joint. Article. 77 1888 603 Paisley Philosophical Institution. Course Of Lectures for session 1888-89. 77 1888 604 Newspaper article. United Presbyterian Church Synod. Sitting held in the Synod Hall, Edinburgh. Moderator Dr Schoolbred.

25 February 2020 Page 382 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 77 1888 606 M. Hartz, Le Sorcier American appearing at the Good Templar Hall, Paisley on Saturday June 2nd 1888. Flyer, with illustrations. 77 1888 610 Image of Greenlaw Church, Glasgow Road, Paisley. 77 1888 611 The History Of Paisley by Robert Brown. Opinions of the Press. 77 1888 619 Subscription list for the new Church at Greenlaw. Article on the background to the existence of the church. Memorial stone laid on 12th May by Sir James king, Lord Provost of Glasgow. 77 1888 620 Handwritten letter from Grange Printing and Stationery Works of 12 George Street, Edinburgh, offering engravings of the International Exhibition in Glasgow. Page of illustrations. 77 1888 623 North Parish Church. There will be special closing services in the North Church, previous to Re-building on Sabbath First, the 10th inst. Preachers: Rev George Park Rev James Young Rev Robert McLelland of Inchinnan. 77 1888 624 Paisley Liberal And Radical Unionist Association. Demonstration to be held on Monday 21st May 1888 in Town Hall. Earl of Fife K.T. R B Finlay M P 77 1888 625 Laying Of Memorial Stone Of Greenlaw Church by Sir James King, Lord Provost of Glasgow on Saturday 12th instant. Peter Jack, Convener. May 1888 77 1888 626 Ticket for the Laying Of Memorial Stone Of Greenlaw Church by Sir James King, Lord Provost of Glasgow on Saturday 12th May 1888 77 1888 627 Letter from Chamberlain, Miller & Co, 31 St Vincent Place, Glasgow May 1888 giving a guarantee of solvency in view of the disastrous failures amongst Glasgow Underwriters, listed. 77 1888 635 Programme of Proceedings of Unionist Demonstration, Clark Town Hall, Paisley on Monday Evening 21st May 1888. 77 1888 636 Newspaper article dated 6 May, Glasgow, titled The Shakespeare Cryptogram. 77 1888 64 Newspaper report from the Glasgow Herald 21 Jan 1862 titled Glasgow Asylum For The Blind. Account of the annual meeting.

25 February 2020 Page 383 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 77 1888 646 Newspaper article from The Scotsman 29th May 1888. Letters to the Editor on Church Statistics. Cost of each communicant of the Church of Scotland. Paisley £0.11.2 77 1888 647 Income and expenditure of the Parochial Board of Paisley, from 15th May 1887, till 14th May 1888. Signed, John Anderson Auditor. 77 1888 68 The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society. Jubilee Year Of The Society. Annual Meeting of the society will be held in St Enoch's Hotel, Glasgow on Friday 27th January, 1888. Abstract statement of income and expenditure attached & list of recently joined members. 77 1888 76 National savings Security Bank. Letter to attend the annual general meeting to be held in the County Hall on Monday, First 9th inst. Paisley 6th January 1888. John Ronald, Chairman. 77 1888 78 William Hutchison, Glen Lane, Paisley. Note. Begs to intimate the business owned by James Hutchison is now carried out by William Hutchison. 77 1888 80 Paisley Art Institute. Annual exhibition of pictures will be opened on Wednesday evening 21st current in the Free library and Museum picture gallery.. Chair Rev James Brown. 77 1888 81 Renfrewshire Justice Of The Peace Court, Paisley District. Rotation Of Presiding Justices 1888. 77 1888 82 Fiftieth Annual Report and Annual General Meeting of the National Security savings Bank of Paisley, held 9th January 1888 77 1888 90 Paisley Ornithological Association Subscriber's family ticket. 2nd and 3rd January 1888. J R McLean, Secretary. 77 1888 92 Glasgow Archaeological Society. Letter dated 13th August 1887. Details of the annual excursion of the society to Crichton and Edinburgh Castle on Tuesday 6th September. 77 1888 95 Paisley Florist Society Schedule for Prizes 1886.. Abstract statement of the Paisley Florist Society 1885. 78 1888 452 Joseph Hamilton's Original Overland Route to the Great Indian Empire. For a short season only commencing 19th November 1888 in Town Hall, Paisley.

25 February 2020 Page 384 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 78 1888 454 Carl Rosa Opera Company. Programme of A grand opera and ballad concert to be held in the Good Templars Hall on Tuesday 27th November 1888. 78 1888 459 International Exhibition, Glasgow. Invite to an Exhibtor's Banquet on Monday 12th November 1888 in the Black Watch dining room. J T Tullis, Convenor. 78 1888 466 Newspaper cutting titled, The Crofters Commission in Lewis. Statements and contradictions. 78 1888 468 Newspaper article from the Paisley Express 20th November 1888 titled The High Death Rate of Paisley. 78 1888 474 Newspaper cutting titled Scraps, Social and Personal and News in Brief. 78 1888 486 The Primrose League, Scottish Branch. Third Annual Report. 78 1888 1 Letter intimating that William Fraser Dobie is now a Partner in the Business of George Dobie & Son. Greenhill Works, Clark Street, Paisley 27th June 1888. 78 1888 101 Newspaper article, Gas Surpluses, the price of gas fixed. 78 1888 109 Paisley Daily Express 25 July 1888 The Colour of Trout. 78 1888 115 Invitation card to the British Archaeological Association Exhibition in the Bishop's Castle, Glasgow on Friday 31st August. 78 1888 117 Memorandum from 2nd Renfrew Volunteer Battalion Argyll And Southern Highlanders. Paisley 14th August 1888 to Robert Brown & Son to allow members leave of absence to attend Parades in honour of Her Majesty the Queen, at Renfrew and Paisley. 78 1888 118 Glasgow Herald 30th August 1888. The Wall of Antoninus. 78 1888 119 Queen's Visit to Paisley. Invite to a conference in the County Hall to make arrangements. 1st August 1888. 78 1888 12 Invite from the County Of Renfrew to Quarterly meeting to consider an appeal for John Wilson against the decision to renew his Licence Certificate. 28th June 1888 78 1888 120 Newspaper cutting: The Renfrew welcome to the Queen.

25 February 2020 Page 385 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 78 1888 121 Paisley Race Meeting 16th and 17th August 1888. Race cards for Thursday and Friday. 78 1888 126 Newspaper cuttings. Presentation of the history of Paisley to the Queen. Robert Brown. List of Royal Visits to Paisley. Express 27 Aug 1888. 78 1888 127 Crieff Hydropathic, Menu 78 1888 13 The Paisley Water Commission annual inspection will meet on Tuesday 26th June 1888 in the Town Clerks Office at 10 o'clock. 78 1888 130 Imperial Federation League, Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch. 93 West Regent Street, Glasgow. Invite to a public meeting in October. John Stuart Lang, Hon Secretary 78 1888 131 Invitation Card: Glasgow International Exhibition, State Visit of the Queen on Wednesday 22nd August. Main Avenue seats. W Cunningham, Secretary 78 1888 132 Crieff Highland Games, Programme of Events. Will take place in Market Park on Saturday 18th August 1888. 78 1888 136 Funeral Invite. Funeral of Janet Gibson on Monday27th August 1888, sent by her Mother, Mary Gibson. 78 1888 138 Article from The Baillie, No 827. My Conscience. Glasgow, Wednesday August 22nd 1888. Illustration of Queen Victoria. 78 1888 14 Paisley School Board. Grammar School And Academy. Invite to the public exhibition of the school, and the meeting for the distribution of prizes on Friday 29th June. Programme for the day. Tho MacRobert, School Board Clerk. 78 1888 144 Celebration of the fourth centenary of the Burgh of Paisley, August 23rd 1888. Service in the Abbey at Eleven a.m. Programme of Service. 78 1888 146 Invitation Card. Celebration of the fourth centenary of the Burgh of Paisley, August 23rd 1888. Service in the Abbey at Eleven a.m. 78 1888 148 Reservation ticket for the British Archaeological Association, Glasgow Congress opening dinner on August 27th in the Grand Hotel. 78 1888 15 Newspaper cutting 2 June 1888. The growth of the Church. 78 1888 150 The Royal Official Programme of Her Majesty The Queen's visit to Glasgow and Paisley 22nd, 23rd & 24th August 1888.

25 February 2020 Page 386 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 78 1888 169 Newspaper article: The sewage problem in Glasgow. Report on new filtration scheme. 78 1888 17 Letter from the Chambers, 61 Frederick Street, Edinburgh 21st June 1886. Abbey Parish of Paisley Localities. I beg to enclose a copy of the schemes of locality of the stipends of the Minister of this parish modified 24th November 1884. A S Kinnear. 78 1888 173 Newspaper report on Her Majesty's visit to Paisley. Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette August 25 1888. 78 1888 178 Newspaper cutting dated Thursday September 6 1888. Cart Navigation Trustees monthly meeting. 78 1888 181 Newspaper report from the Paisley Daily Express, 7th September 1888. The imprisonment of Mr Dillon, M.P 78 1888 182 Letter from Marion McArthur, 17 High Street, Paisley enclosing account due by Robert Brown. 1st September 1888. 78 1888 184 Forty seventh annual report of the Paisley Benevolent Society, September 1888. 78 1888 194 Paisley Burns Club Publications, notice seeking subscriptions to fund local author publications. 1888. 78 1888 198 Invite from the Conservative Club, Glasgow to dinner. 6th September 1888. William Easton, Secretary. A j Balfour 78 1888 2 Letter stating the annual general meeting of the Beaconsfield Club will take place within the Reading Room on Thursday 1st June 1888. Alex MacFarlane, Hon Secretary. 78 1888 20 Scottish Clerks Association. Important Notice. A public meeting of Clerks to be held in the Liberal Club, Paisley Wednesday 27th June 1888. Reasons why Clerks should become members of the association. 78 1888 200 Fifty third annual report of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, with list of subscriptions and abstract of income and expenditure. 78 1888 21 Newspaper letter to the editor, Glasgow Herald 25th June. Mr James Caldwell, MP, on Disablement. 78 1888 215 Etchings of Paisley. Mr M Neilson will publish a set of seven etchings of Paisley. Printed by J S Virtue & Co Ltd of London.

25 February 2020 Page 387 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 78 1888 217 Programme of Reception & Converfazione. The Corporation Of Glasgow in honour of The British Archaeological Association and the Library Association of the United Kingdom. Corporation Galleries, Fourth September, 1888. 78 1888 221 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of the High Church of Paisley 1887-88 78 1888 27 Map of Isle of Wight 78 1888 273 Letter invite to a preliminary meeting of objectors to proposed new cemetery in Gockston, on Monday 17th September 1888. Signed James Gardner 78 1888 275 Letter from Paisley Cemetery Company Limited calling for an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company to discuss distribution of the Sinking Fund shares. 20th September 1888. Young & Martin Secretaries. 78 1888 276 Invitation Card from Church of Scotland. Laying of memorial stone of the New North Church, Paisley by James A Campbell Esq on Saturday 22nd September 1888. 78 1888 277 Eleventh annual report of the Paisley Art Institute 1888. 78 1888 28 The John Neilson Educational Institution, Oakshaw Head, Paisley. Thirty Sixth annual public examination of this Institution December 18th instant. James Gardner, Secretary. 78 1888 29 John Neilson Institution. Programme of Examination Wednesday 18th July 1888. 78 1888 294 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church, with other statements 1887-88. 78 1888 3 International Exhibition Glasgow 1888. Daily Programme for Thursday June 21st 1888. 78 1888 30 Sneddon Callans Association thirty second annual report 1887-88 including abstract accounts. 78 1888 328 Paisley Young Men's Christian Association. Scottish National Conference. Invite to accompany the Chairman, Stewart Clark Esq to the platform on Wednesday 26th September 1888.. W M Crawford, President.

25 February 2020 Page 388 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 78 1888 330 Newspaper article from Glasgow Herald 1 Sept 1888 titled British Archaeological Association. Visit to Paisley Abbey, Excursion to Perthshire, Excursion to Falkirk and Linthligow 78 1888 357 Newspaper article in the Gazette, titled, Antiquities Of Houston and Kilallan. 78 1888 36 Report of the thirty sixth annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution 18th July 1888. 78 1888 361 Newspaper cutting. The Abbey Poorhouse. Laying of memorial stone of new hospital. 78 1888 375 Handwritten note. From Mr B Barbour asking if Robert Brown will accompany him to an election address in the Good Templar Hall. Woodlands, Paisley 15 October 1888. 78 1888 376 Menu from the St Enoch's Hotel. Mr Barbour to Magistrate and Town Council of Paisley. Friday 12th October 1888. 78 1888 377 Seventy Seventh annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society 1888. 78 1888 385 Paisley Cemetery Company Limited. Letter dated 8th October 1888 to shareholders seeking to distribute credit of Sinking Fund account, being 7/- per share. Signed JA Caldwell, Geo Hart & James Gardner. 78 1888 386 Memorial Card for Helen Weir Galloway who died 16th October 1888, aged 86, and was this day interred at Stretford Cemetery, October 20th. 78 1888 387 Card advertising Grand Concert of the Royal Italian Opera Company of Mr Augustus Harris, in the George A Clark Town Hall on Wednesday 10th October 1888. 78 1888 388 Card stating, County Of Renfrew. A general meeting to be held within the Town Hall, Renfrew 0n 30th October 1888 for granting and renewing Public House Licences for the Upper Ward of the County. 78 1888 389 First monthly report of the Victoria Eye Infirmary, 1 Gauze Street, Paisley. Hugh Highgate, Secretary & Treasurer. 78 1888 393 Paisley Florists Society: Rules and Regulations. Established 1882 78 1888 397 Paisley Burgh School Board. Twenty-Eighth Half yearly report on school attendance. 1888. School Attendance Committee.

25 February 2020 Page 389 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 78 1888 403 Newspaper cutting on the Glasgow International Exhibition. Cheap admission day for children. 78 1888 409 Newspaper report Paisley Express 10 October 1888. Paisley Town Council. Petition against the new cemetery in Gockston. 78 1888 415 Newspaper report from The Glasgow Herald 26 October 1888. The new Saltmarket tenements, drawings and plans. 78 1888 417 Paisley Daily Express 23 October 1888. Municipal Elections report. 78 1888 421 Invite to Corporation dinner from the Provost Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley, to be held in the Town Hall. 7th November 1888. 78 1888 422 Blue coloured invitation card to the thirty second annual Orange and Protestant Soiree on Friday 9th November in the Town Hall. 78 1888 423 Paisley Cemetery Company Limited. Invitation to an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the office of the Company on 5th November 1888, for the purpose of confirming the resolutions passed. 78 1888 424 Glasgow Archaeological Society, Syllabus 1888-89. 78 1888 425 Glasgow Archaeological Society. Monthly meeting will be held in the Society's Rooms, 207 Bath Street on Thursday 20th inst. John Honeyman will exhibit. 78 1888 428 Newspaper cutting from the Lincoln County News on the Origin of Schooner. The town has given the world the first five masted schooner said to have been built in Gloucester in 1713. 78 1888 429 Paisley Orange and Protestant Association. Invitation to attend the annual soiree on Friday 9th November 1888 in the Town Hall. George Crowe, Secretary. 34 Well Street, Paisley. 78 1888 431 Mutual Marine Assurance Company Limited. 1 Threadneedle Street, London. The Indemnity. Report for presentation at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders on Tuesday 10th July 1888. 78 1888 436 Glasgow Herald 22nd November 1888. Newspaper cutting on The Politics of Robert Burns. 78 1888 439 Newspaper cutting dated 20 Nov 1888, titled The Dykebar Tenants and Their Landlord.

25 February 2020 Page 390 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 78 1888 441 Paisley Choral Union Prospectus of the seventh series of subscription concerts. T B McLennan, President. James Paton, Junior Secretary. 78 1888 462 Glasgow Herald 19th Nov 1888. Article titled The Wallace Sword, transference from Dumbarton to Stirling. 78 1888 482 Paisley Liberal Club. Report for the year ended 11th November 1888. 78 1888 490 Paisley Art Institute. Annual Exhibition will be held in the Free Library and Museum. 18th December 1888 78 1888 491 Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition. Non members ticket. Paisley 19th December 1888. 78 1888 492 Original Secession Church, Paisley. A Bazaar to be held in the Town Hall Paisley. Congregational statement and appeal. 27th to 29th December 1888. 78 1888 496 Savings , Report 1888. John Ure, Chairman. 78 1888 500 Paisley Philosophical Institution. Report of the Eightieth General Meeting 1887- 1888. 78 1888 517 Paisley Cemetery Company. Letter dated 14th December 1888 regarding share certificate and payment made. Young and Martin, Secretaries. 78 1888 519 Paisley Free Public Library and Museum. List of Committee of Management and sub committees. November 1888. 78 1888 521 Paisley Art Institute Thirteenth Exhibition opened 26th December 1888. Includes list of Exhibitors. 78 1888 552 Newspaper article, Express 25th December 1888. The Late Bailie McLauchlan. 78 1888 560 Letter to Robert Brown from JNO Thomson, clerk of session, advising that the rotation scheme of church door collecting has fallen to Robert. 21st December 1888 78 1888 564 Barbour Technological Fund Session 1888-89 78 1888 604 Paisley Industrial School Thirty Eighth Annual Report 1888 78 1888 620 Paisley Abbey Annual Report 1888 78 1888 648 Paisley Infirmary One Hundred And Third Annual Report for the year ending 31st December 1888

25 February 2020 Page 391 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 78 1888 72 British Archaeological Society. Glasgow Congress 28th July 1888. Programme of proposed arrangements, Monday 27th August to Monday 3rd September. 78 1888 79 The New Gas Bill For Paisley, Remarks Theron by Robert Brown. 79 1890 1 Paisley Philosophical Institution. The surface geology of Paisley by Mr Matthew Blair 79 1890 12 National Security Savings Bank of Paisley. Notes of it's history from 1838 till 1888. 79 1890 206 Opening of the Greenlaw Church. Illustration and newspaper account of proceedings. 79 1890 212 Newspaper cutting from the Glasgow Herald 15 Aug 1889 headed, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 79 1890 214 Newspaper cutting dated 26 January 1889, titled, Sketches at Greenock Burns Club Dinner. 79 1890 214½ Burgh Parochial Board. Poll for the election of managers of the poor for the Middle church takes place on Monday First, 18th inst. James Dobie 1 Buchanan Terrace, Paisley. 14th February 1889. 79 1890 215 Notice from Wm Shedden commencing business on my own account as a Consulting Engineer and Draughtsman. St James Place, Paisley. 19 February 1889. 79 1890 216 Notice stating the annual exhibition of the Industrial School in Albion Street, Paisley will take place on Tuesday the 26th inst. 22nd February 1889. John McGown, Chairman. 79 1890 217 Letter from the Provost, John Johnston, received from the Lord Mayor of London, referring to the severe distress which large populations in Northern China are suffering from, by reasons of famine and drought. Appeal for contributions to relief fund. 79 1890 220 Newspaper cutting dated 19 October 1882. A Paisley Literary Bankrupt. Joseph Irving, described as an author residing at House was examined in bankruptcy. 79 1890 221 Newspaper article from Glasgow Herald 19 February 1888. The National Drink Bill.

25 February 2020 Page 392 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 79 1890 223 Letter from Robert Graham Abercrombie, Chartered Accountant. 94 High Street, Paisley. Sending you a copy of the Glasgow Stock and Share List of this date 28th February 1889 and offering my services. 79 1890 224 New Fish and Poultry Shop opened at 24 Moss Street, Paisley by William Clark 4th February 1889. 79 1890 225 Thirty Ninth annual report of the Paisley Industrial School 1889. 79 1890 242 Paisley Infirmary list of Board Of Directors 1888-89. Paisley 19th February 1889. Secretary Fra Martin. 79 1890 243 Newspaper cutting Express 16th February 1889. Social Meetings: Caledonia Fireclay Workers' Soiree. 79 1890 247 Newspaper cutting from the Glasgow Herald 19th February 1889. The History Of The National Debt. 79 1890 251 Paisley Horticultural Society, Schedule of prizes for grand exhibition at the Clark Hall on Thursday and Friday 28th and 29th March 1889. 79 1890 255 Programme of The Paisley Grammar School Concert, George A Clark Town Hall on Friday 22nd March 1889. Mr D P Gilmour, Conductor. 79 1890 267 Paisley Photographic Society Third Exhibition Of Work by Members. List of Exhibitors. Picture Gallery, Free Library and Museum, March 1889. 79 1890 275 Reminiscences of Fort Augusta by an old soldier. Letter in the Paisley Express written by John Young, 7 Orr Square, Paisley. 79 1890 276 Letter from Walker and Marwick to Robert Brown seeking to form "The Scottish Fireclay Manufacturers' Association" the object of which is to regulate prices and to attend to any other common matters of interest to the Trade. Glasgow 29th March 1889 79 1890 277 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company Limited to the forty fourth annual general meeting of the shareholders. 26th March 1889 79 1890 281 Railway Rates. Public meeting of manufacturers, traders and others carrying on business in Paisley interested in railway rates and charges. Town Hall Wednesday 6th March 1889. Young and Martin Town Clerks. 79 1890 282 Reminiscences of an old soldier by a Paisley veteran, John Young. Reprinted from the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette, March 1889.

25 February 2020 Page 393 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 79 1890 291 Newspaper cutting. Overcrowding in Paisley 1889. 79 1890 293 Newspaper cutting from the Express 30th March 1889. titled William Arrol. 79 1890 298 Newspaper article dated 25 March 1882 titled, Notes on Paisley Abbey and it's cloisters by R Rowand Anderson. 79 1890 301 Newspaper article titled Beautiful Residential Estate in Renfrewshire. The fine estate of Southbar partly in the parish of Inchinnan and parish of Erskine is for sale by Private Bargain. 79 1890 301½ Newspaper article from the Gazette 23rd March 1889. Paisley Clubs, the Literary and Convivial Association. 1814 to 1856. 79 1890 305 Newspaper article from the Express 16 March 1889. Educational Institute of Scotland: Renfrewshire Local Association Conversazione. 79 1890 31 Renfrewshire Justice Of Peace Court. Paisley District. Rotation of presiding Justices, 1889. 79 1890 311 Newspaper cutting 2nd May 1889. Sherriff Court Returns. 79 1890 312 Church Of Scotland Presbytery of Paisley Sabbath School Union. Praise and missionary demonstration of sabbath scholars in the Clark Town Hall on Sabbath 12th May commencing at 6pm. 79 1890 314 Note from Archibald Fairlie, Secretary to meet with the Speakers for the Demonstration of Sabbath Schools. 9th May 1889. 79 1890 315 Newspaper article from the Glasgow Herald 7th May 1889. United Presbyterian Synod. 79 1890 318 Church Of Scotland, Home and Foreign Mission Work. By orders of the Presbytery of Paisley, Mission services will be held on Sunday 12th May 1889 as follows: list of Renfrewshire churches. 79 1890 319 Opening of the New North Parish Church 9th June 1889. 79 1890 319½ Admission ticket to the Opening of the New Parish Church on Sunday 9th June 1889. Preacher, Very Rev Principal Cunningham 79 1890 32 Invitation card to Opening Services of Greenlaw Church on 20th January 1889

25 February 2020 Page 394 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 79 1890 320 Invitation Card. The Misses Pattinson request the pleasure of the presence of the Misses Brown at their Pupils' Concert in the Museum Hall on Friday Seventh June. Townhead House, Paisley 30th May 1889. 79 1890 322 Invitation Card for Burns Club to a trip to Inverkip on Saturday 1st prox is proposed. J Edward Campbell, Hon Secretary. 79 1890 323 Invitation Card to the annual general meeting of the Beaconsfield Club on Thursday First, the fifth current. Paisley 3rd May 1889. Alex MacFarlane, Hon Secretary. 79 1890 324 Valuable lots of feuing ground on Ralston estate, Paisley, to be sold by roup within the Faculty Hall, Saint George's Place, Glasgow on Wednesday 19th June 1889.. Plan of portions of Ralston estate. Owned by G W Richardson Esq. 79 1890 325 The Paisley Coffee Room Buildings annual general meeting of proprietors has been fixed for Tuesday 28th May 1889. Includes abstract accounts and list of shareholders. James Gardner, Secretary. 3 County Place, Paisley. 79 1890 327 Twelfth annual report of the Paisley Art Institute 1889. 79 1890 33 Letter to attend the annual general meeting of the National Security Savings Bank on Monday 14th January 1889. John Logan, Chairman. 79 1890 34 Report of proceedings at the annual general meeting of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley, held on 14th January 1889. 79 1890 342 Paisley (Burgh) School Board. School Attendance Committee. Twenty ninth half yearly report on school attendance 1889. 79 1890 348 Newspaper article from the Paisley Gazette 18th May 1889. Death of Mr David Gilmour. Portrait illustration. 79 1890 351 Newspaper article titled Tannahill Anniversary 79 1890 354 Newspaper article from the Express 25th June 1889 titled River Cart Improvement: Trade prospects in Paisley (From the Glasgow Mail) . 79 1890 358 Newspaper article 8 June 1889 titled Paisley and it's high death rate. No2 House accommodation ( taken from the Glasgow Mail). 79 1890 365 Newspaper article from the Express 25 June 1889 titled A Forfarshire gentleman's opinion of the Tannahill anniversary.

25 February 2020 Page 395 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 79 1890 369 Newspaper article from the Express 28 June 1889. A windy night's tale: being an episode in the career of Mr Valentine McFlash. 79 1890 372 William H Gibson Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer 78 Causeyside Street, Paisley. May 1889. Begs to thank his friends and the public for support during the year he has been in business. List of services offered. 79 1890 375 Newspaper article titled Proposed Cemetery at Gockston (to the editor of the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette) Paisley 28th June 1889. 79 1890 378 Catalogue of rare and valuable cabinet of coins and medals which belonged to the late Alexander Russell Pollock Esq, Greenhill, Paisley. to be sold by public auction by Duncan Keith & McCloy auctioneers at 157 Hope Street, Glasgow on 3rd and 4th July 1889 79 1890 38 Thirty Fifth annual exhibition and competition of the Paisley Ornithological Association, on 1st and 2nd January 1889 in The Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley. 79 1890 402 Newspaper article from Glasgow Herald June 15th 1889 titled Paisley as a Seaport including a sketch of the Cart navigation works. 79 1890 403 Report of the thirty seventh annual examination of the John Neilson Endowment Educational Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley. 10th July 1889. 79 1890 44 Paisley Burns Club. Celebration of the one hundred and thirtieth anniversary of the birthday of Robert Burns. 25th January 1889 Globe Hotel, Paisley. 79 1890 448 Roll of surviving members of the Incorporation of Merchants and Traders of Paisley as at 1st July 1889. 79 1890 474 Robert Pinkerton, Plumber, Tinsmith, Gasfitter and Bellhanger. Workshop: 67 Back Sneddon Street, Paisley. Furnishing and general ironmongery shop, 14 Moss Street, Paisley. Bower gas lamp. Signature of Robert Pinkerton. 79 1890 475 Illustration of John Clark, Esq. Commodore, Royal Clyde Yacht Club and feature titled Men You Know. from the newspaper The Baillie Vol XXX1V No872 3rd July 1889. Illustration of S S Mohican

25 February 2020 Page 396 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 79 1890 478 Burgh of Paisley Dean Of Guild Court Petition. The petition of Robert Watson, rope manufacturers in Paisley and Mr Robert Brown of Underwood Park, Paisley. 79 1890 480 Transfield's Royal Circus, Love Street, Paisley. Programme and poster. Johnstone, Renfrew, Govan. 79 1890 484 Death notice for Janet Bell, wife of James Caldwell, clerk of supply for Renfrewshire. Died 5th July 1889. 79 1890 484 Invitation to the Grammar School and Academy on Friday 28 June in the Good Templar Hall. Thomas MacRobert, school board clerk. 79 1890 486 Alexander Montgomery 81 High Street, Paisley. Umbrellas, Bags, Purses, Trunks and Waterproofs. Price list. 79 1890 489 Sneddon Callans Association Thirty third annual report 1889 - 90. 79 1890 49 Fifty first annual report of the National Security Savings Bank of Paisley presented to the annual general meeting of the trustees and managers, held 14th January 1889. With the minutes of the meeting. 79 1890 493 John Neilson Institution, Senior Department, programme of examination Wednesday 10th July 1889. 79 1890 494 St Mirren Football Club tenth annual amateur athletic sports. Westmarch Grounds, Greenhill Road, Paisley. Saturday 27th July 1889. Programme of events. 79 1890 495 Letter regarding rotation scheme of church door collecting. Jno G Thomason, chair of session. 18th July 1889. 79 1890 496 Death notice of Archibald Campbell Holms, eighty nine years of age. Sandyford, Paisley 10th June 1889. 79 1890 498 Incorporation of Merchants and Traders of Paisley. Letter from William Bartlemore stating that a certificate of membership is enclosed to Robert Brown. 1st July 1889. 79 1890 499 St Mirren Football Club tenth annual amateur athletic sports. Westmarch Grounds off Greenhill Road, Paisley. Saturday 20th and 27th July 1889. Programme.

25 February 2020 Page 397 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 79 1890 504 Two Admission cards to meeting of ratepayers in the Burgh of Paisley in the Town Hall on Tuesday 30th July 1889. To consider whether the Site at the Cross is to be built upon or kept open. 79 1890 505 Newspaper cutting from the Glasgow Herald 12th July 1889 titled, The Weather. 79 1890 507 Newspaper article titled, Town Council Meeting.: The open space, deputation to the Council. 79 1890 519 Newspaper article from the Paisley Daily Express dated 31st July 1889. The open space: great public debate in the Town Hall. 79 1890 519½ Newspaper cutting titled, Valuable lots of feuing ground on Ralston estate, Paisley. 79 1890 520 Newspaper article from the Glasgow herald 1st July 1889. The open space at the Cross. 79 1890 524 Newspaper article dated Saturday, July 13th 1889 titled Prospectus: subscription list will be opened for the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited. Shares for sale. 79 1890 57 Barrhead Hydraulic Lime Company. Notice stating that Mr Daniel Keith has disposed of the business to Ms Alexander McAra on 1st January 1889. 79 1890 58 The Paisley Lodging House Mission, Albion Hall, 25 High Street, Paisley. Financial statement for 1888-89. 79 1890 62 Paisley Conservative Association office bearers for 1878. Rules. Candidate for admission as a member. 1. Thomas Carlile, 2 Lancaster Terrace, . 79 1890 64 Map showing proposed line for Barrhead and Johnstone railway. 79 1890 65 Monthly meeting of the Glasgow Archaeological Society will be held in the society's rooms, 207 Bath Street on Thursday the 21st inst. 79 1890 66 Invitation card for Paisley Ornithological Association on 1st and 2nd January 1889. 79 1890 67 Newspaper cutting, letter to the editor of the Post and Reformer headed, Shutting up of the old road around the bowling green. Signed A Burgess. 79 1890 68 High Parish Church, scheme of church door collecting. Elders and Trustees 1889.

25 February 2020 Page 398 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 79 1890 69 Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Alexander Russell Pollock, Esq, of Greenhill, Paisley. 1889. Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, London. 80 1890 1 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of the High Church of Paisley, with other church statements 1888-89. 80 1890 103 Programme for a Grand Operatic Concert by the members of the Carl Rosa Opera Company in Paisley Town Hall on Tuesday 16th April 1889.. Messrs J Muir Wood & Co, Buchanan Street, Glasgow. 80 1890 106 Newspaper cutting titled, Letters to the Editor, Bad language in County Square and The Most popular system of shorthand. Paisley 27th April. 80 1890 108 Newspaper cutting from the Express 3rd April 1889. Success of a native of Paisley, Mr William Dunn. 80 1890 111 Newspaper cutting from the Glasgow Herald 10th May 1889. Sir Walter Scott and his friends. List of friends at Abbotsford. 80 1890 112 Newspaper article dated 29th April 1889. The New County Buildings, Masonic demonstration. St James Street, Paisley. 80 1890 116 Newspaper cutting from the Glasgow Herald 29 April 1889. Burial grounds. Pit burial. Health. 80 1890 122 Newspaper article from Glasgow Evening News April 13 1889. Sewage and purification of the Clyde, with diagram. 80 1890 124 Paisley Lodging House Mission, second final statement. List of lodging houses. A day in the country. 80 1890 129 Order form for a book titled Our present hope and our future home by Rev James R Sturrock, M.A. Paisley. 2nd edition. List of contents. Alexander Gardner, publisher. 80 1890 133 Rules of the Paisley and Suburbs Engine-keepers and Fireman's Friendly Society. President: John Lorimer, 33 George Street, Paisley. 80 1890 151 In Memoriam card. In loving memory of Rev. Peter Thomson who died at 66 High Street, Paisley, on Thursday 24th Sept, 1885 and was interred in Paisley Cemetery on 29th Sept. 80 1890 152 Annual report of The Abbey, Paisley. 1889.

25 February 2020 Page 399 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 80 1890 180 The Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. Syllabus of day and evening classes in Agriculture and Agricultural Chemistry, Session 1889­ 90. Young Laboratory Buildings, 60 John Street, Glasgow. 80 1890 192 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, Paisley, 1888-89. 80 1890 216 Philosophical Institution, Session Eighty First. The annual general meeting of the session will be held in the Hall of the Free Library on Tuesday next at 8 o,Clock. Paisley 28th September, 1889. James Gardner, Hon Secy. 80 1890 216½ The Paisley Horticultural Society, series of prizes for window grown plants. Confined to the working classes of Paisley. List of prizes and rules. Competition will take place on Thursday & Friday 5th and 6th September, 1889. 80 1890 217 Newspaper article 20th Sept 1889. Angling at Lochleven, close of the season statistics for 1889. 80 1890 217½ Newspaper article, Express 23rd September 1889. Free High Church Mission Hall, Laying of memorial slab. 80 1890 221 Newspaper article, Herald Monday 23rd September 1889. Renfrewshire, electoral divisions for County Councillors under the Local Government Act 1889. 80 1890 222 Annual report of the Paisley Lodging House Mission, Adelphi Hall, Cart Lane, year ending 1st October 1889. President: Mr James C. Elder. 80 1890 230 Letter from Ferguslie Thread Mills 15th October 1889 to Ex Provost Brown regarding possibly changing the Fair Holiday to end of June. Staff in J & J Coats unanimously approved of a change. Signed John Hamilton Secy. 80 1890 233 Invitation card from Mr Barbour to Dinner in the St Enoch's Hotel, Glasgow. 22nd October 1889. 80 1890 234 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society, 99 High Street, Paisley 22nd October 1889. Invitation to Dinner after the annual general meeting. Signed, Charles Bine Renshaw. 80 1890 235 Abstract of Valuation Rolls of the County of Renfrew 1888 -1889. Valuation of Railways. Lands and Heritages. Whole Lands and Heritages.

25 February 2020 Page 400 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 80 1890 237 Paisley Philharmonic Society. List of Patrons, Members of Committee. Notice intending to give two concerts during the winter. Paisley 21st October 1889. 80 1890 239 Funeral invitation from Mrs Jane McIndoe regarding the death of her husband, the Rev William McIndoe. Paisley 18th October 1889. 80 1890 240 Letter of Invitation to the Orange and Protestant Soiree on Friday 22nd November 1889. 80 1890 242 Invitation card to the annual Orange and Protestant Soiree on Friday 22nd November 1889. 80 1890 245 Paisley Photographic Society. First meeting of the winter session Tuesday 15th October 1889 in Lecture Hall, Free Library and Museum. 80 1890 246 Business card for William Brown, Photographer, 9 Gilmour Street, Paisley. Photograph of Abbey Church. 80 1890 250 Mauricewood Relief Fund. Fund open for the relief of victims of Mauricewood Colliery, near Penicuik. Burgh of Paisley. Young & Martin, Town Clerks. 80 1890 251 Paisley Female Benevolent Society. Seventy eighth annual report 1889. 80 1890 258 Paisley Burgh School Board Directory 1888-91. Fifth edition. 80 1890 307 Newspaper report Glasgow Herald 4th Oct 1889 titled Glasgow Tramways, history of undertaking. Proposed terms of new lease. 80 1890 308 Newspaper report, Express 10th October 1889 titled Renfrew, Sir A.C. and Lady Campbell's silver wedding. Presentation of address by Town Council. 80 1890 309 Newspaper article Glasgow Herald 13th October 1881 titled Important improvements in burning fire-bricks. 80 1890 312 Newspaper cutting 18th October 1889 titled Burgh of Paisley. Notice to owners of the lands or premises of Springbank Road. 80 1890 313 Newspaper cutting 21st October 1889 titled The improvement of Greenhill Road. 80 1890 315 Newspaper article Paisley Express October 26th 1889 titled Municipal Elections, Fourth Ward meeting.

25 February 2020 Page 401 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 80 1890 318 Paisley Choral Union, Eighth series of subscription concerts, season 1889­ 90. Programme, First Concert. Friday 15th November 1889. Carl Rosa Opera company. Second concert, Friday December 20 1889. Glasgow choral union orchestra. 80 1890 322 Report of the eighty first general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution 1889. 80 1890 327 Annual Dinner menu of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley. George Hotel, 8th November 1889. 80 1890 327 River Cart and taxation. Letter published in the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette. 80 1890 328 Letter from Thomas GlenCoats, Thornhill House, Johnstone, 1st November 1889 appealing for increase in members of the Glasgow Renfrewshire Society to pay for a pension. List of Members. 80 1890 33 Note requesting to become a subscriber to the Sun magazine due to a new proprietor A Symington. Oakshaw House, Paisley. August 1889. 80 1890 331 Corporation Dinner Toast list. 8th November 1889. Provost Johnston, Chairman. 80 1890 332 Funeral invitation card to funeral of William Coats from William Coats Junior on Thursday 1st December 1889 at the Cemetery in Paisley. Ferndean, Castlehead, Paisley. 80 1890 333 Memoriam card of William Coats with photograph. In memory of William Coats, born at Paisley 1st November 1798. Died at Dunoon 4th November 1889. 80 1890 335 Paisley Free public library and museum. List of committee of management and sub committees. 80 1890 337 Invitation note to a Corporation Dinner in the Town Hall on 4th November 1889. 80 1890 338 Second report of the Victoria Eye Infirmary, 1 Gauze Street, Paisley. N Gordon Cluckie, Ophthalmic Surgeon. 80 1890 34 Glasgow Archaeological Society, excursion to Crossraguel. Ja Dalrymple and William George Black Hon Secys.

25 February 2020 Page 402 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 80 1890 342 The first annual report of the Royal Victoria Eye Infirmary, 1 Gauze Street, Paisley. Submitted to a general meeting of subscribers, 8th November 1889. 80 1890 36 Admission card to course of twelve lectures on The Physiology of the Senses in the Hall of the Free Library. Paisley Philosophical Institution, University Extension Scheme. October, November and December 1889. 80 1890 366 Reward Notice. Small brown paper parcel containing 3 miniature portraits and a piece of yellow silk. Left on a train from Greenock to Glasgow and went on to Edinburgh. 80 1890 367 Petition against the decision to purchase Gockston Farm to build a cemetery. 80 1890 368 Newspaper report from the Express 8th November 1889 titled Mr John Polson's address to the Clerks' Association. Visited Egypt. 80 1890 37 Newspaper cuttings. August 1889 mentions Henderson & Co auctioneer established in 1850. Cutting titled, Commencement Of Harvest from Glasgow Herald 3rd August 1889. 80 1890 379 Newspaper account from Glasgow Herald 15 November 1889. The Forth and Clyde Ship Canal, more details of scheme. Full text of report by Messrs D & T. Stevenson. 80 1890 38 Newspaper cutting from the Glasgow Herald 29th August 1889 titled, Etymology in Lenny. 80 1890 384 Newspaper cutting titled Report by Mr E. Leader Williams. Forth and Clyde canal. 80 1890 385 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 16 November 1889. The Forth and Clyde Ship canal scheme. 80 1890 386 Newspaper article titled Death of Mr John Barr, formerly of Paisley. From the New Zealand Dunedin Evening Star. 80 1890 388 Newspaper article from the Gazette 16th November 1889. The late ex- Bailie Coats, death of. Illustration of William Coats. 80 1890 39 Menu for Central Station Hotel Restaurant, Tuesday 27th August 1889. Manager, S Timbrell.

25 February 2020 Page 403 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 80 1890 394 Fourth annual report of the Directors of the Paisley Convalescent Home, West Kilbride, for the year ending 31st December 1889. 80 1890 408 Bells' Dyeworks Paisley. Colour brochure of services offered. 80 1890 43 Race card for Paisley Race Meeting Thursday 15th August 1889. 80 1890 434 Robert Brown and Son's Sanitary Earthenware. Article from the Railway Supplies Journal December 18th 1886. 80 1890 435 Royal Commission On The Blind. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the representatives of the missions to outdoor blind in Scotland held in Edinburgh 9th December 1889. Newspaper article attached. 80 1890 436 The Queen's Monument to the Royal Stewarts, Inaugural Ceremony. Invite to the unveiling of the monument by Sir Michael R Shaw-Stewart. 12th December 1889. 80 1890 437 Abstract statement of the survey of the real annual rent of the Landward part of the County of Renfrew along with the different parishes. Collector of prisons and rogue money. 1843 1844 1845. 80 1890 438 Mr Motherwell. Old Scots and Latin text over four pages. 80 1890 44 Quiz supplement 16th August 1889. Illustrations with accompanying names, of a garden party at Kilmacolm & Theatre Royal performance of Rob Roy. 80 1890 447 Death notice. Died at Beltrees near Paisley on the 17th inst, Janet Scott, wife of Graham MacFarlane. 80 1890 448 Abstract of the Agricultural Returns for the years 1888 and 1889. For the information of occupiers of land. 80 1890 449 Illustration of John Neilson school. 80 1890 450 Illustration of Paisley Town Hall with plan on reverse of interior. 80 1890 452 Amended price list for Caledonia and Shortroods Drain Pipe & Tile Works Paisley. Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley. Table of materials required to drain an imperial acre. 80 1890 455 Member's ticket for Paisley Philosophical Institution. Session 1888 - 1889. Image of Coats Observatory.

25 February 2020 Page 404 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 80 1890 456 Paisley Choral Union. Prospectus of the eighth series of subscription concerts in the Town Hall. Season 1889 - 90. 80 1890 465 Member's ticket for Paisley Philosophical Institution. Session 1887 - 88. Image of Coats Observatory. 80 1890 466 Newspaper article titled The proposed Glasgow District Subway. 80 1890 467 Hydropathic Kilmacolm. Opening of new ash tennis courts. Garden party and dance will take place on 10th August. 80 1890 468 French Tuition with Mons. CH. Lacaille session 1889 -1890. French Teacher, 9 Hamilton Drive, Hillhead, Glasgow. Private lessons available in Paisley Town Hall and neighbourhood. 80 1890 47 Race card for Paisley Race Meeting held Friday 16th August 1889. 80 1890 470 The Paisley Lodging House Mission, Albion Hall, 25 High Street, Paisley. Financial statement for 1888 - 1889. 80 1890 474 Music and lyrics to The Banner Of Scotland. Words by John Cowan, Paisley and Music by John Hayes, Paisley. 80 1890 475 Election Song. Lyrics by An Indignant Dame. Paisley, 18th Nov 1885. Primrose League. Rads. 80 1890 478 Newspaper article 11 December 1889 titled Town Council Meeting. 80 1890 479 Notice for collections towards the first volume of an Archaeological and Historical Survey of the County of Renfrew. Appeal for subscribers by Mr Gardner. 80 1890 480 Paisley Cemetery Company Limited. Proposal to pay shareholders the sum of 7/- per share following a resolution passed at an extraordinary meeting. 6th December 1888. Young & Martin, Secretaries. 80 1890 481 Programme of a Festival of Sacred music in St James' Church in aid of the Mission fund. Wednesday 4th December 1889. 80 1890 485 The Gospel Army Mission. Headquarters, Ivanhoe Place, B Sneddon, Paisley. Appeal for donations. Samuel Evans, Superintendent. 80 1890 486 Paisley Burgh Police. Superintendent's Return for the year ending 31st December 1889.

25 February 2020 Page 405 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 80 1890 487 Newspaper article from the Renfrewshire Gazette December 14 1878 titled Angus Holden, Esq, Mayor of Bradford, and his father, Isaac Holden, ex M.P. John Fraser. 80 1890 49 Newspaper cutting describing a garden party at Kilmacolm. 80 1890 491 Newspaper cutting from the Glasgow Herald 5 Dec 1882 titled Defence of the Church of Scotland. 80 1890 494 Newspaper cutting dated 18 Dec 1877 title Noms De Plume. List of fictitious names adopted by some of the most popular English authors of the day. 80 1890 495 Newspaper cutting from the Glasgow Citizen 25 December 1889 titled How Mr Labouchere cured himself. Russian flu. Newspaper cutting Mr Motherwell's Library. Auction of works. 80 1890 50 Booklet of certificates regarding the quality of Fire Bricks manufactured by Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley. 80 1890 59 Paisley and Suburbs Engine-Keepers' and Fireman's Friendly Society. Letter dated 28th August 1889 to set up an Honorary membership. Arch Cowan, President. 80 1890 61 Carriegehill Nursery, Paisley. Alexander Stewart, supplier. Advertisement. 80 1890 62 Newspaper cutting regarding the Glenboig Union Fire Clay Company. Shares 80 1890 64 Invitation to the laying of the memorial stone of the new County Building and Police Station. 27th April 1889. Signed JA Caldwell clerk of supply. 80 1890 65 Admittance card on occasion to the memorial stone of the New County Buildings and Police Station. Saturday 27th April 1889. Lady's Ticket. 80 1890 66 The Club, Paisley. Notice hereby given that the Ninth Annual General Meeting of members of The Club will be held in the Clubhouse on Wednesday 29th May 1889. Jas H Dunn, Secretary. 80 1890 67 The Club, Paisley. Report by the committee of The Club to the ninth annual general meeting 29th May 1889. Jas H Dunn, Secretary. 80 1890 69 Honorary Membership card of the Beaconsfield Club for Robert Brown. Wm Henderson, Hon Tr.

25 February 2020 Page 406 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 80 1890 70 Paisley Grammar School and Academy. Report and abstract statement of the income and expenditure connected with the erection and furnishings of the New Academy at the Grammar School, Oakshaw Street.. 80 1890 80 Invitation card to the Paisley Photographic Society third annual Lantern exhibition in the Lecture Hall, Free Library and Museum on Tuesday 2nd April 1889. 80 1890 81 Abercorn Habitation Fourth Annual Conversazione in the Good Templar Hall 18th April 1889. Sir A C Campbell, Bart, Chairman. 80 1890 82 Poster with image advertising The Royal Hand Bell Ringers and Glee Men performing in the Town Hall, Paisley on Monday 8th April 1889. Performance of Edison's Phonograph or, speaking machine. Testimonials. 80 1890 92 Bill. Provincial Grand Lodge, Renfrewshire East. Laying of the memorial stone of the new County Buildings, Paisley on Saturday 27th April 1889 by Sir Archibald C. Campbell, Grand Master Mason of Scotland. Arrangements. Order of Procession. Bro Jas Drewe 80 1890 94 This building is erected by the Commissioners Of Supply of the County Of Renfrew. Laying of the memorial stone, County Buildings on Saturday 27th April 1889. List of dignitaries including Sir Archibald Campbell. Contractors. 80 1890 96 Appeal to raise funds to install a memorial window in Paisley Abbey in the name of Andrew Millar, Heritor Clerk. Paisley, 26th April 1880. 80 1890 97 Notice of removal by A & M Pottie, Veterinary Horse-shoers from 64 Love Street to the Railway Yard, foot of Moss Street. 10th April 1889. 80 1890 98 Request to attend a meeting of the Railway Rates Committee on 9th April 1889. Young & Martin. 80 1890 99 Specifications and conditions of digging, bottoming, causewaying, channelling and kerbing within the Burgh of Paisley by the Burgh Board Trustees. Robert Sharp, Master of Works. Form of Tender. 80 1890 Page179 Card for Miss Houston, Modes shop, 10 St Mirren Street, Paisley. autumn and winter novelties. Will show the latest styles in mantles, jackets etc on Monday 30th Sept 1889. 81 1890 1 Locality of the Stipend of the Fist Minister of the Abbey. Modified 24th November 1884; Commencing with crop and year 1884.

25 February 2020 Page 407 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 81 1890 110 Newspaper report from the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 18th January 1890 titled The savings bank of Paisley. Report of proceedings at he annual meeting held on 13th January 1890. 81 1890 114 Fifty second annual report of The Savings Bank of Paisley presented to the annual general meeting of the trustees and managers, held 13th January 1890, with the minutes of the meeting. 81 1890 126 Frazer & Green pharmaceutical chemists to the Queen 127 Buchanan Street, Glasgow. Catalogue with illustrations. 81 1890 14 Paisley Ornithological Association, thirty seventh annual exhibition and competition, open to the United kingdom, on Thursday & Friday 1st and 2nd January 1891 in the Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley. 81 1890 15 History of and of the various struggles made of it's citizens to preserve it from encroachment., particularly those of 1875-76, 1745 and 1845. Published 1845. 81 1890 177 Catalogue of the Paisley Art Institute Fourteenth Exhibition opened Friday 27th December 1889 in the Free Library and Museum picture gallery. 81 1890 209 Programme of the third concert of the Paisley Choral Union season 1889­ 90 in the Town Hall, Paisley on Wednesday 29th Jan 1890. 81 1890 223 Just published, Paisley Poets Vol 2 by Robert Brown, advertisement. 81 1890 224 Association for improving the conditions of the poor of Paisley. Annual meeting of subscribers and friends of the association. 16th January 1890 Secy P Eadie. 81 1890 225 Sanitary Earthenware Works, Ferguslie, Paisley 8th January 1890. Letter to inform a 10% increase in consequence of the great increase in the Price of Coals. 81 1890 226 Letter from J Cowan, Ross Hall 28th January 1890, thanking Robert Brown and the electors for returning him unopposed to represent the Paisley Division in Renfrewshire County Council. 81 1890 227 The Marie Roze Opera Company give a Grand Concert in the Town Hall, Paisley on Monday 20th January 1890. Programme. 81 1890 230 Notice to attend the funeral of Janet, sister of James Miller, Carruth, Bridge Of Weir 3rd January 1890.

25 February 2020 Page 408 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 81 1890 231 Annual meeting of the Mission to the Out-Door Blind in the Christian Institute, 70 Bothwell Street, Glasgow on Wednesday 29th January 1890. J S Templeton Hon Secretary. 81 1890 233 Invitation card to the Anniversary Dinner of the Paisley Burns Club which will be held in the Globe Hotel on Saturday 25th January 1890. J Edward Campbell. 81 1890 234 Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District. Rotation of presiding Judges 1890. 81 1890 235 Glasgow Archaeological Society, Syllabus 1889-90. 207 Bath Street, Glasgow. 81 1890 237 Newspaper article titled Jubilee of the Penny Post. 81 1890 241 Newspaper article from the Glasgow Herald 28 June 1890 titled Scottish Place Names. 81 1890 247 Organ Recital in the George A Clark Town Hall on Saturday afternoon. 81 1890 248 The ninth in a series of Saturday Afternoon Concerts in Paisley Town Hall on Saturday 18th January, Saturday 1st and 15th February 1890. 81 1890 252 Programme of concert and dramatic entertainment at Howwood School­ room on Tuesday 25th February 1890. James W Shand Harvey Esq in the chair. 81 1890 254 To be let, Shortroods House, Rent £40 Apply to Robert Brown. 81 1890 255 P & W MacLellan , Limited. Clutha Works, Glasgow. Notice of Share Capital and Debentures. Forms of application for five and six percent shares. 81 1890 257 Paisley Cemetery Company Limited. Forty fifth annual general meeting of the shareholders, 25th March 1890. 81 1890 263 Letter from T Glen Coats, Convener of Prize Committee. Seeking subscriptions towards the fund for purchasing prizes for the children in the Board Schools. Subscription list 1889. 28th February 1890. 81 1890 265 Table referred in precognition by Mr A.B. Maxwell, Clerk to Messrs Robert Brown & Sons, Fireclay Goods and Sanitary Earthenware Manufacturers, Paisley.

25 February 2020 Page 409 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 81 1890 266 Newspaper article from the Glasgow Herald , 27 February 1890, titled The Origins and Qualities of Ayrshire cattle. 81 1890 269 Newspaper article from the Glasgow Herald 22 February 1890, titled The Peter Brough Fund. 81 1890 275 Newspaper article dated 12th February 1890, titled The County Councils in Scotland. Standing orders proposed by the Marquis of Lothian. 81 1890 278 The Club, Paisley. List of Members 1890. Archibald Coats, Chairman. 81 1890 279 Newspaper cuttings, Glasgow Herald 13th February 1890 titled Death of Professor Lyall, Halifax. Born Paisley June 1811. Citizen 10th February 1890 titled Origins of Names of Fabrics. 81 1890 280 Newspaper report from the Paisley Daily Express February 11th 1890, titled, Police Commissioners' Meeting. 81 1890 283 Letter calling a Public Meeting to consider the propriety of erecting a statue of Sir Peter Coats of Auchendrane as a memorial of the respect in which he was universally held.. Signed John Johnston, Provost. 81 1890 285 Admission ticket to The Grammar School Concert, Town Hall, Paisley 22nd March 1889. 81 1890 286 Atlas Assurance Company. To the Court of Directors. Results of the Quinquennial Valuation 1889. London 11th February 1890. 81 1890 290 Newspaper cutting from the Glasgow Herald 27 February 1890. Letter titled, Did Burns Snuff ? Signed, Jas Rigg, Barrhead. 81 1890 292 Death notice of John Heys, Woodside, Barrhead 8th March 1890. Age 75. 81 1890 293 Funeral of Sir Peter Coats, 21st March 1890. Service in St James' Church Underwood. Order of Service. 81 1890 298 San Francisco, 1st December 1890. Lund, Royal Swedish and Norwegian Consulate, Watkin's, Scott's and A B C Codes. Lists and costs of imported and exported goods. 81 1890 300 Exports of grain to Europe for November. Lund, Liverpool 18th December 1890. 81 1890 302 Newspaper report 20th March 1890, titled, Established Presbytery.

25 February 2020 Page 410 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 81 1890 303 Newspaper cutting. Letter, headed, The Heads of Eminent Men. Size of Mr Gladstone's head, and others. Signed S Brown. 81 1890 304 Newspaper report from The Standard, 1st March 1890, titled, The Midland Railway Company. 81 1890 304 Free Martyr's Church, Induction Service of Rev Alexander MacMillan, March 1890. 81 1890 308 Newspaper report, 30th April 1890, titled, The Realisation and Debenture Corporation of Scotland, Limited. Inviting subscriptions. 81 1890 309 Newspaper report from The Gazette, 19 April 1890, titled, Houston, The Late Rev Dr McLaren. Obituary. 81 1890 312 Poem regarding Houston Parish. Signed, M. 11th April 1890. 81 1890 313 Newspaper report, titled, The Disestablishment Question In Scotland. 81 1890 315 The United Presbyterian Church and Disestablishment. 81 1890 319 National Union of Conservative Associations for Scotland. Note to say the annual report will be sent forthwith. Signed by C Bine Renshaw and H MacDowall. 81 1890 320 The Scottish Window Cleaning Company Limited. Notice advertising special cleaning services. Signed Geo B M

25 February 2020 Page 411 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 81 1890 328 Abercorn Habitation have their annual meeting on Thursday the 18th curt,, meet Sir Archd Campbell of Blythswood in the Good Templar Hall. Signed H.A.C.K. Graham Hon Secretary 81 1890 328 Card stating Mrs Stewart & Family return sincere thanks for kind sympathy. Greenhill House, Paisley. April 1890. 81 1890 329 Paisley Burgh School Board, School Attendance Committee. Thirty first half yearly report on school attendances. April 1890. James Parlane, Convener of school attendance committee. 81 1890 334 Female Foreign Missions. Annual spring meeting of the Paisley Presbyterial Auxiliary will be held in the Lesser Good Templar Hall on Monday 12th May. C. Gentles, Hon Secretary. 81 1890 335 Tully's Theatre (Late Transfield's Circus) Love Street, Paisley. Notice stating the acquisition of the circus and intentions to convert to a first class theatre. Theatre will open on Monday 5th May by the famous actor, Clarance Holt. 81 1890 339 Paisley for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts, fifty seventh annual report for the year 1889. President, Dr Andrew Henderson. 81 1890 348 Colinslee Laundry, notice stating that the prices for Laundry Work will be based on the annexed list, which has been adopted by the Associated Laundries in the West of Scotland. Price List. 81 1890 350 James Adam & Son, Glass Merchants and Glaziers, 19 Moss Street, Paisley. Family business continuing after the death of James Adam. Advertising services. 81 1890 351 Church Of Scotland Foreign Missions. Information paper for distribution to congregations in the pews of Churches and Congregational missionary associations or visitors.. 81 1890 355 Annual circular of farm seeds, &c offered by Thomas Stevenson, seed merchant, 1 to 7 George Street, Johnstone. Price list and illustration of seed stores. 81 1890 359 Paisley Philosophical Institution Member's ticket for session 1889 to 1890. The Beaconsfield Club Honorary membership ticket, May 1885 to May 1886.

25 February 2020 Page 412 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 81 1890 360 Paisley Burns Club. Proposed outing to West Kilbride on Saturday 31st May 1890. J Edward Campbell, Secretary. 81 1890 361 Abercorn Football Club, Annual Amateur Athletic Sports, Underwood Park, Paisley on Saturday 17th May 1890. Programme of events. 81 1890 377 Funeral invitation to attend the funeral of Mary Gibson at Paisley Cemetery on 24th May 1890. Yours truly, Eliza Jardine, 9 South Gray Street, Edinburgh. 81 1890 387 Miss Edith Clennell's humorous, dramatic and pathetic recitals. Entertainment programme. 81 1890 395 Letter to intimate that Allan B Carswell, Bookbinder of 35 Storie Street, Paisley has a new partner, nephew David Carswell Harper. 1st May 1890. 81 1890 396 The Club, Paisley. Report and statement of accounts by the committee of The Club to the tenth annual general meeting, 29th May 1890. 81 1890 400 Greenock Chamber Of Commerce. Important discussion on railway amalgamation schemes. Half yearly meeting held 9th January 1890, Mr A.P. Lyle, Chairman, presiding. 81 1890 401 Newspaper report from the Herald 6th May 1890, titled, The U.P. Laity and Disestablishment. Full list of signatures to memorial. 81 1890 405 Newspaper cutting from the Glasgow Herald 13th May 1890, titled, Two questions for Dr Hutton. Property for sale., Iron Church situated at the south end of Brown Place, Underwood Road, Paisley. £500 Upset price. 81 1890 405½ Newspaper cutting 30th May 1890, titled, Public worship and sacraments. Dr Sprott, North Berwick. 81 1890 407 Newspaper report, letters to the editor. The dirty condition of Paisley thoroughfares. Signed John Polson 21st April 1890. 81 1890 409 Newspaper report from the Paisley Express 14 June 1890, titled Property Sales. Winning & Fulton. 81 1890 410 Newspaper report 11th June 1890, titled, Paisley Will case in the court of session. Thomas Graham Junior, New Sneddon Street. William Fulton, House factor. 81 1890 413 Newspaper report from the Glasgow Herald 21st June 1890, titled, Scottish Place names.

25 February 2020 Page 413 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 81 1890 415 The Caledonian Railway Company's Proposal. The proposed transfer of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. 81 1890 47 The Last of the Drawboys by Revd Alexander Wallace DD. 1883. Temperance tales.. Colour front cover. 81 1890 470 Middle Parish Paisley, monthly magazine, June 1890. 81 1890 472 The Abbey Bazaar will be held in the Drill Hall, Paisley on the 4th, 5th & 6th December 1890 to help raise funds to build a Mission and Sunday School premises in Williamsburgh. His Grace the Duke of Abercorn is a Patron. Finances. 81 1890 476 North British and Glasgow & South-Western Railways Amalgamation Scheme. Report of proceedings of Greenock Chamber of Commerce 1890. 81 1890 492 Church of Scotland Endowment Scheme. Collection on Sunday 15th June 1890. T.G. Murray, Convener. 81 1890 494 Letter requesting attendance of annual inspection of the Water Works at Howwood on Tuesday 12th June 1890. 81 1890 495 Thirteenth annual report of the Paisley Institute, 1890. 82 1890 413 Paisley Art Institute invitation to the opening Conversazione, this session will be held in the Lecture Hall of the Free Library and Museum on Wednesday 10th December 1890. John Anderson. 82 1890 423 Bill. Layman's League. Reasons why the Scottish People should join the Layman's League. 82 1890 424 What would the taxpayer gain by disestablishment ? Article. 82 1890 426 Ye Ballade of the Abbey and it's Bazaar. Photographs of abbey and Ministers. 82 1890 463 Report of the Committee on Church Interests to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Given in and read by Lord Balfour of Burleigh, joint-convener. 28th May 1890. 82 1890 492 Layman's League, Church of Scotland Branch, Paisley. List of committee members. 82 1890 527 Grand Temperance Bazaar, Paisley Good Templar Halls, George A. Clark Town Hall 18th,19th and 20th December 1890. List of patrons, committee and stallholders.

25 February 2020 Page 414 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 82 1890 1 The Paisley Educational Trust. The thirty eighth annual public examination of the schools of the John Neilson Institution will take place on Wednesday 16th inst. 11th July 1890. James Gardiner, Secretary. 82 1890 111 P Bawden, patentee and manufacturer of first prize brick-making machines. Illustrations of three different machines. 49 Norland Square, Notting Hill, London. 1890. 82 1890 112 Paisley Race Meeting, 14th & 15th August 1890. Race card for each day. 82 1890 116 the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. Timetable of classes and prospectus of the Agricultural Department, Session 1890-91. 82 1890 126 Paisley High Church Ecclesiastical Trustees Report for 1889-90, with appendix. 82 1890 157 Glasgow Archaeological Society. Notice of Annual excursion to St Andrews on Tuesday 9th September. 82 1890 158 J & P Coats Limited, Ferguslie Thread Works, Paisley. Document regarding see page 399 for names of Shares and Debentures for sale. Forms for Ordinary and Preference shareholders shares and Debenture stock. 82 1890 165 Promotional note for a poem called The Apocalypse of Man by William Naismith with order form. Alexander Gardner, Publisher. 82 1890 171 Catalogue of the substantial modern and antique household furniture and plenishings of Hawkhead House, Paisley, the property of The Late Right Hon, The Earl of Glasgow. 82 1890 188 The Paisley Philharmonic Society intend to give two concerts in November 1890 and March 1891 in the Good Templar Hall. James Fergus, collector of subscriptions. 61 Storie Street, Paisley. Patrons. Honorary Members. Session 1889-90. 82 1890 192 Glasgow Archaeological Society excursion to St Andrews. Arrangements have been completed. 3rd September 1890. 82 1890 193 Invitation to a meeting in the High Church presbytery. Thomson, clerk of session. Stratonville 6th September 1890. 82 1890 194 Letter from Mr Rowson, Stratonville regarding meeting in presbytery house. 11 September 1890.

25 February 2020 Page 415 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 82 1890 196 Sympathy card. Dr Brown and family return their sincerest thanks for kind sympathy. St James Manse, Paisley, September 1890. 82 1890 197 Business card for Miss Houston, 10 St Mirren Street, Paisley. Will show her latest purchases in Mantles, Jackets, etc, on Monday 29th September 1890.. Autumn and winter Mopes. 82 1890 198 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 6th September 1890. Letters to the editor. Portraits of Burns 82 1890 203 Newspaper report Glasgow Herald 23 September 1890, titled. Death of John Mossman. Sculptor. Alexander Wilson. 82 1890 204 Newspaper cutting from Glasgow Herald, 29 September 1890. Licensed premises in Glasgow. Abstract document showing wards and annual rentals. 82 1890 205 Newspaper report, Paisley Daily Express 13th September 1890. Paisley Burgh Voter's Roll. 82 1890 206 Newspaper report, Glasgow Herald 4th September 1890, titled, The Corporation and the City Churches, important proposals. 82 1890 208 Newspaper cutting, Express, 11 September 1890, titled, Burgh Valuation figures. 82 1890 209 Fifty fifth annual report of the Paisley Abstinence Society with list of subscriptions and abstract of income and expenditure. 82 1890 222 Advertisement for new book titled, Paisley Poets, Volume 2 by Robert Brown, price Five Shillings. 82 1890 224 Paisley Burgh School Board, thirty second half yearly report on school attendance. 82 1890 229 Menu card with illustrations of Glenburn Hydropathic, Rothesay, Bute. 19th October 1890. 82 1890 233 Letter asking Robert Brown to address electors at a meeting in the Good Templar Hall on Thursday 23rd October 1890. Signed Mr Barbour. Colonel Coats. 82 1890 234 Posters promoting Mr George Crossmith, the celebrated caricaturist and entertainer, will give one of his humorous and musical recitals in the Good Templar Hall on Thursday 6th November 1890. Biographical note.

25 February 2020 Page 416 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 82 1890 239 Invitation card to Dinner in the St Enoch Hotel from Mr Barbour to Mr Brown. 30th October 1890. 82 1890 240 Written thank you note from Thomas Bayne of Helensburgh to Robert Brown. 17 October 1890. 82 1890 241 Paisley Choral Union, Prospectus of the ninth series of Subscription Concerts in the Town Hall, Season 1890 -91. 82 1890 250 Seventy ninth annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society. 1890. 82 1890 259 Invitation to the Corporation Dinner in Paisley Town Hall on Friday 7th November 1890. 82 1890 260 Scottish National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Report of the work in the Western District for the year ending 31st October 1889. Peter Coats, Thomas GlenCoats, Mrs Kerr, Gallowhill. 82 1890 327 Glasgow Archaeological Society. Letter enclosing card for Dinner. Signed, James Marwick, Hon Treasurer. 82 1890 328 Second annual report of the Royal Victoria Eye Infirmary, submitted to a general meeting of subscribers on 30th October 1890. 82 1890 351 Paisley Maltmen's Society. Dinner to be held for Directors and old and new Members in the Globe Hotel, Paisley on Thursday 11th December 1890. 13 Gilmour Street, Paisley 82 1890 352 Report of the eighty second general meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution 1890. 82 1890 363 Letter from City Chambers, Glasgow regarding a meeting on the subject of Smoke Abatement on Friday 14th November. Signed, John Ure, Chairman. 82 1890 369 Glasgow Archaeological Society. Invitation to a complimentary dinner on the occasion of Mr Dalrymple Duncan's marriage. Windsor Hotel, St Vincent's Street, Glasgow, 4th November 1890. 82 1890 370 Newspaper report from Renfrewshire Gazette 23 October 1890, titled, Opening of Brickwell's Theatre, New Smithhill's, Paisley. 82 1890 371 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald, 28 October 1890, titled, The Edinburgh Exhibition Deficit.

25 February 2020 Page 417 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 82 1890 376 Newspaper cutting. To Let: Hawkhead Mansion-House. 21st November 1890. 82 1890 377 Glasgow Archaeological Society. Invitation card to a complimentary dinner to James Dalrymple Duncan, Windsor Hotel, Glasgow on 4th November 1890. 82 1890 378 Invitation to a meeting of the Layman's League on 1st December 1890. Joint Offices, 35 Albany Street, Edinburgh. P. MacNaughton, Secretary. 82 1890 379 Paisley Liberal Club. Report for the year ended 11th November 1890. JNO Millar, President. 82 1890 381 Layman's League, Church Of Scotland branch. List of Members. 82 1890 385 Paisley Liberal Club, statement of funds as at 11th November 1890 82 1890 386 Trinity Episcopal Parsonage, Paisley. Grand Bazaar, Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley on 6th, 7th & 8th November 1890. Programme. 82 1890 390 Complimentary ticket to the Trinity Episcopal Parsonage Bazaar, Drill Hall, High Street, Paisley on 6th, 7th & 8th November 1890. 82 1890 391 Lecture and Literary Night, Terrace Hall, Good Templar on Wednesday 26th November 1890. John T. Smith. Sketches of Robert Burns and Tannahill 82 1890 392 Beaconsfield Club. Testimonial to Mr Alex MacFarlane. 5th November 1890. H.S. Edmonds, Secretary. 82 1890 394 Poster and programme advertising Mr Sims Reeves Grand Evening Concert in the Town Hall, Paisley, on Monday 3rd November 1890. Paterson, Sons and Co advertisement. 82 1890 398 Note from Trinity Episcopal Church, 1 Kilnside Crescent, Paisley requesting Robert Brown to a committee meeting on Saturday 8th November 1890 in the Drill Hall, Paisley. 82 1890 399 Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 15th November 1890. List of local see page 158 for Share shareholders including individuals, addresses or job titles for J.P. Coats, information Limited. 82 1890 400 Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 1st November 1890. Coming of age of the Laird of Elderslie. Mr Alexander Archibald Speirs was presented with addresses from his tenantry, in the Town Hall, Paisley.

25 February 2020 Page 418 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 82 1890 406 Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 15th November 1890. Article on St James Street Church Jubilee soiree which was held in the Drill Hall, High Street on 30th November 1875. 82 1890 410 The Paisley Gas Corporation request the honour of the presence of Provost Johnston at the inauguration of the new Gas Holder on Tuesday 23rd December 1890. 82 1890 411 Mission to the out-door blind for Glasgow and the West of Scotland, Renfrewshire Branch. Appeal for subscriptions. Wm Auchincloss Arrol, Hon Treasurer. 82 1890 412 Certificates regarding the quality of Fire Bricks manufactured by Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley. Illustration of works. 82 1890 416 Missus John Bull, To Missus Queen Vic. A nursery song for political bedlamites. Whistle o'er the Lave o't, a ballad of the Gladstone clan. Compensation - not confiscation. Nicol Jarvey. Illustration of Gladstone. 82 1890 418 Paisley Art Institute annual exhibition will be opened on Friday 26th December 1890. 82 1890 419 Hon Members Ticket to the annual exhibition of the Paisley Art Institute. Coloured pink. 82 1890 420 Glasgow Renfrewshire Society annual meeting of Directors will be held in the St Enoch's Station Hotel on Thursday 15th January 1891. Annual statement and List of office bearers for 1890. Jos Watson, Hon Secretary. 82 1890 421 Invitation card to a Unionist demonstration, political address by T.W. Russell, Esq on Monday 22nd December 1890. Letter of invitation to the Paisley Liberal and the Conservative Associations. 82 1890 44 Sneddon Callans Association thirty fourth annual report 1889-90. Abstract accounts. 82 1890 459 The Anglo Parisian Associated School of Press Cutting, Making and Draping. Ladies own charts greatly simplified. Sole agent for Paisley, Miss Govan, 23 Moss Street, Paisley. 82 1890 49 St Mirren Football Club eleventh annual amateur athletic sports, Westmarch Grounds, Paisley on Saturdays 19th & 26th July 1890. Programme.

25 February 2020 Page 419 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 82 1890 496 Speech delivered by Lord Balfour of Burleigh in the General Assembly on the report of the Committee on Church Interests. 28th May 1890. 82 1890 521 Ferguslie Fire Clay Works. Price list of goods. 2nd December 1889. 82 1890 525 Committee on the statistics of the Church of Scotland., copy of report presented to last General Assembly and statement of accounts. 22nd December 1890. 82 1890 53 Newspaper advert for Hepworth's, the Leeds Clothiers, corner of High street and Church Hill Street, Paisley. Illustrations. 82 1890 532 Savings Bank of Glasgow Report 1890. Head Office, 99 Glassford Street. John Muir, Lord Provost of Glasgow, in the chair. 82 1890 537 Newspaper cutting from Glasgow Herald 5th December 1890. Sale of Mr King's Library. List of books sold and prices. Total raised £897. Walter King, Paisley. 82 1890 538 Newspaper cutting from Express 8th December 1890. Sale of Mr Walter King's Library. 82 1890 539 Newspaper cutting from the Express 24th Dec 1890. Professor Nichol's tribute to the late Rev Dr Brown. 82 1890 541 Newspaper cutting titled, John Neilson, Institution Club. Annual supper in the Commercial Hotel. 82 1890 543 Newspaper cutting from the Express 24th Dec 1890. Inauguration of the new Gas-holder. 82 1890 548 Newspaper cutting, Letters to the editor titled The Diphtheria Epidemic. Wm Polson. Wm Kelso Sanitary Inspector. 22nd December 1890. 82 1890 550 Newspaper cutting titled, Great Unionist Demonstration. Meeting held in the George A. Clark Town Hall. 82 1890 57 Newspaper report titled Scottish Place Names. Glasgow July 15th 1890. Letter signed by Geo Nelson. 82 1890 59 Newspaper report titled, Tomatoes. Letter. Pollokshaws 28 July 1890. 82 1890 60 Newspaper report titled, Sheriff Lees on a husbands rights. 82 1890 65 Newspaper report 18 July 1890 titled, Town Council Meeting. 82 1890 75 Newspaper report titled Scottish Place Names

25 February 2020 Page 420 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 82 1890 79 Newspaper report titled Sale of Modern and Antique Furniture. Hawkhead House, Paisley. The property of the late Right Hon the Earl of Glasgow. McDowell, 18 George Street, Edinburgh. August 1890. 82 1890 80 Newspaper report titled Rob Roy's Grave. Letter from Caledonian Hotel, Fort William, 10 August 1890. 82 1890 81 Newspaper report from the Glasgow Herald 9 August 1890 titled The Rob Roy Memorial, Ceremony at Balquhidder. 82 1890 86 Edinburgh University Lecture-Extension Association. Earth Knowledge- Physiography. Syllabus of course of twelve lectures on The earth and it's natural conditions. 82 1890 87 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, Paisley 1889-90. Rev George Park, Moderator. 83 1891 1 Notice to attend a meeting of the Mission to the Out-Door Blind, for Glasgow and the West of Scotland branch at 4 Bath Street on Friday 16th January 1891. 83 1891 10 Newspaper cutting titled, The Antonine Wall. Glasgow Archaeological Society meeting. 83 1891 11 Newspaper cutting titled, The Railway Amalgamation Scheme. Opposition by Sir John Burns. 83 1891 111 The Paisley Property Protection Association, 9 Gilmour Street, Paisley. Letter to try and attract new members. John Mathieson, President & John Adam, Secretary. January 1891. 83 1891 112 Scotch Girls Friendly Society. Friendliness: an Address by Mrs W.G. Scott- Moncrieff. 83 1891 13 Letter headed, Paisley Baths. Affairs of the Baths be wound up and a Committee appointed to carry out a transfer to the Town Council or others, in order that the baths be kept for public use. Jas Dunn, Secretary. 83 1891 136 Fraser & Green, Pharmaceutical Chemists to the Queen, 127 Buchanan Street, Glasgow. Booklet of medicines for sale. 83 1891 14 Paisley Burgh Police, Superintendent's return for the year ending 31st December 1890.

25 February 2020 Page 421 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 83 1891 15 The Savings Bank of Paisley. Report of proceedings at the annual meeting, held on 12th January 1891. 83 1891 184 Letter of invite to a meeting of the Original Subscribers to the Baths, to consider a proposal to wind up the concern, and to hand over the Baths to the Town Council. 31ts December 1890. Paisley Baths. 83 1891 185 Ribbons & Co, The Paisley Supply Stores, 91 High Street, Paisley. Price list of groceries, provisions, patent medicines and proprietary articles. Perfume and toilet requisites. Illustrated. 83 1891 2 Newspaper cutting from Glasgow Herald 25 August 1891, titled, The Weather of 1890. 83 1891 20 Organ Recital in the Town Hall, under the patronage of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Council. Committee meeting on Saturday afternoon. 83 1891 21 Saturday Afternoon Concerts in Paisley Town Hall on Saturday 17th January 1891. Artistes include, Madam Shepherd, Peter, Kerr, Sam Smith and Dickson Moffatt. Illustration of Town Hall. Programme. 83 1891 237 Syllabus of Lecture by H Grattan Guinness on "The New World of Central Africa" illustrated by magnificent lime light views. Town Hall 16th February 1891. 83 1891 24 Illustrated card of the High Church, Paisley. 1st January 1890. With Mr and Mrs Millar's best wishes, East Knowe. 83 1891 241 Annual report of the Abbey, Paisley 1890. Rev Thomas Gentles. Rev J.B. Dalgety. 83 1891 25 Letter from The Grampian Club, 18 Clyde Street, Edinburgh, 15th January 1891. Annual subscription due. Death of Dr Charles Rogers. Completion of third volume of The Book Of Robert Burns. Club wound up. 83 1891 26 Special session of the Justices of the Peace for Paisley District will be held to consider application by Henry Sale for Theatrical Licence for Theatre Royal, Moss Street, Paisley. 21st January 1891. 83 1891 269 Invitation Card to The Anniversary Dinner of the Burns Club in the County Hotel on Monday 26th January 1891. J Edward Campbell, Secretary.

25 February 2020 Page 422 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 83 1891 27 Paisley Burgh Election Wednesday 6th July 1892 card, belonging to Robert Brown. Polling Place, Grammar School, Oakshaw Street. Vote for Mr Johnston. 83 1891 270 Paisley Young Men's Christian Association. Invitation to a lecture by Dr H. Grattan Guinness in the Town Hall on Monday 16th February 1891. W.M. Thomson, Convener. 83 1891 272 Invitation Card to the Paisley Infirmary annual meeting of Subscribers, in the Council Chambers on Thursday 26th February 1891. Fra. Martin, Secretary. 83 1891 273 One Hundred & Fifth Annual Report of the Directors of Paisley Infirmary for the year ending 31st December 1890. Illustration of Infirmary. 83 1891 28 Paisley Philosophical Institution, Member's Ticket for session 1890-1891. 83 1891 29 Glasgow Archaeological Society session 1890-1891. List of office bearers and dates of meetings. Richard Crane, Officer of the Society. 83 1891 30 Church of Scotland, Home Mission Scheme, the object of which is to meet the spiritual necessities of localities which existing Parochial Agencies are unable to overtake. List of Churches. 83 1891 305 Paisley Conservative Association annual meeting within the Hall, 2 Glen Street, on Thursday 12th February 1891. Beaconsfield Club. R.G. Pollock, Ward secretary. 83 1891 306 County Of Renfrew. A general meeting of quarter sessions at which a Licensing committee will be held in Renfrew Town Hall on Tuesday 3rd March. JNO. P. Fyfe, Clerk of the Peace. 83 1891 307 Fortieth Annual Report of the Paisley Industrial School, 1890. 83 1891 323 Bill Poster for Brickwell's Theatre Paisley. Miss Adelaide Detchon, A Grand Illuminated Matinee on Saturday 28th March 1891. Herr Ragnar Grevillius. 83 1891 324 Paisley Burgh School Board, Fifth Educational Census, February 1891. 83 1891 338 Newspaper cutting regarding Justices of the Peace Court being inadequate in the County Buildings in Paisley. 9th February 1891. 83 1891 34 Paisley Art Institute Fifteenth Exhibition, opened Friday 26th December 1890 in the free Library and Museum picture gallery. List of exhibitors.

25 February 2020 Page 423 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 83 1891 341 Newspaper report from the Express 21 February 1891, titled, Liberal Organisation, Meeting in First Ward. 83 1891 342 Newspaper report from the Express 3rd March 1891, titled, The Success of Lipton. Mr T. J. Lipton. Meeting in Glasgow. 83 1891 343 Newspaper report from the Glasgow Herald 28 March 1891, titled, New Industry For Glasgow. Glasgow Merino Spinning Company Limited. 83 1891 345 Newspaper report from the Paisley Daily Express 30th March 1891, titled, Sherwood Free Church. Laying Of Memorial Stone. 83 1891 347 Newspaper report titled Scottish Census Statistics. List of counties and populations. Paisley - 66,427. 83 1891 348 Newspaper report from the Paisley Daily Express 17 March 1891, titled, Liberal Organisation. Third Ward Meeting held in Mission Hall, Great Hamilton Street, Paisley. 83 1891 35 Poster of Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley. Robert Brown & Son, Proprietors. Illustration of Paisley Depot, Sneddon Bridge, Jennings patent drain pipes and chimney cans. 83 1891 350½ Newspaper report 17 March 1891, titled, Renfrewshire Co-Operative Conference Association. Quarterly meeting held in the Good Templar Hall, Barrhead. 83 1891 351 Newspaper report Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 28th March 1891, titled, The New County Buildings. Front view and interior of County Hall illustrations. 83 1891 354 Invitation card to A Social Gathering of Church Workers of the Kirk Session to be held in the Royal Oak Hotel, Moss Street, Paisley on Friday 6th March 1891. Rev A Montgomerie Lang. Songs. Readings. 83 1891 358 Paisley Conservative Association. Annual general meeting takes place in the Beaconsfield Club on 25th March 1891. Appeal to increase funds for upcoming general election. List of contributors. 83 1891 361 Paisley Horticultural Society schedule of prizes for grand Spring Exhibition 26 & 27th March 1891 and grand Autumn Exhibition on 3 & 4th September 1891 in the Town Hall.

25 February 2020 Page 424 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 83 1891 37 Fifty Third annual report of the Savings Bank of Paisley, presented to the Trustees and Managers on 12th January 1891, with the minutes of the meeting. 83 1891 376 Report to the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company to the forty sixth annual general meeting of the shareholders 31st March 1891. 83 1891 379 Brickwell's New Theatre, Paisley. Adelaide Detchon will be appearing on Saturday 25th March 1891. Document including an Image and signature of Adelaide. Reprinted from Edinburgh University magazine, The Student. 83 1891 385 Newspaper report from the Express 8th April 1891, titled, Coming of age of Mr William Mure of Caldwell. Celebration of Mr Mure attaining his majority. 83 1891 386 Newspaper report from the Gazette 18th April 1891, titled, The Census of Paisley . Death of Lord Mure. 83 1891 387 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 3rd April 1891, titled, In Memoriam, A. B. McGrigor LLD. 83 1891 389 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 15 April 1891, titled, Housing of the Poor, report of established Church commission. 83 1891 392 Newspaper report from Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 18 April 1891, titled, Opening of Hawkhead Cemetery. 83 1891 394 Newspaper report from the Gazette 18 April 1891, titled, Opening of Arthur Allison Memorial Hall. Presentation of address to the donor. Whitehaugh. 83 1891 395 Newspaper report from Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette, titled, Hawkhead Cemetery and the Abandoned Gockston Site. Letter to the editor, signed A Ratepayer. Paisley 23rd April 1891. 83 1891 396 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 27 April 1891, titled, The Census, details of the population of Glasgow. Population of Edinburgh, St George's District. 83 1891 398 Newspaper report from Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 25 April 1891, titled, The Tannahill Choir Dispute, Decision of Sheriff Cowan. 83 1891 399 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 27 April 1891, titled, The Population Question at Greenock. Census.

25 February 2020 Page 425 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 83 1891 400 Newspaper report from the Express 29 April 1891, titled, School Board Election, list of nominations. 83 1891 401 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 30th April 1891, titled, Cotton Weaving Industry in Scotland. Mr Henderson, superintending inspector for Scotland. 83 1891 403 Female Foreign Missions. Annual Spring meeting of the Paisley Presbyterial Auxiliary will be held in the Clark Hall on Tuesday 14th April 1891. Rev John Pagan and Miss Houstoun of Johnstone Castle will address the meeting. 83 1891 404 Bellfield Nurseries, Inchinnan Road, Paisley, to be sold by auction by Robert McTear & Co on 21 & 22 April 1891. Catalogue of Stove & Greenhouse plants. Mr Peter McKenzie is retiring from business.. Boyd 83 1891 42 James Williamson, Slater etc desires to intimate he has moved premises to 25 St James Street, Paisley. House 4 Laigh Park, Paisley. December 1890. 83 1891 429 The Glasgow String Quartet. Leader Herr Sons. Letter regarding setting up an experimental concert in Paisley on 23 April 1891. Signed, E Coats, John A Brown, George H Coats & W Agate. 83 1891 43 Newspaper report from the Paisley Daily Express 13th January 1891, titled, Police Commissioners monthly meeting. 83 1891 430 Paisley Burgh School Board sixth triennial report of the proceedings of the Board, 1881-91. 83 1891 44 Newspaper report from the Paisley Daily Express 13th January 1891, titled Storie Street Baths, gift to the town. James Coats, major shareholder. 83 1891 45 Paisley Free Library & Museum. List of committee of management and sub committees. November 1890. 83 1891 455 Great bona fide valuation sale for eight days. Mr J.T. Parlane, The Cross, Paisley. Sale will commence Saturday 4th April 1891. 83 1891 456 Newspaper report from the Express 15 April 1891, titled, The Hawkhead Cemetery, Opening Ceremony Today. 83 1891 458 Newspaper report titled Death of Rev Dr Hately Waddell at Ashton Terrace, .

25 February 2020 Page 426 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 83 1891 459 Newspaper report from the Gazette 16 May 1891, titled, The Late Mr W. B. Barbour M.P. 83 1891 464 Newspaper report from the Express 19 May 1891, titled, Funeral of the late Mr Barbour. 83 1891 467 Newspaper report from the Express 27 May 1891, titled, The New Water Works, Inauguration Ceremony. Extension of the Camphill reservoir near Dalry was formally inaugurated. 83 1891 47 Paisley Lodging House Mission, Adelphi Hall, Cart Lane (Off New Sneddon Street). Third annual report and financial statement for year ending October 1890. 83 1891 470 Newspaper report from the Express 27 May 1891, titled, Robert M McKerrell of Hillhouse, Unionist candidate for Paisley. Sketch of his family and career. 83 1891 472 Newspaper report from Paisley Daily Express 27 May 1891, titled, The Nominations for William Dunn. Sir Colin Campbell's birthplace and Sir John Moore's. New spire and clock for St George's Church. 83 1891 473 Newspaper report 7 June 1891, titled, "City of Quincy" Successful launching of the new Quincy-Keokuk boat, christened by Miss Anabel Brown. Parmalee brothers. 83 1891 474 Newspaper report from the Herald 9 July 1891, titled, Town Council Excursion. Provost Armour entertained the members to a trip to Nithsdale. 83 1891 475 Newspaper report from the Herald 11 July 1891, titled, The English Census Returns. 83 1891 476 Newspaper report 11 July 1891, titled, Ayr Burns Statue. 83 1891 477½ Paisley Parliamentary Election 1891. Invitation to share the platform with W. T. Marriott QC M.P & Mr Stewart Clark of Kilnside, at a meeting in Paisley Town Hall on Thursday 28 May 1891. 83 1891 479 Letter to the electors of the Parliamentary Burgh of Paisley from William Dunn, South Kensington, London 20th May 1891. Honour to be selected as Candidate for the Liberal Association.

25 February 2020 Page 427 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 83 1891 480 Notice. William Barbour Morrison ceased to be a partner in the firm of Robert Brown & Son, Manufacturers on 31st March 1879. Witnesses, David Young & Thomas Rowand. 83 1891 480½ Written note signed by Daniel Mackenzie seeking support in the School Board Election. Paisley 9th May 1891. 83 1891 481 The Trustees of the Cart Navigation request your presence at the Inauguration of the New Harbour on Monday 25th May 1891. 83 1891 482 Written note from Rev Charles Snosswell, Anna Villa, Greenock Road, Paisley to Robert Brown. 26th May 1891. Christ's Episcopal Church. 83 1891 484 Christ Episcopal Church, Underwood Road, Paisley. Rev C. Snosswell A.K.C . The Doctrines taught are in strict accordance with The Thirty Nine Articles of the Church of England. 83 1891 485 Voting card for Paisley Burgh Election Monday 1st June 1891. Polling Place, County Chambers, County Place. 83 1891 486 Burns Club Invitation card to an Excursion to Kilwinning on Saturday 30th May 1891. J. Edward Campbell Hon Secretary. 83 1891 487 Honorary membership ticket for The Beaconsfield Club belonging to Robert Brown. 16th May 1891. Alex MacFarlane, Secretary. 83 1891 488 Election card for Paisley Parliamentary Election 1891 on behalf of William Dunn. 83 1891 489 Invitation card regarding Mr McKerrell's Candidature, to meet the Chairman, Mr Archibald Coats in the Town Hall on Friday First and share the platform. Matt P. Fraser, election agent. 83 1891 491 Notice. James Dobie, Surgeon-Dentist has removed his Business from 82 High Street to 1 Forbes Place, Causeyside Street. 83 1891 492 Letter to the congregation of Christ Episcopal Church in Underwood Road, Paisley, from C Snosswell stating that he is not Insolvent and will carry on with church work. 18th May 1891. 83 1891 493 Dean Of Guild copy. Petition of George Primrose, Brickbuilder in Paisley who wishes to erect a two storey stable with offices and shed at Underwood. Robert Brown & Duncan McGlashan. James Donald, architect.

25 February 2020 Page 428 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 83 1891 496 Eleventh annual meeting of The Club, Paisley. Report by the committee of The Club. Abstract of accounts. Memorandum for the Layman's League. Private & Confidential. 19th May 1891. Jas H. Dunn Secretary. 83 1891 5 Newspaper cutting titled Free Education Association. Public meeting in Tradeston in favour of free education/ 83 1891 503 Church of Scotland 1892. A Bill To make certain provisions concerning the Church of Scotland, and for enabling the Church to unite with other Presbyterian Churches. Private & Confidential. 83 1891 507 Hand written letter from R M McKerrell. As Unionist candidate for the Parliamentary election I am seeking support. 28th May 1891. 83 1891 508 Request to attend a meeting of Conservative Workers in the Good Templar Hall on Monday 8th June 1891, to consider how best to improve the local organisation. Beaconsfield Club. 83 1891 508½ Mr McKerrell's Central Election Committee. Stewart Clark, Esq of Kilnside, Honorary President. List of names. 83 1891 509 Layman's League. Fellow Churchmen, We earnestly appeal to you as members of the Church of Scotland to record your votes on behalf of Mr McKerrell. List of names on behalf of the League. 83 1891 514 Illustrated Bill, titled, Paisley Parliamentary Election 1891. Miss Paisley's Choice. Cartoon depiction of Unionism and Home Rule with two lists of proposals. 83 1891 515 Bill. Electors Of Paisley! Vote for re-union and reconstruction! Vote against any candidate who declares himself a Disestablisher. Presbyterian. Old Scottish Church. List of reasons. 83 1891 516 Letter from R. M. McKerrell to the electors of the Parliamentary Burgh of Paisley. List of reasons to vote. 83 1891 517 High Parish Church scheme of church - door collecting. Elders and Trustees 1891. List of names and dates. 83 1891 518 Illustrated Bill. Paisley Parliamentary Election 1891. Done ( Dunn ) On Both Sides. Cartoon Drawings of candidates for Paisley and West Renfrewshire. Miss Paisley & Miss Renfrewshire.

25 February 2020 Page 429 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 83 1891 519 The London Commercial Travellers Benevolent Society, Founded 1887. List Of Stewards President, Sir Souvenir 1891 with W. H. Lever's compliments. The Second Festival Reginald Hanson, Bart. History Dinner of the Society, held at the Holborn Restaurant on 14th May 1891. and Object of Society. Qualifications & Privileges of Subscribers. Illustrations. 83 1891 535 Church of Scotland Endowment Scheme, subscription form. 83 1891 536 Church Of Scotland Endowment Scheme. List of subscribers already announced for the endowment of fifty new parishes, under instructions of General Assembly of 1887. 83 1891 548 Request to attend a meeting of Layman's League, Paisley in the Middle Parish on Tuesday 28th May, 1891. 83 1891 549 The Paisley Educational Trust. Report of the thirty ninth annual examination of the John Neilson Institution, Oakshawhead, Paisley. 15th July 1891. 83 1891 56 Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Court, Paisley District. Rotation of Presiding Justices 1891. 83 1891 57 Mission to the Out-Door Blind for Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Thirty first annual report and twenty sixth annual report of the Ladies Auxiliary Society. 1891. 83 1891 6 Newspaper cutting titled The Seatoller. Ship wrecked off Staten Island on July 27th. 83 1891 7 Newspaper cutting from the Paisley Daily Express 7th January 1891, titled, Address by General Booth who was speaking about his book "In Darkest England". Salvation Army. 83 1891 9 Newspaper cutting 2nd January 1891 titled, Messrs J & P Kerr's New American Mill. Fall River, Mass, Robert C. Kerr. 84 1891 260 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 5 August 1891, titled, Death of Andrew MacGeorge L.L.D. Obituary 84 1891 261 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 15 August 1891, titled, Parliamentary candidates and the liquor traffic. Scottish permissive bill association and the new Member for Paisley. 84 1891 262 Newspaper report from the Gazette 3 October 1891, titled, Houston. The Rev John McNeil. Valuation of the Burgh of Paisley.

25 February 2020 Page 430 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 264 Gibson & Reid Paisley Dye Works. General guide and price list. 84 1891 265 Sandie Scot tae Willie Gladstone: an Election Dittie. Blue coloured print of Gladstone. 84 1891 266 Newspaper report titled Death of Joseph Irving. Hillhead House, Paisley. Author and journalist. 84 1891 267 Newspaper report titled, The late William S Pollock, West End Callans. In Memoriam: John Galloway McLean, Grammar school scholar. The Late John Robertson, politician of the working class. 84 1891 268 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 16 September 1891, titled, Town Council Meeting. 84 1891 269 Newspaper report 8 October 1891, titled, Meeting Of The Cart Trust, important statement by the Provost. £25, 000 more wanted. 84 1891 271 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 10 October 1891, titled, Deaf And Dumb Mission Soiree. 84 1891 272 Newspaper report 12 Oct 1891, titled, The Late Mr John Wright. Memorial service held in Thread Street U.P. Church by Rev. Andrew G. Fleming. 84 1891 274 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 15 October 1891, titled, The Cart Deepening Scheme, an appeal to the ratepayers. 84 1891 278 Philosophical Institution Eighty Third Session. The annual general meeting will be held in the Hall of the Free Library on Tuesday 6 October at 8 o'Clock. James Gardner, Hon. Secretary. 84 1891 279 Card. Paisley Philosophical Society. Course of Eleven Lectures. "The History Of Music" by Mr Franklin Peterson in the Museum Hall on Tuesdays. 84 1891 281 Card. County Of Renfrew. A general meeting will be held within the Town Hall, Renfrew on 27 October 1891 for granting and renewing Public House Licences. JNO. P. Fyfe Clerk of the Peace. 84 1891 282 Edinburgh University Lecture Extension Association. Syllabus of Twelve Lectures on the History Of Music by Franklin Peterson. 84 1891 285 Invitation Card to a meeting of Association For Improving The Condition Of The Poor Of Paisley. Colonel Coats in the Chair. P. Eadie, Secretary.

25 February 2020 Page 431 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 287 Invitation Card to Freedom Of the City Of Glasgow to the most Honourable John Patrick Crichton Stuart. K.T., L.L.D. Marquess Of Bute. St Andrews Halls, Wednesday 7th October 1891 at 12 o'clock. Crests. 84 1891 289 Colour advertising poster. William Gillies & Co Distillers. The famed "Sma' Still" Whisky. 233 Argyle Street, Glasgow. 84 1891 290 The third annual report of the Royal Victoria Eye Infirmary, 1 Gauze Street, Paisley. Submitted to a General Meeting of Subscribers, 19th October 1891. 84 1891 313 Paisley Burgh School Board, School Attendance Committee. Thirty fourth half-yearly report on school attendees. 84 1891 319 Supplement to "Building Industries" May 1891. Plan of . Boundaries Lanark Shire. Renfrew. 84 1891 324 Paisley Female Benevolent Society. Eighteenth annual report, 1891. 84 1891 333 In the name of John Clark, William Polson, Matthew Hodgart, Daniel MacKenzie, Wm Muir MacKean, and James Winning beg to honour your presence at a meeting regarding the Cart Trust on Thursday 1 December. 84 1891 335 High Parish Church Session. Invitation card to attend a meeting of Trustees. Mr Storrie funeral service. 22nd October 1891. 84 1891 336 Hand written letter from Robert Risk of the Paisley Total Abstinence Society, asking Robert Brown to cease his subscription to P.T.A. as it has become a Temperance Political Radical Association. Late Sanitary. 84 1891 338 Ticket to a Meeting of Ratepayers in the Burgh of Paisley, to consider proposal for joint application to Parliament by Town Council and Cart Trustees for additional borrowing and rating powers. 29 October 1891 84 1891 339 Invitation card to Paisley Art Institute opening Conversazione 22 October 1891. Francis H. Newberry of the School of Art and Haldane Academy will deliver a lecture on "Some popular errors about art and artists" 84 1891 339½ Letter from the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, acknowledge receipt of donation of a book titled, Paisley Poets 2 Volumes 1889-90. Signed Jas Colquhoun, Convener. October 1891. 84 1891 340 Report for 1890-91 of Paisley High Church Ecclesiastical Trustees, with appendix.

25 February 2020 Page 432 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 375 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's, Low Parish, Paisley 1890-91. 84 1891 432 Handwritten letter asking Robert Brown to give a lecture on "Savings Banks". Patron, Mrs Arthur of Barshaw. Col Thomas G. Coats. 84 1891 1 Newspaper report 2 May 1891, titled, British and Foreign Spirits. Report of the Select Committee. 84 1891 10 Newspaper report 2 September 1891 titled, U.P. Presbytery. Meeting held. Rev James E. Fyfe. 84 1891 100 Coloured Voting Card with flags. Vote McKerrell, the consistent candidate. 84 1891 102 Church Parade in Middle Parish Church, Paisley on Sunday 14th June 1891. 2nd Renfrew Volunteer Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Rev Robert Stephen. Regimental choir and band will lead the praise. 84 1891 107 Renfrewshire Agricultural Society. Catalogue of Annual Show at Paisley, Thursday 4th June 1891. 84 1891 11 Newspaper report Glasgow Herald 3 Sept 1891, titled, Wreckage of Motherwell Town Hall by Mineral Workers. The late William Pollock. In memoriam, John Galloway McLean. 84 1891 12 Newspaper report from The Gazette 12 Sept 1891, titled, County of Renfrew Voter's list. 84 1891 13 Newspaper report from Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 12 September 1891, titled. The Late John Robertson. In memoriam, James McLardie. Death of Joseph Irvine. 84 1891 14 Newspaper report from the Gazette 19 Sept 1891, titled, Paisley Burgh Voter's Roll. 84 1891 15 Newspaper report from the Gazette 19 Sept 1891, titled, Sherwood Free Church, Ordination of Rev. Hugh Black M.A. 84 1891 17 Newspaper report from the Express 23 Sept 1891 titled, The Cryptogamic Society of Scotland. Study of non flowering plants. 17th annual meeting held in Paisley Museum. 84 1891 18 Newspaper report from the Express 10th Oct 1891, titled, A Successful Native of Renfrewshire. Mr Isaac Holden, M.P. for Bradford, born 1807 in near Paisley.

25 February 2020 Page 433 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 187 Newspaper report from The Baillie 13th May 1891. Drawing of Rev Dr Henderson, Paisley. Moderator U.P. Synod 84 1891 189 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 29 April 1891, titled, Census Returns. Scotland. 84 1891 19 A caution to proprietors and tenants of houses against Intercepting Drain Traps as a prolific source of disease, and one of the chief causes of our excessive infantile mortality. James Aitken. 84 1891 190 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 4th July 1891, titled, Portraits of Burns. No 8 Conclusion. 84 1891 192 Remembrance Card. In loving remembrance of Robert Forrester Graham, youngest son of the Rev A. Montgomerie Lang, who died at High Parish Manse, Paisley on Tuesday 7th July, 1891, aged 1 year. 84 1891 193 Quarterly Paper, Free Church, Johnstone, January 1891. J.R. MacGregor. 84 1891 197 Quarterly Paper, Free Church, Johnstone, July 1891. Andrew Melville, Secretary. Walter Ross Taylor, Convener. 84 1891 201 In Memoriam Card. Sir John Downie 84 1891 205 John Neilson Institution, Senior Department. Programme of Examination 1891. Wednesday 15th July 1891. 84 1891 207 Reunion of the Scottish Church on the lines of reformation. Address Written note from James delivered at the close of The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland MacGregor to Robert on 1st June 1891, by the right Revd Moderator James MacGregor. Brown, overleaf. 84 1891 255 Invitation with programme, to a Musical "At Home" at the Kilmacolm Hydropathic on Saturday 3rd October at 7.45pm. Manager Mr C. Nau. Mrs Adam Birkmyre, of Shalott, Pianist & Accompanist. 84 1891 280 Letter from Archibald MacKenzie to Robert Brown seeking support in the Fourth Ward election as a nomination to one of three vacant seats. 30 October 1891. 84 1891 3 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 13th May 1891, titled, Death of Mr Barbour, M.P. for Paisley. Sketch of his career. 84 1891 320 Church Of Scotland. Commission on religious condition of the people. Visitation of Presbytery of Paisley 21st October 1891 up to and including 25th October.

25 February 2020 Page 434 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 334 Church of Scotland General Assembly's commission on religious condition of the people. Conference proposal. Meeting on Friday 16th inst at 8pm to receive a report on the work of the Commission. 84 1891 35 Church of Scotland Endowment Scheme. Collection on Sunday 10 May 1891. Annual collection. 84 1891 37 Paisley Art Institute. Subscriptions of five shillings is now due. Collector is Mr James Fergus, 61 Storie Street. John Anderson, secretary & treasurer. 84 1891 38 Fourteenth annual report of the Paisley Art Institute. 84 1891 4 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 23 March 1891, titled, The Population of Renfrewshire. 84 1891 407 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, Paisley, 1890-91. 84 1891 433 Invitation card to a Lecture and Literary Night in Paisley Town Hall 26 November 1891 8pm. Lecture by John T. Smith. Subject: "Thrift by Life Assurance and Savings Banks". Poetry, Tannahill & Burns. 84 1891 434 Invitation card. Orange and Protestant Society thirty fifth annual demonstration and concert in the Good Templar Hall on Tuesday 17th Nov 1891. Ex Provost Clark in the Chair. 84 1891 435 Written note asking Robert Brown to accept invitation to the platform of the Orange and Protestant Society meeting on 17 November 1891 in Paisley Town Hall.. Signed Chas Gregg, Secretary. 84 1891 437 Methodist Church, St James Street, Paisley. Bazaar to be held in the Town Hall on 10th, 11th & 12th December 1891 to raise funds to pay off a debt upon the property for alterations and repairs. W. Dunn. Thomas Glen Coats. 84 1891 439 Newspaper cutting, poem called The Cart, O! The Cart O! To the editor from a son of Paisley. Signed, St Mungo 5th November 1891. 84 1891 440 Paisley Municipal Election 1891. Note to The Electors of the Fourth Ward. D.T. Hutchison is seeking nomination. 6 Wellmeadow, Paisley , 2nd November 1891. Sample of Ballot paper. 84 1891 441 Paisley Free Public Library & Museum. Committee of Management & Sub Committees. November 1891.

25 February 2020 Page 435 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 442 Magistrates & Town Council Of Paisley 1891-92. List of Magistrates, Councillors & Commissioners of various departments. 84 1891 443 Paisley Liberal Club , Report for the year ending 11th November 1891. 84 1891 446 Illustration from The British Architect, 27 March 1891 of Ferguslie Park, Paisley, for Colonel Glen-Coats. Hippolyte J. Blanc, Architect. 84 1891 447 Church of Scotland Endowment Scheme. Appeal to be held in all parishes on Sunday 10th May 1891. 84 1891 448 Grand Evening Concert to be held in Paisley Town Hall on Thursday 5th November 1891. Programme. 84 1891 451 Madame Annie Grey. Musical biography. Illustration of Annie. 84 1891 452 The Peter Brough Request Fund. Report on the Mission Branch, Paisley 1891. Thomas Gentles D.D. Convener. 84 1891 458 Letter on headed notepaper from Paisley Florist Society offering tickets to the Annual Chrysanthemum Show which takes place on Saturday 21st November 1891. Robert Archibald, Treasurer. 84 1891 459 Handwritten note from Robert Archibald regarding tickets to Chrysanthemum show on 21st November 1891. 15 Barr Street, Paisley. Paisley Florist Society. 84 1891 460 One Shilling Card to the Paisley Florist Society Chrysanthemum Show in the Town Hall on Saturday 21st November 1891. Blue coloured. 84 1891 461 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Hundred and Twelfth Session 1891-92. Abstract of accounts. 84 1891 468 Handwritten letter of thanks from Paisley Florist Society for a financial donation by Robert Brown. Signed, Robert Archibald, Treasurer. 24th November 1891. 84 1891 469 Receipt from Paisley Florist Society for Ten Shillings, received from Robert Brown. Coloured paper with crest. Instituted 1782. 84 1891 470 Conservative Legislation for the Working Classes. Factories & Workshops. 84 1891 482 Advertisement card for G.M. Young, family butcher, wine and spirit merchant, Vanduara Bar, Broomlands, Paisley. Established 1854. Brown coloured card.

25 February 2020 Page 436 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 483 Rules and regulations of the Glasgow Renfrewshire Society with list of the Members and Office-Bearers for 1891. 84 1891 5 Newspaper report 23rd May 1891, titled, The Glasgow Cotton Weaving Industry. Causes which have brought about it's decline. 84 1891 538 Newspaper report titled List Of Honorary Burgesses of the City of Glasgow of 1800's who have received the Freedom of the City. 84 1891 539 Newspaper report from the Express 26th December 1890, titled, Sale of Christ's Episcopal Church, Brown Place, Underwood Road, Paisley. Bought by Rev. Snosswell for £350. 84 1891 540 Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition will open on Wednesday 30th December 1891 in the Free Library and Museum Picture Gallery. Chair, William Dunn Esq. John Anderson, Secretary & Treasurer. 84 1891 541 Young Men's Christian Association. Invitation to a Conference on Gambling, in the Museum Hall on Friday 12th February. Provost McGown will preside. Wm Crawford, President Anti Gambling Committee. 84 1891 542 Complimentary Ticket to Moorish Fancy Fair and Grand Bazaar in Paisley Town Hall on 10th, 11th & 12th December 1891. Written note on reverse by Robert Herd, Minister of Methodist Church. 84 1891 543 The Executives of the West Renfrewshire Conservative Association and the West Renfrewshire Liberal Unionist Association invite you to a meeting on Thursday 15th January 1890 in the Good Templar Hall. 84 1891 544 Ticket to West Renfrewshire Meeting Of Unionist Electors in Good Templar Hall, Paisley on Thursday 15th January 1891. Addressed by Sir Archibald C. Campbell Bart, M.P. 84 1891 545 Sneddon Callans Association, Thirty Fifth Annual Report 1890-91. David Caldwell, Chairman. 84 1891 549 Illustration of Paisley High Street 1891. Poem. Mr Jno Millar, East Knowe, Paisley. 84 1891 55 High Parish Church. Children's Service of Praise on Sabbath evening 10th May 1891. Address by Rev. Mr. Lang. 84 1891 550 Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Works, Paisley. List of Depots with addresses and telegrams.

25 February 2020 Page 437 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 551 Non members ticket to the Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition. 23rd December 1891. 84 1891 552 Mr Harry Furniss, the celebrated "Punch" Caricaturist, appearing in the Good Templar Hall, Paisley on Friday December 11th 1891. Humours Of Parliament. Illustrations shown by the Oxyhydrogen Light. 84 1891 554 Methodist Church, St James Street, Paisley. Bazaar to be held to raise funds to pay off debt of £1,450, 10,11 & 12 December 1891 in the Town Hall, Paisley. List of ladies to be receivers of work. 84 1891 556 Handwritten note appealing for donations to purchase a house to convert to a Manse of Howwood Church. List of donors. Signed, R. Colquhoun. 84 1891 557 Circular relating to Howwood Church, Manse Fund. Appeal to congregation to purchase a property at a cost of £450. Signed, Robert Colquhoun. 84 1891 558 Dean Of Guild Court Petition of J & J Young , Brass Founders, number Robert Brown is cited to appear nine Moss Street , Paisley. Robert Brown & Trustees of the late John before the Dean of Guild Court Neilson Gardner. Piece of ground in Inchinnan Road. Erect brass foundry. on twenty second day of May 1891. Jas A Young, Law Agent. 84 1891 56 Glasgow Archaeological Society. Excursion to Lochleven, Tullibole and Aldie Castles. Tuesday 8th September 1891. 84 1891 562 The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society annual meeting will be held in the St Enoch's Station Hotel on 14th January 1892 for the election of office bearers. Joe Watson, Hon Secretary. 84 1891 564 The Medical Hall Ltd, 18 Gilmour Street, Paisley has acquired the old established chemist at 18 Gilmour Street and will carry on the first class service. Card with services offered. 84 1891 566 Paisley Infirmary, One Hundred And Sixth Report Of The Directors for the year ending 1891. 84 1891 57 Newspaper report from The Baillie 13th May 1891, titled, My Conscience! Men You Know No. 969 Dr Hutton U.P. Church. Dr Andrew Henderson, Abbey Close congregation, of Paisley, Moderator. 84 1891 59 Paisley Choral Union, Prospectus of the Tenth Series of Subscription Concerts in the Town Hall, Paisley. Season 1891-92.

25 February 2020 Page 438 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 599 Newspaper report titled, The River Cart Bondholders. The Cart Navigation Trust. Finances exhausted. 16th December 1891. 84 1891 600 Newspaper report titled, The Cart Financial Difficulty. Instructed by the Cart Navigation Trustees that they may not be able to make the payment of interest due at the ensuing term. 84 1891 601 County Of Renfrew. Sanitary Inspector's Report For 1891. James Murray . Assoc. San. Inst. County Sanitary Inspector. 84 1891 621 The Treatment Of Dyspepsia & Indigestion by R.T. Halliday. Prize essay reprinted from "Medical Reprints" for December 1890. 84 1891 636 Paisley Burgh Police, Annual Return for the year ending 31st December 1891. Donald Sutherland, Superintendent of Police. 84 1891 638 Paisley Free Breakfast Mission, Annual Report 1890. Hugh Hamilton. 84 1891 639 Abstract Of The Agricultural Returns for the years 1891 and 1890. For the information of occupiers of land. 84 1891 642 An Account of the Orphan Homes of Scotland by J.M. Smith. William Quarrier, Bridge of Weir. Illustration of orphan home. City Home and Night Refuge, James Morrison Street, Marchmont, Canada. 84 1891 658 Pictorial Souvenir of the Successful Exhibits at the International Exhibition Edinburgh 1886. Coloured images and cover. 84 1891 685 W. R. Grieve, Dressmaking Department.226 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Letter from M. Kerr, Burnbrae, Linwood near Paisley 14th December 1891. Compliments regarding a dress made for M. Kerr. 84 1891 686 Ecclesiastical Clauses in the Act for regulating the affairs of the Burgh of Paisley. 84 1891 7 Newspaper report titled, The Gas Surplus. Paisley. 84 1891 70 Paisley Women's Christian and Abstinence Association. Written note from J F Coats, Secretary, seeking attendance at the J.P. Court regarding the reduction of licences granted. 6th May 1891. 84 1891 71 Paisley Christian Benevolent Society, Forty Ninth annual report, September 1890. 84 1891 715 Paisley Art Institute Sixteenth Exhibition opened 30th December 1891 in the Free Library and Museum Picture Gallery. Catalogue.

25 February 2020 Page 439 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 748 The Club, Paisley. Sale of newspapers and periodicals. J. Edward Campbell. 10th December 1891. 84 1891 749 Report of the Eighty Third General Meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution 1891. 84 1891 766 Poster advertising Moorish Fair & Grand Bazaar to be held in Paisley Town Hall on 10th,11th & 12th December 1891. Opened by W. Dunn, Esq. Yielders Temperance Café, The Cross, Paisley. 84 1891 768 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Prentice & McNeilage, Drapers, 99 High Street, Paisley. Shawls, Silk Handkerchiefs, Fans, Gloves. 84 1891 769 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. John Cashmore, Fruit Merchant, 100 High Street, Paisley. Fruits, Flowers, Pants, Floral Wreaths. 84 1891 771 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. McDougall Brothers, Robert Hamilton, Family Grocer Booksellers, Stationers & School Furnishers. 4 Moss Street and 106 & Provision Merchant. 9 Moss Causeyside, Paisley. Street & 5 Carriage Hill, Paisley. 84 1891 772 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Ribbons & Co, Food Product Distributors, 91 High Street, Paisley. Choice blended teas, Ceylon teas. 84 1891 773 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. William R. Leitch, Hatter, Hosier & Glover. 99 High Street, Paisley. Silk Hats. 84 1891 774 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. James Jack, Family Grocer. The Cross, Paisley. Genuine Tea & Coffee Warehouse. 84 1891 775 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Robert Watson, The Noted Golden Boot. 90 High Street & 69 Causeyside, Paisley. Boots and Shoes. 84 1891 776 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Paisley Clothing Company. Winter Clothing for Men, Youths & Boys. Overcoats, Ulster's, Scarboro' Cloaks. 94 High Street, Paisley. 84 1891 777 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. J & D Ure, Grocers, Provision Merchants and Italian Warehousemen. 22 High Street, Paisley. 84 1891 778 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. MacFee's, Seedsman, Nursery Agent, Bulb Importer. 3 Moss Street, Paisley.

25 February 2020 Page 440 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 779 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. J & R Parlane, Bible Warehouse & Book & Tract Depot. 97 High Street, Paisley. Printing, Bookbinding & Paper Ruling. 84 1891 780 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. James More, Hatter & John McNicol, Purveyor, Hosier, 7 Moss Street, Paisley. Hats for Gentlemen, Youths & Boys. Confectioner and Soiree Contractor. 5 Moss Street, Paisley. Wedding and Evening Parties. Established 1847. 84 1891 781 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. MacCowan's Wholesale Drug Stores, 8 High Street, Cross & 9 Broomlands. 84 1891 782 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. John Emmerson, Fruiterer, Florist & Vegetable Merchant, 25 High Street, Paisley. Nursery, Linside, Paisley. 84 1891 783 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. James Cochrane, Hatter, Hosier & Glover, 25 High Street, Paisley. 84 1891 784 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Misses Brannan, Gauze James Boyd's Home & Street Post Office, Paisley. Ladies & Babies knitted woollen goods. Foreign Fruits, 21 Gauze Newspapers delivered. Street, Paisley. 84 1891 785 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. John Jaap, Importer of sewing machines and every description of musical instruments and fittings. 15 & 29 Wellmeadow, Paisley. White Sewing Machines. Pianos. 84 1891 786 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Andrew Gibson, Baker and Purveyor, 98 High Street, Paisley. 84 1891 787 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. J Hepworth & Son Limited, Corner of High Street & Church Hill, Paisley. High class tailoring. All clothing at first cost. 84 1891 788 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Royal Oak Restaurant & Geo. Coghill, Furnishing And Tea Rooms, 4 Moss Street, Paisley. M Jamison. General Ironmongery, Fret and Tool Warehouse. Railway Buildings, 49 Old Sneddon Street, Paisley.

25 February 2020 Page 441 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 789 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Cashmore Bros, Milliners, Wilkinson & Co, Fine Art Bazaar Hosiers & Drapers, 14 & 19 Wellmeadow Street. Mourning Millinery. Fitters, Ballroom Decorators, 8 South Castle Street, Paisley & Liverpool. 84 1891 79 Paisley Total Abstinence Society, Forty Sixth Annual report with list of subscriptions and abstract of income and expenditure. 84 1891 790 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Abercorn Carriage Hiring H.A. Nicol, Cash Grocer, Tea & and Funeral Undertaking Establishment. William Young, Job & Post Provision Merchant, 12 Old Master. 43 Gordan's Lane, 2 County Place, Canal Street Station. Smithhills, Paisley. 84 1891 791 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Parlane & Kerr, Autumn & Robert Eadie & Co, House Winter Dress Goods, The Cross, Paisley. Furnishing Ironmongers, The Cross, 12 High Street, Paisley. 84 1891 792 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. William C. Ferguson, Paisley Furniture and Bedding Townhead Ironmongery & Warehouse, 46 High Street, Paisley. Furnishing Warehouse, 94 Causeyside Ironmonger. Street, Paisley. 84 1891 793 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Robert Smith, Hatter & Hosier, 95 High Street, Paisley. 84 1891 794 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. John Henderson, Fruiterer James MacDuff, Dispensing and and Confectioner, 1 Old Smithhills, Paisley. Family Chemist, 100 High Street, Paisley. 84 1891 795 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. T.A. Ewing, Pianoforte and Organ Warerooms, 5 Smithhills, Paisley. 84 1891 796 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. James Alexander, House James McCumesty, Byzantium, and Decorative Painter, 5 George Street, Paisley. 26 Moss Street & 51 Old Sneddon. The Great Byzantium. 84 1891 797 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Robert Nicol's Teas, 5 Old Sneddon, Paisley. 84 1891 798 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Alexander Main, Robert Cochran & Sons, Mantles Unrivalled Value in Teas, 29 High Street, Paisley. and Millinery, 26 & 27 New Smithhills Street, Paisley. Quilts, Carpets, Lambs Wool Hosiery.

25 February 2020 Page 442 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 799 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. William Arnott, Finest John Munro & Co, Complete Beef, Mutton & Pickled Tongues, 21 Gauze Street, Paisley. George F House Furnishings, 32 & 80 High Bryce, Watchmaker & Jeweller, 16 High Street, Paisley. Street, Paisley. Bradbury & Co Limited, Sewing Machine Manufacturers, 41 Wellmeadow Street, Paisley. 84 1891 8 Newspaper report from The Express, titled, The Row Amongst Paisley Teetotallers. Meeting of Society in Paisley. Robert Risk. 84 1891 814 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. James Paton Junr, Cochrane & Keith, Joiners, Shop Stationer, 92 High Street, Paisley. Henry Harper, Tailor & Clothier, 52 Fitters & Printers Block Builders, High Street, Paisley. 101 Causeyside Street, Paisley. Robert Duncan, Grocer and Provision Merchant, Gauze Street, Paisley. 84 1891 815 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. Robert Winning's, Terrace George Milne, Wringer, Mangle Buildings, Blankets & Sheets. Andrew Queate, Fruiterer and Florist, 3 & Sewing Machine Gauze Street, Paisley. Manufacturer, 2 Gauze Street, Paisley. James McDonald, Family Bootmaker, 1 Old Smithhills, Paisley. 84 1891 816 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. W.S. Esdaile & Co, Only Exclusive Mantle House in Paisley, 93 High Street, Paisley. Jackets, Capes, Waterproofs. Late R. L. Sutton. 84 1891 817 Grand Bazaar Advertisements December 1891. T & J Bowie, 109 High Street, Paisley. Furs, Mantles, Dresses, Jackets. 84 1891 91 Paisley School Board. Grammar School and Academy. Invite to the public exhibition of the school and meeting for prizes. Friday 26th June 1891. Tho. MacRobert school board clerk. 84 1891 92 Invitation to an urgent meeting of Conservative Workers, within the Terrace Good Templar Hall on Monday 15th June 1891. 84 1891 93 Newspaper report titled, The Results Of The English Census. 84 1891 94 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 13 June 1891, titled, Symington Memorial At Leadhills, The Unveiling Ceremony. William Symington, inventor of steam navigation.

25 February 2020 Page 443 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 84 1891 96 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 20th June 1891, titled, Town Holdings, Evidence From Glasgow. Westminster Feu duties and the proposal to tax them. James Barr C.E. 84 1891 97 Newspaper report from the Express 26 June 1891, titled, Liberal Demonstration At Kilbarchan. Demonstration for the purpose of forming a junior Liberal association for Kilbarchan. John Shaw presided. 84 1891 Page2 Newspaper report titled, Population of Greater Glasgow. 1891. 84 1891 Page436 Handwritten note to Robert Brown seeking inclusion in a programme for a forthcoming Bazaar. Signed, Robert Hind. 17th November 1891. 85 1892 241 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 5th May 1892, titled, The Architect of the Scott Monument. George Meikle Kemp. 85 1892 1 Funeral Service of His Royal Highness Albert Victor Christian Edward, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, In the Abbey, Paisley on January 20th 1892 at 3 o'Clock. Order of Service. 85 1892 11 Subscriber's Family Ticket to the Paisley Ornithological Association Exhibition and Competition in Paisley Town Hall on 1st & 2nd January 1892. W McNair, Jun Secretary. 85 1892 132 Invitation card from the Chairman & Directors of the Ardrossan Harbour Company to the opening of the Eglinton Dock by Lady Gertrude Montgomerie on 12th April 1892. Gilt edged card. 85 1892 134 Newspaper report from Express 23rd April 1892, titled, More About The Gas. Report on distribution of surplus profits. 85 1892 140 Invitation to an Address by William Dunn, the Member for the Burgh in the Good Templar Hall on Tuesday 19th April 1892. Signed, A McNaughton 85 1892 141 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 16th April 1892, titled, The Complaints About The Gas. 85 1892 144 Ardrossan Harbour, Opening of the Eglinton Dock on April 12th 1892. List of Directors. Illustrations of ship and harbour. 85 1892 146 Programme of the Opening of the Eglinton Dock on Ardrossan Harbour on Tuesday 12th April 1892.

25 February 2020 Page 444 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 85 1892 15 Paisley Ornithological Association, Thirty Eighth Annual Exhibition and Competition will take place on 1st & 2nd January 1892 in Paisley Town Hall. 85 1892 152 Newspaper report from Gazette 2nd April 1892, titled, Correspondence: The Gas Surplus. 85 1892 153 County Of Renfrew. An adjourned meeting will be held on 6th May 1892 to consider appeals against the decision of refusing renewals of License Certificates. JNO. P. Fyfe, Clerk of the Peace. 85 1892 154 The Club, Paisley. Report by the Committee of The Club to the Twelfth Annual General Meeting, 30th May 1892. J Edward Campbell, Hon Secretary. 85 1892 157 Newspaper report from Express 28 April 1892, titled, A Year's Sheriff Court Business: Upper Ward of the County 1891. 85 1892 158 Tradeston Division. Professor James Mavor will address the electors in the Standard Halls, Gorbals on 7th April 1892.. Subject: Temperance and Taxation. J B Douglas. Invitation. 85 1892 160 William Dunn requests the pleasure to Dinner at Paisley Town Hall on 14th April 1892. To meet the Magistrates and Town Council of Paisley. 85 1892 161 Laymen's League. Requested to attend a meeting of the Executive Committee within Dowell's Rooms, 18 George Street, Edinburgh on 7th April 1892. To consider the memorandum on Reconstruction. 85 1892 162 Laymen's League (Church of Scotland Branch) Memorandum as to the Reconstruction of the Church of Scotland. April 1892. 85 1892 164 Original Secession Church, Paisley. Invitation to the laying of the Foundation stone by William Dunn, M.P. on Saturday 16th April 1892. E Ritchie, Pastor. 85 1892 165 St Peter's Church, Harrogate. Churchwardens' Accounts from May 22nd 1891 to April 9th 1892. L.E.W. Foote, Vicar. Joseph William Smith & Rob S Byron, Wardens. 85 1892 167 Benjamin Lang is now practising as a Solicitor at 99 High Street, Paisley, having previously been in the services of William Bartlemore. 25th April 1892.

25 February 2020 Page 445 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 85 1892 168 James Walker, Architect, 90 High Street, Paisley. Note stating that commenced practice and has had considerable experience of plans for public works while working with J & P Coats. 85 1892 170 Thirty Sixth Annual Report of the Paisley Auxiliary to the National Bible Society of Scotland 1891. John M Symington, President. Depot, 7 Gilmour Street, Paisley. 85 1892 19 Laymen's League Demonstration on Friday 22nd January 1892 in Paisley Town Hall. Sheriff Cowan in the Chair. Resolution declares against Disestablishment and the Secularising of the Endowments of the Church of Scotland. 85 1892 195 Clydesdale Horse Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Important to Breeders of Clydesdales. Special inducements to annual members. Archibald McNeilage, Secretary. 85 1892 198 Newspaper report from Express 9 September 1892 titled, The Valuation of the Burgh, annual returns. Statistics of the Church. General Statistics. 85 1892 200 High Parish Church Session. Requested to attend the funeral service of MacFarlane on Tuesday afternoon May at 3.15 o'Clock. J Gray Thomson, Clerk of Session. 85 1892 201 Programme of Abercorn Football Club Annual Amateur Athletic Sports, Underwood Park, Paisley on Saturday 21st May 1892. 85 1892 22 Membership Form to join the Paisley Branch of the Laymen's League. 85 1892 22½ Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald titled, Letters to the editor, Proposed Burns Society. 16th January 1892. 85 1892 221 Newspaper report from Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 28 May 1892, titled, Presentation To Mr James Caldwell. Life size portrait of himself, painted in oils by Mr James E. Christie. 85 1892 222 Newspaper report titled, The Late Mr Thomas MacRobert. Mr MacRobert, writer, passed away at his residence in Ayr. Born in High Street, Paisley on 28th January 1829. 85 1892 223 Paisley Conservative Association, Beaconsfield Club. Meeting of the General Committee to be held on Thursday 26th May 1892. 85 1892 224 Newspaper report titled, (Before Lord Kincairney) Harper v Brown. Court judgement regarding mining minerals in Brediland.

25 February 2020 Page 446 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 85 1892 225 Programme of words of the Operetta: Floralia, or The Queen of May by D.P. Gilmour and C.R. Baptie. 85 1892 23 Paisley Philosophical Institution conversazione date changed due to funeral of the Late Duke of Clarence & Avondale. 19th January 1892. 85 1892 230 Laymen's League, meeting to be held in Dowell's Rooms, 18 George Street, Edinburgh on Monday 23rd May 1892. Copy of Memorandum as to Re-construction is sent forthwith. 85 1892 235 Royal Hotel Edinburgh Menu. 26 May 1892. In colour. 85 1892 236 Burns Club, Paisley. Proposed excursion to Mauchline & Old Cumnock. 85 1892 238 The Peter Brough Bequest Fund, Paisley. Rules for the Nurses. 16th May 1892. James Gardner, Secretary. 85 1892 242 Closed Record In Declaration And Interdict. Hugh Harper and others (Patrick Comyn MacGregor's Trustees) and Another, against Robert Brown. Dispute over land ownership in Brediland area of Paisley. 85 1892 25 Burns Club anniversary dinner will take place within the County Hotel on Monday 25th January 1892 at 5.30pm. J Edward Campbell Hon Secretary. 85 1892 256 Written note from Mr Thomson stating that he is unwell and is unable to attend the funeral of Mr MacFarlane in the High Church. 10th May 1892. 85 1892 257 Biography of Sir John Downie, Field-Marshall of the Spanish Armies. Married in Paisley to his cousin Presented by Will Patrick Gibson, the last surviving nephew of General Sir Agnes Gibson, third daughter of John Downie. Maxwell's of Brediland. Alexander Gibson, Town Clerk of Paisley. 85 1892 26 Kilmalcolm Hydropathic presents Musical "At Home" on Saturday Jan 2 1892. John E Nelson. Illustration. Concert Programme. 85 1892 266 J. Horsburgh & Son, Artists in Photography, 131 Princes Street, Edinburgh. Photograph of Mr Horsburgh on reverse. Written note, with kind regards, Will Patrick Gibson. 85 1892 267 To the electors of the Parliamentary Burgh of Paisley. Letter from William Dunn seeking votes in the forthcoming election on behalf of the Liberal Association.

25 February 2020 Page 447 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 85 1892 268 Burgh Election: Mr C.N. Johnston's Candidature. Meeting in Mossvale Mission Hall 1st July 1892 to address electors. Signed, Thomas MacRobert Jnr, election agent. 85 1892 268½ Paisley School Board. Grammar School and Academy. Meeting to discuss the distribution of prizes, to be held in Paisley Town Hall on 24th June 1892. Signed, William Hutchinson, School Board Clerk. 85 1892 269 Illustrated poster of Gardiner & Co's Fashion Plate. Argyle Street & Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Front rank in the clothing trade in the Kingdom. Established 1839. 85 1892 272 William H. Gibson, Cabinet Maker & Upholsterer. 72 Causeyside Street, Paisley. Advertisement. 85 1892 273 West Renfrewshire Election 1892. To Outvoters Only. Mr Renshaw, the Conservative & Unionist Candidate is seeking support at this Election.. Henry MacDowall, Chairman of Committee. 85 1892 274 Kilmalcolm Hydropathic, Handwritten Menu 19 June 1892. 85 1892 275 Burgh Election. Mr C.N. Johnston's Candidature. Mr Johnston will address the electors in Paisley Town Hall on 1st July 1892. Requested to meet Sir Archibald Campbell in the Ante-Room. Thomas MacRobert Jnr. 85 1892 276 Ireland Under Balfour: Five Years of Unionist Government. On 23rd June 1891 Mt T.W. Russell M.P. was the guest of the Liberal Union Club at the Criterion Restaurant, London. Mr Joseph Chamberlain presided. 85 1892 280 To The Electors: Tradeston Division Of Glasgow. New Club, Glasgow, 24th June 1892. A. Cameron Corbett seeking support in the upcoming election. Irish Question. 85 1892 281 William Whiteley's price list of wooden articles for painting. Turnery Department, 155 Queen's Road, Bayswater. 85 1892 283 Platform Ticket for Unionist Demonstration in Paisley Town Hall on 30th June 1892. Sir Archibald Cameron Bart M.P. in the Chair. 85 1892 284 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 6th June 1892, titled, The late Mr James Reid, Ferguslie. Employed by J & P Coats. Canada. Philosophical Institution, Botany section.

25 February 2020 Page 448 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 85 1892 285 Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders Annual Church Parade in Middle The Rev. Robert Stephen , M.A. Parish Church, Paisley on Sunday 12th June 1892 at 2pm. The Regimental Renfrew, Chaplain. Order of Choir and Band will lead the parade. William Steel, Band Master. Service. 85 1892 289 Advertisement for Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Works, Paisley. Manufacturers of every description of sanitary & plumber's earthenware.. 85 1892 290 Paisley Parliamentary Election, 1892. Mr C.N. Johnston will address the electors in the Good Templar Hall on 1st July 1892. Beaconsfield Club. Thomas MacRobert Junr, election agent. 85 1892 291 Paisley Conservative Association. A special meeting of the General Committee will be held in the Beaconsfield Club on 14th June 1892. Alex MacFarlane, Hon Secretary. 85 1892 292 A Unionist meeting under the auspice of the Paisley Conservative Association will be held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening June 1892. Alex MacFarlane, Hon Secretary. 85 1892 294 Glengarnock Iron And Steel Company, Limited, (Ayrshire). Share Capital: Mr J.C. Cuninghame of 15,000 ordinary shares of £10 each. 15,000 7 Per Cent, Preference shares Craigends, Renfrewshire, of £10 each--- £300,000. principal partner, being desirous of retiring. Partners Mr John Cuninghame & Mr Robert Bain dissolved business. Ardeer Ironworks. Debenture. Map. 85 1892 308 Church of Scotland: By appointment of the General Assembly, a collection in aid of the Funds of the Church Interests Committee. Collection on June 26th 1892. 85 1892 309 West Renfrewshire Parliamentary Election: To the electors of West Renfrewshire. Robert Wallace is seeking support in the forthcoming election as a Liberal candidate. 85 1892 31 Ticket to Laymen's League Demonstration, Paisley Town Hall on 22nd January 1892. Lord Balfour. Sherrif Jameson. Baillie McDonald, Edinburgh. 85 1892 310 Paisley Grammar School & Academy, under the management of the School Board. Session 1892-93. Mr T.Glen Coats, Chairman. 85 1892 32 Renfrewshire Justice Of Peace Court, Paisley District. Rotation of Presiding Justices, 1892.

25 February 2020 Page 449 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 85 1892 325 The Cart Trust's Toom Cash Pock: A Historical Ballad. St Mirin Series K 85 1892 326 A Riddle For Unsophisticated Liberals. Women Suffrage Vote Gladstone Lord Salisbury. Portrait image. St Mirrin Series M 85 1892 327 The Presentation: A Tale o' The Sneddon. Cart Sailor. St Mirrin Series I Poem. Illustration. 85 1892 328 to The People Of Scotland. Within a fortnight there will be a General Election: Home Rule for Ireland. Disestablishment. 85 1892 33 Letter from T. Glen Coats, Convener of Prize Committee, appealing for financial donations to pay for Prize books. 29 February 1892. 85 1892 332 Mr Johnston respectfully solicits the favour of your vote and interest. Photograph, illustration of flags. Union Is Strength. 85 1892 333 Mr C. Bine Renshaw, the local candidate, respectfully solicits the favour of your vote and interest. Photograph, illustration of flags. Union Is Strength. 85 1892 334 C. Bine Renshaw, appeal to the electors of West Renfrewshire as the candidate for the Conservative and Unionist Association for the Parliamentary seat. 85 1892 337 Fifteenth Annual report of the Paisley Art Institute 1892. John Anderson, Secretary and Treasurer. 85 1892 34 National Bible Society of Scotland. The Story of a Year 1891. 85 1892 38 Ticket to the annual public meeting of the National Bible Society, Scotland. Held in the Christian Institute, 70 Bothwell Street, Glasgow on 17 February 1892. Lord Provost of Glasgow. 85 1892 39 Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace for the Paisley District will be held for the consideration of applications for Licenses for the performances of Stage Plays. 23rd February 1892. 85 1892 40 High Parish Church. Scheme of Church door collecting. List of names and dates. 85 1892 41 Memoriam card for Rev. James Hally, St Therese de Blainville, Canada, Interred in Paisley Cemetery. who died at Moredun, Paisley (the residence of his brother in law, John A. Brown) on 8th February 1892, aged Fifty Eight years.

25 February 2020 Page 450 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 85 1892 42 Paisley Infirmary, invitation to annual meeting of subscribers to be held in Paisley Town Hall on 25th February 1892. FRA Martin, Secretary. 85 1892 43 Newspaper report cutting, Express 2 February 1892, titled, £8000 Gas Surplus. 85 1892 44 Forty First Annual Report of the Paisley Industrial School 1891. 85 1892 5 Hydropathic, Kilmacolm. A Ball will take place on New Year's Eve, Thursday 31st December. 85 1892 60 Vulcan Foundry & Engine Works. Written letter stating the business will continue as a limited company under the designation of Fullerton, Hodgart & Barclay Limited. 10th March 1892. 85 1892 61 Paisley Horticultural Society, Schedule of Prizes for Grand Spring Exhibition on 24th & 25th March 1892 in Paisley Town Hall. Admission Ticket. 85 1892 7 Written invitation to the Paisley Philosophical Institution Conversazione in the Public Library & Museum on the 20th January 1892. Signed, James Gardner, Hon Secretary. 85 1892 73 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 12th March 1892, titled, Glasgow Central Railway: Progress Of Work. 85 1892 75 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 9th March 1892, titled, The Cart Trust's Affairs: Meeting of the Bondholders in Glasgow. 85 1892 79 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company Limited to the Forty Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders, 29th March 1892. Thomas Rowat, Governor. 85 1892 83 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 5th March 1892, titled, Glasgow Central Railway: Progress of the Works. 85 1892 86 St James' United Presbyterian Church. Reports 1892. 86 1892 330 Collection Of Objects D'art. R Paterson & Son invite you to a private view bronzes, china and art cabinets. of objects selected from Lord Truro's, Earl Granville's', Dan Stuarts', Capt Ivory carvings. Tuesday October Hargreaves, Mdme La Barrons D'yron embracing paintings, 18th 1892 in the Town Hall, Paisley.

25 February 2020 Page 451 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 86 1892 331 Newspaper report from the Glasgow Herald 4th October 1892 titled, Tam O' Shanter. Letter from Jas W. Shand-Harvey stating he believes Tam was Thomas Reid, a labourer who died in Lochwinnoch on 9th August 1823. 86 1892 332 Letter from Hydropathic, Kilmacolm 5th October 1892 seeking contributions to a retirement gift for William Dobson, Bathman who is leaving after twelve years. Signed R. P. Rutherford. 86 1892 333 Eighty First annual report of the Paisley Female Benevolent Society 1892. President: Mrs Hamilton. List of subscriptions. 86 1892 360 Madame Nordica & Party will give a Grand Operatic And Ballad Concert on Friday Evening, November 1892 in the Town Hall, Paisley. Programme. 86 1892 364 Annual report of the Middle Parish Church, Paisley 1891-92 containing statements. 86 1892 412 Newspaper report from the Gazette 5 November 1892 titled, Johnstone Parish Church: An Historical Sketch. 200 year centenary of opening. Centenary Soiree. 86 1892 415 Adjourned meeting to be held in County Hall Buildings on 9th November him a licence for Public House in 1892 for consideration of refusal of renewals of License Certificates. Garthland Street, Paisley. Handwritten note stating Allan MacDougall against the decision to refuse 86 1892 416 Glasgow Archaeological Society Thirty Sixth Annual Meeting will be held 0n 15th November 1892 within the Society Rooms, 207 Bath Street. 86 1892 417 Booklet advertising Where to stay in Scotland which includes Kilmacolm Hydropathic. Brown coloured card with illustrations. 86 1892 423 Paisley and Renfrewshire Poultry and Pigeon Association. The Twelfth Annual Grand Exhibition and Competition will be held in the Drill Hall, Paisley on 12th November 1892. Catalogue. Index. 86 1892 489 Educational Institute of Scotland. Paisley Stow Centenary Congress. Congress to be held in Paisley as 1893 is the centenary year of the birth of David Stow. Appeal for funding. 86 1892 492 Paisley Free Public Library & Museum, Committee of Management and sub-committees, November 1892. 86 1892 495 Subscriptions intimated to Hon Treasurer for Testimonials to Sir M.R. Shaw Stewart , Bart, Lord Lieutenant and Convenor of the County of Renfrew. List of names and amounts contributed.

25 February 2020 Page 452 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 86 1892 496 Letter from County Buildings seeking subscriptions to recognise Sir Portrait to be presented to Lady Michael Shaw Stewart's role as the County of Renfrew as Lord Octavia Shaw Stewart and hung Lieutenant, to pay for a Portrait. in the County Buildings. List of Committee members. Alex. Crum, Convener. *see page 495 for list of subscribers and donation amounts. 86 1892 1 The Kerr Thread Company, Fall River, Massachusetts and East Newark, John P Kerr Underwood Mills, New Jersey, United States of America. Offer for subscription at par Paisley, Chairman & Director. £102,700 Sterling ($500,000 Dollars). Redeemable July 1st 1902 at 105 Prospectus. Subscription lists per cent.. will open 8th March 1892 and close on 11th March 1892. Application form to purchase shares. 86 1892 10 Written note from C Bine Renshaw seeking a vote in forthcoming election 5th July 1892. 86 1892 11 Newspaper The Paisley Star Vol 1 No 1. 86 1892 130 Paisley Town Council Minutes 21st July 1892. Works Committee. Property Committee. Parks and Fountain Gardens Committee. Provost presided. 86 1892 145 Shortroods Laundry, Inchinnan Road, Paisley. Price List. W. A. Townley. Line drawing. 86 1892 146 Bryndu Coal And Coke Company, Limited, South Wales. Share Capital. Prospectus. Solicitors, R & T Russell, 7 High Street, Paisley. Share application form. 86 1892 154 Newspaper report from the Herald titled, Letters to the Editor: Queen Mary's Flight. Signed S. Brown. 86 1892 155 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 31st August 1892 titled, Death of the Earl of Eglington. Sketch of his career. 86 1892 156 Cleveland Private Hotel 36 Bedford Place, Russell Square, London. W.C. Tariff. 86 1892 160 Appeal on behalf of The Asylum For The Blind, Glasgow. 100 Castle Street, Glasgow. Two photographs of blind people.

25 February 2020 Page 453 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 86 1892 162 Newspaper report 19 August 1892 regarding Sir Archibald Campbell, son of the late Archibald Douglas of Maine, Dumbartonshire. M.P. for Paisley. Blythswood. 86 1892 163 Catalogue of "The Wilson" Heating Stove. Gas Fires. Gas washing copper and water boiler. Illustrations. R. Eadie & Co, Ironmongers, High Street, Paisley. 86 1892 176 Paisley Race Meeting 11th & 12th August 1892. Race Cards. Under the rules of Racing and National Hunt rules. 86 1892 178 The Edinburgh Association of Science and Arts. Excursion to Paisley to view Ferguslie Thread Works, and Brown & Son, Sanitary Earthenware Manufacturers. Short description of works. Programme. R.M. Westwater, Secretary. 86 1892 181 Glasgow Archaeological Society. Annual excursion to Peebles, Neidpath Castle and Traquair House will take place on 13th September 1892. JA Dalrymple Duncan & William George Black, Hon Secretaries. 86 1892 183 Newspaper cutting titled Queen Mary's Flight is a letter signed D. M. 86 1892 184 West Renfrewshire Election. Mr Wallace's views on political questions. Extracts from speeches delivered throughout Renfrewshire, as reported in the Paisley Daily Express. 86 1892 196 Post Office Telegram to Robert Brown stating: so many thanks for kind congratulations, signed Campbell. 20th August 1892. 86 1892 197 Newspaper report from the Express 5th August 1892 titled, Ex-Provost Cochran and Landlords Taxation. 86 1892 198 Memorandum of Conference between Representatives of the Church Interests Committee and of the Laymen's League Central Committee. 21 Queen Street, Edinburgh. 9th August 1892. 86 1892 20 Why Hesitate? There can be no doubt about it! Passage of text in support of Unionism. Which will you have? The Ireland Question. Right Hon. A . J. Balfour at St James Hall, 15th June 1892. 86 1892 203 St Giles' Cathedral 6th September 1892. Solemnisation of Marriage. 86 1892 208 Reproduced from "American Investments", August 1892. Mr Jarvis at Newcastle. Jarvis Conklin Company.

25 February 2020 Page 454 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 86 1892 210 Newspaper report from the Gazette 27 September 1879 titled, Hanna, Donald & Wilson's Engineering Works. 86 1892 212 Sneddon Callans' Association Thirty Sixth Annual Report 1891-92. Recipients of coal. Chairman: Mr David Caldwell. 86 1892 217 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Free Library & Museum, year ending 30th September 1892. Signed, John McGown, Provost. 86 1892 220 The Maltmen's Society Of Paisley. Box-Master requests you will attend a Application for aid by Miss meeting of the Directors on Monday 3rd October 1892. Business to Agnes Crawford, Daughter of discuss, application to discuss aid to Mrs Leitch, widow of James A Leitch. the late John Crawford, Accountant of Paisley. 86 1892 221 Newspaper report from the Paisley Daily Express 17th October 1892 titled, The New Post Office. Illustration. 86 1892 223 Winning & Fulton, Accountants and Insurance Agents. Terrace Buildings, Paisley. 86 1892 224 Phoenix Fire Office, 19 Lombard Street, London & 57 Charing Cross, London. Agents at Paisley, Messrs Winning & Fulton, Accountants and House Factors. Terrace Buildings, Paisley. 86 1892 226 Laymen's League. Note to attend a meeting to be held within Dowell's Rooms, 18 George Street, Edinburgh on 21st October 1892. P MacNaughton, Secretary. 86 1892 227 Annual report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church (Low Parish Paisley) with other statements 1891-92 86 1892 23 Colour card with Unionist flags and text, Vote For Johnston and our Ulster kin ! 86 1892 24 Graph in colour: Ratepayers pockets. National Expenditure per head of population. Mr Gladstone. Unionist. Lord Salisbury. 86 1892 25 Ireland: Advice to the Electors by Mr W. E. H. Lecky, the great historian. A Big Match: Football analogy Vote for Mr Johnston, the Unionist Candidate. Rev. C.H. Spurgeon. regarding political choice of Though yet dead speaketh on Home Rule. Illustration. Nationalists and Loyalists. 86 1892 26 Comparison between Salisbury and Gladstone political finances.

25 February 2020 Page 455 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 86 1892 27 Important Notice: Twelve reasons why Tradeston electors should vote for Bennet Burleigh. Labour representation in Parliament: To the electors of Tradeston. 86 1892 28 Tradeston Division: Letter from Bennet Burleigh seeking support and vote at the poll in the forthcoming election. 86 1892 29 Burgh Parochial Board: Election 1892. Representatives seeking support at the poll on Monday 15th inst. William Souden John Mathieson John Reid James McLean James Goudie 86 1892 290 Newspaper report from the Gazette 4 October 1879 titled, The Late Rev. Dr. Fraser. Funeral sermon by Rev. Dr. Begg. 86 1892 290 Paisley Ornithological Association. Thirty Ninth Annual Exhibition & Competition held on 2nd & 3rd January 1893 in Paisley Town Hall. Honorary President, John Clark Esq, Gateside. Subscribers. 86 1892 291 The Salvation Army Self-Denial Fund. Booklet containing twenty colour International Headquarters, 101 scenes from Salvation Army life and work, signed by William Booth. Queen Victoria Street, London Charge of Three Pence for each tear off image. 1892. E. C. 86 1892 30 Election card with illustration of Bennet Burleigh, adopted Labour and Liberal candidate. 86 1892 31 Tradeston Parliamentary Division. Mr A. Cameron Corbett M.P. requests the honour of your attendance at a meeting on 25th January in the Hall, 35 Nelson Street at Eight p.m. 86 1892 32 Written letter seeking support in the forthcoming election. Central Committee Room, Good Templar Hall, Paisley 2nd July 1892. 86 1892 34 Letter to the electors of the Burgh of Paisley from Christopher N. Johnston seeking support in the forthcoming election. 86 1892 35 Thirty second annual report of the Mission to the Out-Door Blind for Glasgow and the West of Scotland. 86 1892 38 History of the Edinburgh Association of Science and the Arts 1870 - 1892 by D. W. Kemp. Prospectus and order form. 86 1892 39 Paisley Conservative Association meeting to be held in the Beaconsfield Club on Saturday 23rd curt to discuss acquiring Unionist Reading Rooms. Alex MacFarlane Hon. Sec.

25 February 2020 Page 456 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 86 1892 40 Paisley Conservative Association. Office-Bearers for 1892. 86 1892 44 Letter from J Christian Sanderson, teacher in Paisley Grammar, seeking donations to pay for prizes for Students in Science and Art Evening classes. 13th July 1892. 86 1892 45 Menu from Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London. Printed on yellow card with illustrations by Mr Schits. 86 1892 46 British Association for the Advancement of Science sixty second meeting to be held in Edinburgh during the week commencing 3rd August 1892. Programme. Terms of membership. 86 1892 499 Queen Margaret College Bazaar 22nd to 26th November 1892. Daily Programmes with various advertisements for Businesses. List of Stallholders. Paisley. Renfrewshire. 86 1892 51 Original Secession Church. Church and Mission Premises are nearing completion and expect to be open in September. Appeal to the congregation to raise funds as there is a shortfall of £1000. E Ritchie July 1892. 86 1892 516 Paisley Liberal Club. Report for the year ending 11th November 1892. J.M. McCallum, President. 86 1892 518 Newspaper report from the Glasgow Herald 19th December 1892 titled, Shipbuilding in 1892: Record for the whole world. Estimates of the work on hand. 86 1892 52 Newspaper report from the Express 28 July 1892, titled, Return of Major Pollock, Barrhead: enthusiastic reception. Won the Queen's prize at Bishopton of £250. 86 1892 524 High Parish Church Session. Request to attend a meeting of Trustees on 8th December 1892. Memorial service for Mr Stevenson. J Gray Thomson, Clerk of Session. 86 1892 526 Paisley Art Institute. First Conversazione for session 1892-93 will be held in the Lecture Hall of the Free Library And Museum on 12th December current. James Aitken will deliver lecture on Musicians and their Arts.

25 February 2020 Page 457 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 86 1892 527 Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition will be opened by C. Bine Renshaw Esq M.P. Barochan, on Wednesday 28th December 1892, in the Free Library and Museum Picture Gallery. John Anderson, Secretary and Treasurer. 86 1892 528 Handwritten letter to Renfrewshire County Council from J. Cowan dated 7th December 1892. Sincere thanks for returning me without a contest as your Representative for another term of office. 86 1892 53 John Neilson Institution, Senior Department. Programme of examination Wednesday 13th July 1892. John G. Thomson Head-Master. 86 1892 531 Paisley Philosophical Institution. Coats Observatory Meteorological Observations 1888. Andrew Henderson, Convener, Observatory Committee. 86 1892 538 Paisley Philosophical Institution. Report of the Eighty Fourth General Meeting 1892. List of members. Course of Lectures for session 1892-93. James Gardner, Honorary Secretary. 86 1892 54 Paisley Parliamentary Election 6th July 1892. Voting card for William Dunn, the Liberal candidate. 86 1892 55 Tradeston Election 16th Ward, Vote for Corbett. Wednesday 1st. Pink card. 86 1892 56 Mr Robert Wallace, Liberal candidate for West Renfrewshire. Photograph and extract from "Scottish Leader" 86 1892 560 The Glasgow Renfrewshire Society. List of members who have joined the Abstract statement of income Society between 11th February 1891 and 30th November 1892. Annual and expenditure December Meeting will be held in Municipal Buildings, Greenock 13 January 1892. 1891 to November 1892. 86 1892 565 North Parish Church, Paisley. Bazaar to be held in the Good Templar Hall on 22nd, 23rd & 24th December 1892. Object is to clear off the Church Debt which is about £700. List of Stallholders. 86 1892 569 Paisley Burgh School Board, School Attendance Committee. Thirty sixth half yearly report on school attendances, October 1892. 86 1892 576 The Club, Paisley. Sale of newspapers and periodicals for the year ending 31st December 1892. J Edward Campbell, Secretary.

25 February 2020 Page 458 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 86 1892 577 Newspaper report from the Express 9th December 1892 titled, Diamond wedding of ex Provost Paul, Dumbarton. Originally from Paisley. Valuation of the County. 86 1892 578 St James' Church. Recital Of Sacred Music in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, on Tuesday 13th December 1892. Admission Programme. Illustrations. 86 1892 584 Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor in Paisley, Thirteenth Annual Report 1890-91. 86 1892 60 West Renfrewshire Election 1892. Voting card for Robert Wallace. 86 1892 61 The John Neilson Institution, Oakshaw-Head, Paisley. Invitation to the fortieth annual public examination of the schools of this institution, will be held on Wednesday 13th July 1892. 86 1892 62 Paisley Burgh School Board, School Attendance Committee. Thirty fifth half yearly report on School Attendance, April 1892. 86 1892 66 The Paisley Educational Trust. Report of the fortieth annual examination of the John Neilson Institution 13th July 1892. 86 1892 8 Written note seeking support to vote for C Bine Renshaw. 5 July 1892. 86 1892 9 Burgh Election. Mr C. N. Johnston's candidature. Address to electors in the Drill Hall Monday 1st July 1892. Thos MacRobert Jnr. Election Agent. 87 1893 1 Cheque, payable to the West Renfrewshire Conservative Association, from Robert Brown. 8th April 1893. Written receipt from Neil Robson Robertson. 87 1893 13 Paisley Society for the Monthly Distribution of Tracts Sixtieth Annual Report being for the year 1892. 87 1893 16 Newspaper report from the Express 11 April 1893 titled, The Disestablishment Question. 87 1893 18 Bells' Dyeworks, Paisley. Dyers and French Cleaners. New and revised guide to Dyeing and Cleaning. Illustrations and photographs including 6 Gilmour Street, Paisley. 87 1893 19 McGill University Annual Convocation for Degrees in Arts 29th April 1893 Canada.

25 February 2020 Page 459 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 87 1893 20 Front cover and Contents list of a book titled Paisley Burns Club 1805 - 1893 by Robert Brown. Publisher Alexander Gardner. 87 1893 21 Report by the Directors of the Paisley Cemetery Company Limited to the Forty Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders 28th March 1893. Thomas Rowat, Governor. 87 1893 22 Government of Ireland Bill, Belfast Chamber of Commerce 18th March 1893. Report of the Council, presented to and adopted by an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Belfast Chamber of Commerce. 87 1893 24 Newspaper report titled The Scotch Registration Bill 87 1893 25 Newspaper report from the Express 14 March 1893 titled, Objections to Smallpox Hospital. Shortroods. Bladda. 87 1893 26 Paisley Conservative Association. Meeting to be held in the Beaconsfield Club on 31st March 1893. 87 1893 27 School Of Design Annual distribution of prizes and Exhibition of the works will take place on 1st April 1893 at 8pm. Young & Martin, Secretaries. 87 1893 28 The Glasgow Mission of the Deaf and Dumb, Paisley Branch. Twelfth Annual Report ending 31st March 1893. 87 1893 29 One Hundred and Seventh Annual Report of the Directors of the Paisley Infirmary for the year ending 31st December 1892. Illustration. 87 1893 3 Burgh of Paisley Drainage District No 4. Letter from Office of the Clerk to the Commissioner of Police 6th April 1893 regarding payment to allow sewage to be carried at Castlehead. John Brown Esq. 87 1893 30 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 3rd February 1893 titled, The Proposed Increase of the Town Council. Deputation to the Scotch Secretary. 87 1893 31 Report from the Gloucestershire Chronicle Feb 25th 1893 titled, Theatrical Manager Interviewed. Mr Eade Montefiore. 87 1893 32 Newspaper report titled Disestablishment In Scotland: Text of Dr Cameron's Bill. 87 1893 34 Analysis of Dr Cameron's Disestablishment the Bill.

25 February 2020 Page 460 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 87 1893 35 Invitation to the formal opening of the New Post Office on Monday 6th February 1893. To be opened by Provost and Magistrates. J MacMaster, Post Master. 87 1893 36 Newspaper report from the Paisley Express 14th February 1893 regarding Gas Commissioners and the construction of a new hospital In Gockston for cases of smallpox. Borrowing Powers. Arguments for and against by Provost McGown and ex Provost Clark. 87 1893 37 Newspaper report from the Paisley Express7 February 1893 titled, Opening Of New Post Office. Brief history of Post Office provision in Paisley over the years. 87 1893 38 Newspaper report from the Express 11th January 1893 titled, Ex Provost Cochran's Motion For Increase Of Council. 87 1893 39 fifty First Annual Report of the Paisley Christian Benevolent Society October 1892. President Rev J. B. Sturrock. 87 1893 4 Newspaper obituary 4th December 1884 for The Late Mr Gordon Smith, a gentleman well known in legal and literary circles in Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Born Paisley. 87 1893 40 Newspaper report from the Glasgow Herald 13th September 1884 titled, The Two Elderslies. 87 1893 4½ J. Pitt Hardacre's Tour with Oscar Wilde's celebrated play Lady Windermere's Fan performing at Brickwell's Theatre, Paisley for six nights only, commencing Monday April 24th 1893. Colour Poster. 87 1893 41 Educational Institute of Scotland, Programme of the Congress in Town Hall, Paisley, 5th & 6th January 1893. Programme of events. 87 1893 42 Educational Institute of Scotland. Paisley Stow Centenary Congress Conversazione in George A Clark Hall on Friday 6th January 1893. reception at 7pm by Provost McGown. Programme. Illustrations. 87 1893 43 Hand Book of the David Stow Centenary Congress, Paisley, 1893. Programme and Illustrations. 87 1893 44 Annual report of the Abbey, Paisley 1892. 87 1893 45 Paisley Infirmary Board of Directors 1892 - 93. 17th February 1893. Fra. Martin, Secretary.

25 February 2020 Page 461 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 87 1893 46 Church of Scotland. A Bill to Declare the Constitution of the Church of Scotland. 87 1893 47 Meeting of the Laymen's League on Monday 23rd January at 3pm 1893 in Dowell's Rooms, 18 George Street, Edinburgh. P. MacNaughton, Secretary. 87 1893 48 Newspaper report from the Paisley Express 17th January 1893 titled, The Firm of Brown and Polson. History of the company. 87 1893 49 Newspaper report from the Glasgow Herald 6th February 1893 titled, Feus and Building Leases in Scotland: The Motherwell and Hamilton Subsidence's. 87 1893 5 West Renfrewshire Conservative Association Annual Report 1892. 87 1893 50 High Parish Church, Scheme of Church-Door Collecting. Elders and Trustees 1893. List of names and dates. 87 1893 51 Glasgow Archaeological Society. Historical Medals Etc, exhibited by John Kirsop, March 16th 1893. List of medals with two illustrations. 87 1893 52 The Baillie Vol. XLI No 1055 4th Jan 1893. Full page illustration and feature of Mr William Gillies, Wine Merchant, Glasgow. 87 1893 53 Newspaper report from the Glasgow Herald titled, Castles of Dunoon, Sweyne and Dunstaffnage. 87 1893 54 Paisley Philosophical Institution, The Coats Observatory. Member's Ticket session 1892-93 for Robert Brown. Blue colour with illustration of Observatory. 87 1893 55 William Reid, House Painter and Decorator, 28 St James Street. Notice informing of shop opening to prospective customers. Paisley, April 1893. 87 1893 56 Renfrewshire Justice Of Peace Court, Paisley District. Rotation of Presiding Justices 1893. 87 1893 57 Invitation to Kibble Annual Entertainment in the Good Templar Hall on Friday 27th January 1893. Sheriff Cowan will preside. John Grant, Superintendent. The Song of Rollo words on reverse. 87 1893 58 The Fourth Annual Report of the Royal Victoria Eye Infirmary, 1 Gauze Street, Paisley, 29th December 1892. Chairman, Stewart Clark.

25 February 2020 Page 462 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 87 1893 59 Programme of Theatrical and Minstrel Entertainment, Good Templar Mrs Archibald Coats of Halls, 23rd January 1893. Under the Patronage of The Countess of Woodside. Eglinton and Winton, Mrs McDowall of Garthland, Mrs Pearson of Walkinshaw, 87 1893 60 Sneddon Callans' Association, Thirty Sixth Annual Report 1891-92. 87 1893 61 Newspaper report from the Glasgow Herald 27th September 1893 titled, Glasgow Police Commission: Report on amalgamation of Office of Town Clerk and Police Clerk. 87 1893 62 Invitation to the Paisley Burns Club Annual Dinner will be held in the County Hotel on Wednesday 25th January 1893. J Edward Campbell, Hon Secretary. 87 1893 63 Paisley Burgh Police Superintendent's return for the year ending 31st December 1892. 87 1893 64 The Railway Supplies Journal, 18 December 1886. Article on Messrs Robert Brown and Son's Sanitary Earthenware. Ferguslie. 87 1893 65 Sneddon Callan's Association Thirty Seventh Annual Report 1892-93. 87 1893 66 The Railway Supplies Journal, 18 December 1886. Article on Messrs Robert Brown and Son's Sanitary Earthenware. Ferguslie. 87 1893 67 Sixteenth Annual Report of the Paisley Art Institute, 1893. Hon President, John Polson of Westmount. 87 1893 68 Order form for proposed publication, A New History of the Scottish Church by Rev W. W. Stephen, Rector of St Augustine's, Dumbarton. Eastertide 1893. 87 1893 68½ Forty Second Annual Report of the Paisley Industrial School 1892. John McGown, Chairman. 87 1893 69 County Of Renfrew. Sanitary Inspector's Report for 1892. Jas. I. Little, County Sanitary Inspector. 87 1893 69½ Newspaper report from the Paisley Herald 23rd October 1880 titled, Glass of Pal Ale. Book review relating to the brewery company Bass & Co. 87 1893 70 Abstract of the Agricultural Produce Statistics for the years 1892 and 1893. For the information of occupiers of land. 87 1893 71 The Rantin' Weaver Chiel. Air- My Ain Johnnie Lad.

25 February 2020 Page 463 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 87 1893 72 Reminiscences of a Paisley Weaver with twenty six years experience in Melbourne. 1878. John Rentoul. River Street, Richmond, Yarraberg. 87 1893 73 The Radical Time: A Doggerel Ballad; Historical and Descriptive. Saint Mirrin Series. F. Walker. Speir. Johnstone. Kilbarchan. Lang. Mr William. Smylie. Parker. Mr William. Paisley. 87 1893 74 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 5th August 1892 titled, Greenock Burns Club, Annual Pilgrimage. Visit to Ayr, Tarbolton and Mauchline. More reports follow. 87 1893 80 Town Improvements and Preservation and Restoration of Paisley Abbey. With views of the restored structure and map of street improvements. No views of structure in pamphlet. 87 1893 81 Newspaper advertisement for Mother Siegel's Soothing Plasters. 87 1893 82 Newspaper report from The Citizen 1st February 1884 titled, Glasgow and Subu Taxation. Local rates. 87 1893 83 Community's Churches. Letters to the editor of the Glasgow Chronicle Burgh Bill Committee. Mr regarding the best seats in the three town Churches of Paisley belong to Patison is requested to attend a private individuals. Financial records. Written calculations on reverse. meeting of the committee on 24th May 1893. Handwritten financial calculations. 87 1893 85 Ticket to the Paisley Meeting. Admit to the Grand Stand. White card with blue text and border. Horse Racing. 87 1893 86 Paisley Meeting 1848, 17th and 18th August. Stewards: Colonel Mure of Caldwell, Sir James Boswell, Bart and John Auld, Secretary. 87 1893 87 Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor in Paisley. Fourteenth Annual Report 1891-92. Offices 112 Causeyside Street. 87 1893 88 Paisley Burns Club. Celebration of the One Hundred and Thirty Fourth Anniversary of the Birthday of Robert Burns. County Hotel, Paisley. 25th January 1893. Menu. Toast List. 87 1893 90 On the pathology of writer's cramp, with illustrated cases, by Donald Fraser M.D. Paisley. Reprinted from the Glasgow Medical Journey March 1881. 87 1893 91 Spanish Asylums by Donald Fraser M.D. Paisley.

25 February 2020 Page 464 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 87 1893 92 Case of transposition of the viscera, with dislocation downwards of the liver. Donald Fraser M.D. Paisley. Reprinted from the Glasgow Medical Journal December 1883. 88 1893 1 Newspaper cutting titled, The Word "Renfrew" regarding the meaning of the word. 88 1893 10 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 14th October 1893 titled, The Lock Out on the Clyde. Dispute involving the Clyde joiners and overtime working. 88 1893 100 West Renfrewshire Conservative Association abstract statement of the Intromissions of the Honorary Treasurer for the year ended 30th April 1893. H.R.B. Peile, Convenor. Neil Robson, Treasurer. 88 1893 101 Newspaper report from The Scotsman titled, Death of a Distinguished Native of Paisley. James Edward Carlyle, born in Paisley 22nd August 1821. Died Friday 5th May 1893. 88 1893 102 The Club, Paisley. Report by the Committee of The Club to the Thirteenth Annual General Meeting 29th May 1893. J. Edward Campbell, Hon Secretary. 88 1893 103 Newspaper report from the Express 6 May 1893 titled, Greenlaw Established Church: Ordination Soiree. In connection with Rev. Walter Edward Lee , M.A. to the pastorate of the Greenlaw Established Church. 88 1893 104 Paisley Burns Club. An excursion has been arranged to Dumfries for Saturday 20th May 1893. Reply card. J. Edward Campbell Hon Secretary. 88 1893 105 West Renfrewshire Conservative Association. Abstract statement of the Intromissions for year ended 30th April 1893. Subscriptions now due, send to 99 High Street, Paisley. 88 1893 106 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 8 May 1893 titled, Progress of Deer Forests Enquiry: Statement by MacLeod of MacLeod. Dunvegan, Saturday. 88 1893 107 Newspaper report from the Express 2 May 1893 titled, The Visit of the : Beaconsfield Club premises opened. 88 1893 108 A Unionist Demonstration will be held 2 May in the Town Hall. His Grace the Duke of Argyll will deliver an Address. Alex MacFarlane, Hon, Secy.

25 February 2020 Page 465 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 88 1893 109 Platform Ticket to the Unionist Demonstration, Clark Town Hall 2nd May 1893. 88 1893 11 Newspaper report from The Citizen 5 October 1893 titled, The America Cup, the best of five races. Outline of course. 88 1893 110 Ticket to the Beaconsfield Club Cake & Wine Function on Tuesday 2nd May 1893 in honour of visit by His Grace the Duke of Argyll. 88 1893 111 Ticket to the Opening Ceremony of the Beaconsfield Club, Tuesday 2nd May 1893 by His Grace the Duke of Argyll. 88 1893 112 Ticket to the Presentation of the Freedom of the Burgh of Paisley to the Duke of Argyll in the George A. Clark Town Hall on Thursday 4th May 1893 Three o'Clock P.M. Embossed Paisley coat of arms. 88 1893 113 Photograph of the Duke of Argyll with writing. In Thanks, Argyll. 88 1893 114 The Provost requests the favour of Mr Brown's presence in the Ante room of the Town Hall on Thursday 4th May 1893 to meet with his Grace The Duke of Argyll and accompany him to the Platform. 88 1893 115 Abercorn Carriage Hiring Establishment. William Young has withdrawn his side station. 2 County Place. cabs from the incline at Railway Station, Gilmour Street and now confines 29th May 1893 them solely to the usual stance in County Square and Sneddon. 88 1893 116 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 4 April 1893 titled, Great Liberal Meeting In Clark Hall. Speeches by Edward Blake M.P., Mr Dunn, M.P., Colonel Coats, 88 1893 12 Paisley Maltmen's Society Dinner will take place in the Globe Hotel on 18th January 1893. New members. Written note on reverse. 88 1893 12½ The Arthur Rousbey Opera Company will perform in Paisley Theatre for six nights commencing Monday 27th November 1893. Illustrated programme in colour pink. 88 1893 13 Concert and Programme to raise funds to emigrate boys who have no Guthrie's Industrial Schools, home. Clark Halls Monday & Tuesday 20th and 21st November 1893. Liberton, Brunswick Road, Leith Illustration of Girl's School, Leith Walk and the New School for Boys at Walk, Edinburgh. Liberton. 88 1893 14 Newspaper report from the Express 9th October 1893 titled, A New Hall For Houston. Laying the memorial stone.

25 February 2020 Page 466 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 88 1893 15 Newspaper report from the Express 9th October 1893 titled, Letters to the editor: Dr Duncan and the fever epidemic. Paisley Inkerman 88 1893 16 General meeting of the Paisley Water Commissioners 10th October 1893. Testing water supply to Paisley. 88 1893 17 Paisley Orchestral Company Ltd, Paisley Concerts - First Series. Programme of First Orchestral Concert Season 1893-94. Town Hall Paisley 15th November 1893. Vocalist Mdme Emily Squire. Conductor, Mr Henschel 88 1893 18 West Renfrewshire Conservative Association Annual Report 1893. H. R. B. Piele, Convenor & Rob Stevenson, Secretary. 88 1893 19 Memorial To The Late Mr Alex Crumb of Thornliebank. Subscriptions invited, suggest funding a Free Library might be an appropriate memorial. List of committee and subscriptions intimated. John Riley, Convenor. 88 1893 2 Handwritten note regarding setting up a branch of the Boys Brigade in the High Church, Paisley. Signed, A Montgomerie Lang. October 1893. 88 1893 20 Gleniffer Burns Club. Requested to attend a meeting on 17th October 1893 in the Royal Oak Restaurant, Moss Street, Paisley. Mr Wm Brown, President will give an Entertainment. Alex Pollock, Secretary. 88 1893 21 Paisley Burgh School Board, East Educational District. Abstract of the census taken from 26th June to 31st July 1893 in the East Educational District, which is east of the River Cart. James Young, Convener. 88 1893 22 Advertisement for forthcoming publication, Paisley Burns Club 1805 - 1893 by Robert Brown, F.S.A. Scot. Order form. Contents. Publisher, Alexander Gardener, Paisley. 88 1893 23 Burgh of Paisley: Public Baths. Invitation to the opening of the Public methods pf rescuing people Baths at No 50 Storie Street on Monday 24th July 1893. Provost McGown from drowning. Thomas Walker, will preside and there will be an exhibition of swimming and of Clerk of the commissioners. 88 1893 24 Langham Hotel, London. Table d'Hote Menu Thursday 6th July 1893. Programme of music by the Anglo Saxon Band. Conductor Mr J. C. Kent. 88 1893 25 Paisley Educational Trust. John Neilson Institution, Senior Department. Programme of Examination, Wednesday 12th July 1893. Image of school. . Head-Master Mr Thomson.

25 February 2020 Page 467 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 88 1893 26 Newspaper cutting titled. Shall and Will. Letter to the editor discussing when to use these words. 88 1893 28 Martyr's Parish Church, Guide to the Grand Bazaar. Opened by Sir William Arrol L. L. D. on Thursday 14th December 1893. Advertisements for local businesses. 88 1893 29 Middle Parish Church, Annual Report, Paisley 1891-92. George Park, Pastor. 88 1893 29½ General meeting of the Paisley Water Commissioners 10th October 1893. Testing water supply to Paisley. Continued. 88 1893 30 Newspaper report from Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 30 September 1893 titled, Meeting Of Trades Council: Questions for Town Councillors. Fatal accidents (Scotland) public enquiry bill. 88 1893 32 Newspaper report from Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette 30 September 1893 titled, Portrait of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart. Presentation to Lady Shaw Stewart of a portrait of her husband. 88 1893 33 Newspaper report from the Gazette13 September 1884 titled, Valuation Of The Burgh: the valuation of the Burgh of Paisley, as made up by Mr A Nisbet, Assessor. 88 1893 34 Newspaper report from the Express titled, The Presentation To The Duke. A true, faithful, and previous account of as much as the writer could see. Jeems McChartist. Paisley. Duke MacCallum. 88 1893 35 Invitation Card to the presentation of the portrait of Sir M. R. Shaw Stewart Bart on Thursday 28th September 1893 within the County Hall, Paisley. Ja Caldwell, Hon Sec. 88 1893 36 Paisley Orchestral Concerts 1893 - 94 will give three concerts in Paisley Town Hall on 15th November 1893, 16th January 1894 and 13th March 1894. Application form for seats. Conductor Mr Henschel. 88 1893 37 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 12th September 1893 titled, The Queen and Crathie Parish Church: Laying of the foundation stone. 88 1893 38 Newspaper report from the Express 11th September 1893 titled, The Valuation of the Burgh: assessor's annual returns. 88 1893 39 Advertisement for new book called Paisley Poets by Robert Brown F.S.A. Scot.

25 February 2020 Page 468 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 88 1893 40 Newspaper report from Paisley Daily Express 13th September 1892 titled, Town Council: Inauguration of new Council Chambers. 88 1893 41 Annual Report of the Ecclesiastical Trustees of St George's Church 1891 ­ 92. Rev. A. Fyfe Burns, Moderator. 88 1893 42 Copy correspondence between the River Cart Navigation Trustees and Young & Martin, Town Clerks Messrs Grahames, Currey & Spens, Parliamentary Solicitors, London. Office, Paisley. Financial implications regarding funding's and payments. 13th September 1883. 88 1893 43 Abstract statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Paisley Free Library & Museum for the year ending 30th September 1893. signed, Andrew Fisher & David Wilson. 88 1893 43½ Paisley Philosophical Institution. Course of Lectures for session 1893-94. James Gardner, Hon Sec. 88 1893 44 Paisley Philosophical Institution. Coats Observatory Meteorological Observations 1892. 88 1893 45 Annual Report of the Middle Parish Church, Paisley 1892-93. Rev. George Park, Moderator. 88 1893 46 Town Council Of Paisley. List of members of the Council. 88 1893 47 Peter Brough District Nursing Association Paisley, for nursing the sick and poor in their own homes. Affiliated to Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses. James Gardner, Secretary and Treasurer. 88 1893 48 A Guide to the Braes of Gleniffer, the scene of the open-air concert at The Glen on the Tannahill Anniversary Day. Photographs and illustrations. Pink colour. 88 1893 49 Paisley Theatre Limited. Grand Re-Opening 28th August 1893. Programme. C Rider-Noble, Managing Director. Eade Montefiore, Resident Manager. 88 1893 5 The Boys Brigade by Professor Henry Drummond. Reprinted from The Good Words 2nd edition, illustrated. 1893. Head Quarters Office 68 Bath Street, Glasgow. 88 1893 50 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 12th Aug 1893 regarding salt and it's uses.

25 February 2020 Page 469 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 88 1893 50½ Hand drawings of coats of arms, one with the date 1620, possibly in the shape of bells. 88 1893 51 Newspaper report from The Scotsman 26th August 1893 titled, Scottish Disestablishment: Deputation to Mr Gladstone. 88 1893 52 Newspaper report from the Express 31st August 1893 titled, The Williamsburgh School. Costs. Builders. 88 1893 53 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 7th August 1893 titled, William Connal & Co. History of the company. 88 1893 54 Church of Scotland. Committee in aid of the Highlands and Islands. Collection on 20th August 1893. 88 1893 55 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 12 August 1893 titled, The Races. Report of the horse racing at Paisley racecourse. 88 1893 56 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 28 August 1893 titled, House of Commons, The Suspensory Bills. Mr Gladstone. 88 1893 57 Newspaper report from Glasgow Citizen titled, Glasgow Bridges. Illustrations of designs of new bridges. 88 1893 58 Shortroods Laundry, Inchinnan Road, Paisley. Price list. Ernest Ross, proprietor. 88 1893 59 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald 8 July 1893 titled, letter to the editor, The Regent Moray and the Glasgow Bakers. Signed, James Ness. 88 1893 6 A visit to our Fever Hospital with remarks on public health conditions. A Lecture by Rev. Oliver Flett D.D. 88 1893 60 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 27 July 1893 titled, Memorial of James Arthur Unveiled. Situated near the gate of the Necropolis in Infirmary Square. 88 1893 61 Newspaper report from the Express 13 July 1893 titled, The Cart Trust Affairs: An appeal by second bond holders. 88 1893 62 Poem. A Poet's Farewell To Paisley. Signed, Dodds. 88 1893 62½ Newspaper report dated 24th July 1893 titled, The Illustrated Official Journal Of Patents. Notice of a patent secured by James Hunter, Johnstone, for improvements in umbrella fasteners.

25 February 2020 Page 470 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 88 1893 63 Newspaper report from Glasgow Herald July 1893 titled, The Regent Moray and the Glasgow Bakers: letters to the editor. 88 1893 64 Newspaper report from the Express 2 December 1893 titled, Highland Soiree. 19th annual gathering of the Highlanders of Paisley took place last night in the Good Templar Hall. 88 1893 65 Paisley School Board. Invitation to the exhibition of the Grammar School and Academy, and to the distribution of the prizes, to be held in the Town Hall on 28th June 1893. Thomas MacRobert junior clerk. 88 1893 66 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 9th June 1893 titled, Fourth Ward Committee. Special meeting held last night to hear proposals to borrow additional £20,000 on the Gasworks. 88 1893 67 Newspaper report from the Express 5th June 1893 titled, Tannahill Anniversary: Concert at the Braes. First concert in four years. 88 1893 68 Educational Institute of Scotland. Paisley Stow Centenary Congress Conversazione in George A Clark Town Hall on Friday 6th January 1893. Programme. 88 1893 69 Newspaper report from the Express 3rd June 1893 titled, The Disestablishment Bill: The Town Council's Position. Petition presented to the House of Commons by Mr Dunn, M.P. for Paisley. 88 1893 7 Invitation to the Corporation Dinner in the Town Hall on 10th November 1893. 88 1893 70 Newspaper report from the Citizen 26th June 1893 titled, Nansen's Expedition to the North Pole. Illustration of ship. Dr Fridtjof Nansen. 88 1893 71 Newspaper report from Paisley Express titled, Town Council. Usual monthly meeting was held last night with Provost McGown presiding. 88 1893 72 Newspaper report 22nd June 1893 titled, Educational Institute of Scotland: Mr John G Thomson's Address. 88 1893 73 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 20th June 1893 titled, Educational Institute of Scotland: The Stow Congress Year. Following address was delivered by Mr Thomson as president of local association of E.I.S 88 1893 74 Church of Scotland. Pastoral letter on Church Defence. John Marshall Lang D.D. Moderator.

25 February 2020 Page 471 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 88 1893 75 Newspaper report from the Express 20 June 1893 titled, Paisley and Provost in favour of Sir Charles Parish Ministers Stipends. Petition to Parliament. Mr Dunn has received, Cameron's Bill in favour of the and formally intends to present a petition to Parliament from the disestablishment and disendowment of the Church of Scotland. 88 1893 76 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 21 June 1893 titled, Educational Institute of Scotland: Mr John G. Thomson's Address (continued from yesterday). 88 1893 77 Neilston Parish School Board. Neilston Public School. Additions to the school have now been completed and public inspection is invited on 16th June 1893. Z John Heys, Chairman. 88 1893 78 "Gag" Chart, Home Rule Bill, 1893, In Committee. An object lesson for Stamped, The National Union of British electors. Causes debated and passed without alteration & Causes Conservative Association of debated, altered and passed. The Home Rule Bill. Scotland. Supplied by Western Office, 137 W. George Street, Glasgow. 88 1893 8 The New Opera, Pagliacci will be played by the Arthur Rousbey Opera Co. Press notices with images. Letter with image and details on reverse of opera company. 88 1893 80 Newspaper cuttings titled, Paisley Burns Clubs 1805- 1893, just published. Robert A. Brown, author, of Underwood Park. To be had from all good Booksellers. 88 1893 81 Newspaper report from Glasgow Evening News titled, Days in the Country. No1. Rail to Mauchline, and Coaching Tour in the land of Burns. 88 1893 82 Newspaper cutting titled, Throwing In The Slipper. Tradition of a bride throwing in the slipper. Newcastle Chronicle. 88 1893 83 Advertisement for a new book titled, Paisley Burns Clubs 1805 - 1893 to be published shortly. Robert A. Brown, author. Order form. 88 1893 84 Magpie Minstrels, Queens Rooms, May 2nd & 3rd 1893. Programme. Entertainment in aid of the Glasgow Poor Children Fresh Air Fortnight. 88 1893 85 St James' United Presbyterian Church. Reports 1893.

25 February 2020 Page 472 of 473 VOLUME YEARS PAGE DESCRIPTION TITLE SUBTITLE 88 1893 86 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 30 May 1893 titled, Gas Borrowing Powers: Provost Clark Replies To Treasurer Wilson. Letter to the editor from James Clark. 88 1893 87 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 29th May 1893 titled, Gas Borrowing Powers: Second Ward Committee. Important speech by Treasurer Wilson. To discuss borrowing £20,000 for gaswork extension. 88 1893 88 Newspaper report from The Bailie 31st May 1893 titled, Men you know No 1076. Alexander Archibald Speirs of the Speirs of Elderslie estate. Profile. Illustration of A.A. Speirs. Advertisements. 88 1893 9 Newspaper letter to the editor from the Express 16th October 1893 titled, Our Water Supply. Possible contamination of water in Paisley. Signed, Scrutator. 88 1893 90 Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Works, Paisley. Important Invention: Patent glazed earthenware wall tiles for ceilings. Secured from patentee Mr W.J. White of London. Prices on application. 88 1893 91 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 5th May 1893 titled, The Duke of Argyll's Visit: Freedom of the Burgh confirmed. Public engagements in Paisley. 88 1893 92 Newspaper report from Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 6 May 1893 titled, The Duke of Argyll in Paisley. Opening of Beaconsfield Club. Great demonstrations in Clark Hall. Presentation of freedom of the Burgh. 88 1893 94 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 2 May 1893 titled, The Visit of the Duke of Argyll: Beaconsfield Club Premises Opened. 88 1893 96 Newspaper report titled, Sketch of his Grace's career: extract from "Men of the time". Duke of Argyll. 88 1893 97 Newspaper report from Paisley Express 6 May 1893 titled, Cart Trust Affairs: The Vigilance Committee's Report. 88 1893 98 Programme of Unionist Demonstration, Town Hall 2nd May 1893. To receive address from His Grace the Duke of Argyll. Chainman: Stewart Clark Esq. Sir William Arrol. 88 1893 99 Newspaper cutting from Glasgow Herald 2nd March 1893 regarding sale of books belonging to the Library of the late Dr Fountaine Walker of Ness Castle, Inverness.

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