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The Glasite Church Series
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Artefacts

(1) Brass “tune whistle” used for the initial note during hymn singing, in case
(2) Two printer’s plates of the Reverend John Glas
(3) Wooden spoon with v-shaped break in bowl
(4) Knife with bone or horn handle, made by Hilliard and Co. Sheffield
(5) Tuning fork
(6) Pitch pipe possibly used for giving note to begin hymns
(7) Ladle, probably used to serve the soup given out at church services

Congregational and membership lists

Original and copies of lists of members of the Glasite church across Scotland, England and North America, many with annotated comments and details of baptisms, marriage and death

Correspondence

Original and copies of letters relating to church issues, particularly theological disputes, as well as personal matters. Authors include John Glas, Robert Sandeman, elders of the Perth, Dundee, Edinburgh and London churches, Patrick Cochrane, George Baxter, William Ferguson and Gerard Sandeman

Ephemera

Newscuttings, histories, lectures, articles and other ephemera

Financial papers

Accounts, invoices and receipts, tenders, promissory notes and correspondence mainly relating to the Barony Street Chapel, Edinburgh

Journals and narratives

Mainly transcriptions of letters, narratives, accounts and diaries describing events and activities of members of the church

Letterbooks

Transcribed and original correspondence gathered in volumes

Property and land

Plans, correspondence and petition relating to the building of the Edinburgh meeting houses and their sale

Research papers

Correspondence and papers relating to various persons' research into the Church, mainly addressed to Gerard Sandeman