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Elderly man

Framed photograph of unidentified gentleman in suit and hat seated in a park or garden

Sandeman and Ramsay

Lists of descendants of David Sandeman (b. 1681) and Margaret Ramsay, married in 1716. [Possibly a manuscript version of 'The Sandeman Genealogy']

Church Rolls of the Glassites and Sandemanites'

Notebook containing lists of the following congregations, often listing men and women separately: Great Britain: Tealing (list of members who agreed to break away from the Church of Scotland in 1725), and later lists (1751-1753), York (1786), Dundee (1782-1783), Perth (1751 and 1782-1832), Dunkeld (1798), Aberdeen (1751), Arbroath (n.d.), Montrose (n.d.), Glasgow (n.d.), Wooler (1753), Newcastle (n.d.). United States: Danbury, Connecticut (1782 and 1858), Newark, New Jersey (1858), Norwalk, Connecticut (1858). Also contains a list of churches in Scotland and England giving membership totals and an estimate of the number of members in America 1782. Also mentions that James Allen was the first English Elder in 1762.

'Ledger': membership lists, notes, memoranda and rolls

Contains: Notes on the churches in America, with 'List of the members of the first Church of Christ in North America'. [Portsmouth, New Hampshire with their age, occupation, place of birth, dates of reception and excommunication, 1841;
List of men and women, 'Brethren in America, 1839;
Transcriptions of letters by Robert Sandeman and one by John Glas;
Sandeman's observations on the Song of Solomon, 1740;
Notes on the first marriage in London "without the Church of England ceremony", 1840;
Extracts from the life of John Barnard, 1777;
Notes on the formation of the London Church;
"Memoranda of a visit by T Boasey (sic) [Boosey] to Dundee, Arbroath, Perth, Dunkeld, Edinburgh, Galashiels and Newcastle in 1843": apart from describing his visits to various congregations the author also mentions a trip on the Dundee and Newtyle Railway. Also transcription of the Memoranda by Rufus Sweetman [2021] ;
Church Rolls for Aberdeen, Arbroath, Newcastle, Cupar, Edinburgh, Dunkeld, Galashiels, Perth, Hazlehall, Montrose, Old Buckingham (sic), Dundee, Glasgow, Paisley, and list of elders at London, York, Nottingham, Liverpool, Trowbridge, Lindhurst, and Chatham. 1808-1809
With basic index added in 20th century

Sermons preached in Edinburgh

Sermons preached in Edinburgh in 1846 and 1847. Notes names of Elders preaching. Inscribed 'For Mrs Croal from her son Robert S. Croal, 1854'. Also includes manuscript notes on Revelation, 1863

Sermons and exhortations

Inscribed 'Alex Moir, 8 Dec 1856, MSS No 5'. The sermons are dated 1856 to 1858, with two exhortations enclosed at the back, 1864 and 1871.

Poems and discourses

On flyleaf is written 'Mrs Baxter 133 Holloway.'
Includes:
'The Name & Memorial - A poem by Miss M. Russell, Dundee.'
'In Memory of John M. Baxter. Feb[ruary] 3rd 1876.'
Discourses (2) by Thomas Vincent, 1878-1879.
'In Memory of Theodore Baxter Philip who died May 7 [18]78 age 19 yrs 10 m[on]ths'

Psalm 19

Discourse, 'The Heavens declare the Glory of God'

Discourses, letters and diary entries

Transcriptions of discourses, letters and diary entries dating from the late 18th to the early 20th century.
Also includes congregation lists for the churches in Dundee (1902-1954), Glasgow and London (1913-1939) and a list of all the churches and their elders in 1768
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