University of Dundee Archives

7th and 8th letters, Mrs Birch to R Sandeman, 1764 and 1768

MS 9/7/20
Part
20th century

Copy letters with notes on the people and places mentioned. Also noted that 'Those 8 letters found among the papers of the late Robt. Sandeman are in the possession of Mr James Morrison, Perth'

'A History of the Glasites and the Edinburgh Meeting House'

MS 9/12/9
Item
c1993

Part of The Glasite Church

Outline of the church's beginnings and the Edinburgh Meeting House'
Also copy of leaflet of The Glasite Meeting House Trust conservation appeal

'A manuscript vol. of letters chiefly of the late Robert Sandeman and his friends'

MS 9/7/1
Part
18th century

Part of The Glasite Church

Copy letters, 1733-1761, from Sandeman to Samuel Newham, Samuel Pike, and John Cranston, with others from George Glas, Thomas Foxcroft, David Sandeman, Thomas Black, John Barnard and others. The letters relate to ideology, church business and fellowship

'A paraphase on the Book of Job'

MS 9/5/18
Part
19th century

Part of The Glasite Church

Copy of observations of William Lyon, with later copy of 'a letter sent to Catherine [?], Montrose', 1856 Inscribed 'Albert F Sandeman Galashiels'

'A Treatise on Redemption in four parts'

MS 9/5/9
Part
19th century

Part of The Glasite Church

Noted that the Treatise was first written 1762-3 and transcribed in 1794 by James Allen of Gayle, Yorkshire. Annotation: 'Evidently copied by GH of Dundee'.
Contains transcribed correspondence, 1762-1766, the majority to James Allen in Yorkshire. Correspondents include James Allen, Newby and Gayle; Robert Sandeman, Edinburgh and London; John Glas, Dundee; John Barnard, London; Thomas Brooke, Paisley; Edward 'Gorrill' [Gorell], 'Hazleham' [Hazlehall]; Thomas Sandeman, Perth; James Cargill; Andrew Oliphant; Edward Foster, Boston, Massachusetts.
Also contains transcription of biography taken from the Caledonian Magazine and Review, 1784, of Benedict Arnold, highlighting the fact that while on the pro-independence side he targeted Sandemanians in a number of locations because of their loyalist stance.

Accounts of Meeting House, Barony Street, Edinburgh

MS 9/10/10
Item
1891-1989

Part of The Glasite Church

(1) 'F' Cash book listing income, such as 'Door Money' and cash payments, such as 'For Poor', 1891-1913
(2) Cash book 'F' listing payments such as 'coals' and income such as 'Fellowship', 1894-1908
(3) Cash book listing payments such as 'servants' wages', with main income being 'Fellowship', 1909-1922
(4) Account book 'D' with sections for the Building and Poor funds, 1914-1940
(5) Account book of 'Fellowship' income and monthly expenses, 1922-1938
(6) Barony Street Church, Edinburgh. Ledger: 'Building Fund.' Contains a government notice about restrictions on gas use, 1929-1940
(7) Cash book of weekly income from the 'brethren' and expenses for the church in Edinburgh, April-December 1939. Includes 'Fuel and Lighting Order, November 1939
(8) 'Account of receipts and payments', with columns for fellowship, poor, and building, 1940-1949, with receipts for rates, utilities, and coal, 1949
(9) 'Account Book 1949-61', with columns for fellowship, poor, and building, 1949-1961, with assorted receipts for rates, donations, utilities, and repairs, 1961
(10) 'Account Book 1961-89 ', with columns for fellowship, poor, and building, with assorted receipts 1961-1989, and building society passbook, 1987-1989
(11) Insurance Policy for caretaker and domestic servant, 1935, with assorted receipts, invoices, income tax notices, land valuation papers relating to Barony Street, 1943-1953 and invoices, receipts and correspondence relating to the amenities, 1989-90

Admission to Elder's office

MS 9/3/20
Item
1947-1967

Part of The Glasite Church

Correspondence, mainly concerning the ordination of George Lionel Sandeman to the office of Elder in Edinburgh, 1967, with the order of service and a copy of Crimond music and lyrics for 'The Lord's Shepherd'.
Also includes scripts for the ceremony appointing Gerard Sandeman as Elder and order of service for the ordinations of Dennis Q Sandeman in 1947 and George M Punton in 1955

'Amid the thorns of worldly cares'

MS 9/5/30
Part
nd

Part of The Glasite Church

Copy of poem, possibly by TI Vincent

'An unlikely rebel'

MS 9/12/11
Part
September 1995

Part of The Glasite Church

Copy of Life and Work article about John Glas by Silvie Taylor

Artefacts

MS 9/15
Series
18th-19th centuries

Part of The Glasite Church

(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

Assorted accounts and receipts

MS 9/10/1
Item
1812-1835

Part of The Glasite Church

Includes rental and tax receipts and for goods and services relating to the Meeting House at Chalmers Close, Edinburgh

Assorted receipts

MS 9/10/4
Item
1835-1838

Part of The Glasite Church

Rental, land tax, gas light and other receipts relating to the property at Chalmers Close

Assorted receipts

MS 9/10/9
Item
1850-1855

Part of The Glasite Church

Receipts for duties, taxes, utilities and work done

Assorted receipts

MS 9/10/7
Item
1838-1853

Part of The Glasite Church

Payments made for improvements, police tax, cinders, water duty, mason's work etc for Barony Street church

Assorted receipts

MS 9/10/8
Item
1845-1852

Part of The Glasite Church

Receipts for feu duty, gas light, upholstery work, light fittings, congregational income tax, police tax and water duty

Baptism notes

MS 9/3/17
Item
20th century

Part of The Glasite Church

Draft letter by William Ferguson, with scrap and other drafts. Also published copies of 'Letter on baptism' by Nathaniel Bishop, 1848, and 'Letter, from the elders of the church in London to the elders of the churches in Glasgow and Dundee, 1884', with transcript

Barony Street Church plan

MS 9/9/6
Part
15 May 1873

Part of The Glasite Church

Plan, elevation and section showing new arrangements of seating

Barony Street church valuation

MS 9/9/11
Item
1961-1962

Part of The Glasite Church

(1) Valuation report and (2) valuation notice for Barony Street church, church hall and house, Edinburgh

Barony Street Church, Edinburgh

MS 9/11/27
Item
Late 20th century

Part of The Glasite Church

Colour photographs of interior and exterior

Barony Street Church, Edinburgh

MS 9/11/26
Item
Late 20th century

Part of The Glasite Church

Colour photographs of interior

Barony Street legal notes

MS 9/9/7
Item
September 1882

Part of The Glasite Church

Letter addressed to George Waterston from Francis Dickson, C.A., with list of writs relating to Barony Street Chapel. Also account to the Trustees of the Glasite Church, Barony Street, Edinburgh

Barony Street receipts, invoices and notes

MS 9/10/5
Item
1835-1852

Part of The Glasite Church

Includes Barony Street certificate of measurement, and letters about the petition to Heriots Hospital governers

Barony Street, Edinburgh church roll

MS 9/1/19
Part
1847-1874

Part of The Glasite Church

Lists members, Deacons and Elders with some dates of joining and comments. Annotated with dates

Bible quotations

MS 9/4/25
Item
January-June 1901

Part of The Glasite Church

Numbered notes, possibly for sermons

'Book B' Copies of letters between several members, 1759-1842

MS 9/7/5
Part
19th century

Part of The Glasite Church

With some explanatory remarks. Includes letter from Mr R Ferrier, Edinburgh 'after a recovery from severe mental distress', list 'of those united as brethren in the profession' in Danbury, 1817 and letters with news of members.

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