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Ref NoDEP/AEC/1/13
Acc No2013/10
TitleMinute book of the Aesculapian Club volume 5
Date5 Dec 1891-8 Oct 1898
TermPoetry
Description Of ItemInserted before the meeting dated 5 March 1892 is a report on Andrew Duncan's tomb in Buccleuch church-yard; before the meeting dated 8 October 1892 is a newspaper clipping on the restoration of Dr Andrew Duncan's tomb with a note of contributions made to the costs; before the meeting dated 7 October 1893 is an extra minute on the Dissipation Club, the Gymnastic Club, the election of Dr McLagan as bard to the club etc; before the meeting of 2 June 1894 are extracts from minutes 1820-1870; in the meeting of 11 June 1898 a St Andrews Alphabet being a poem on golf with alphabetical lines by A C B [Alexander Crum Brown] recited at the meeting of 8 October; at the meeting of 8 October the minutes record that Sir Henry Irving was staying at the Palace Hotel where they were dining; and after the last meeting a newspaper clipping with a poem on the Usher Hall site. At the rear are the regulations of the Club dated 1 March 1884; list of members for 1895; and details of membership, subscription, attendance, income and expenditure for 1892-1898.
Extent1 volume
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