Records of Old Machar Parochial Association

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Scope and Content

This volume contains minutes of the Association, 17 Nov 1864 - 4 Mar 1868. It was re-used in the period 1873 - 1879 to record essay marks, though it is not clear by whom, or to which classes they refer (possibly relating to classes taught at the University of Aberdeen).

Administrative / Biographical History

The Association was constituted on 17 Nov 1864. It aimed to foster a missionary spirit within Old Machar Parish and sought to increase the level of charitable contributions made by its members to various charitable schemes run by the Church.

Arrangement

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Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Deposited in the University Library in 1915, by William Dey of Strath Aven

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Very brief collection level description available on Aberdeen University Library Catalogue, accessible online http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/library/

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Related Material

Actions for rents against the Earl of Erroll and others by Old Machar Kirk Session, 1668 - 1673 (GB 231 MS 2183).

List of parish records retained at St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen in Reading Room.

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