Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet: With a List of the Members of the Society From 1594 to 1890 and an Abstract of the Minutes
ON 7th February 1887 a committee was appointed to examine the records with a view to preparing a short historical account of the society, and was further authorised to prepare a list of all past and present members, with information as to the date of their joining the society, the length of their connection with it, and any other particulars of interest. The committee appointed con sisted of Messrs. John Clerk Brodie, c.b., LL.D., late deputy keeper, Charles B. Logan, fiscal, now deputy keeper, John T. Mowbray, LL.D., treasurer, John Cowan, present fiscal, James Stuart Fraser Tytler, LL.D., professor of conveyancing, John Cook, col lector of the Widows' fund, Thomas Graves Law, librarian, William Forbes Skene, D.C.L LL.D., James Gordon, John Milligan, William Traquair Dickson, John P. Wood, Patrick W. Campbell, Charles Cook, J. W. Fraser Tytler, and Francis J. Grant. Mr. Campbell was appointed convener.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
