Copy of the instructions by the lords and gentlemen concerned in the Grand-Fishery of Great-Britain, to John Dickson of Edinburgh merchant. : And of the preamble in the book for taking in subscriptions for North-Britain..
[London? : s.n.,
1719]
Date at head of instructions: London 8th December 1719.
Date at head of preamble in the book: October 14th 1719.
Arrangements for collecting 200,000 pounds of subscriptions in Edinburgh from people in North Britain, to be added to 1 million pounds of subscriptions to be collected in London. At foot: The books will be opened upon Monday the 21 December instant, at the said John Dickson his house in Carrober's Land, opposite to the Head of Forrester's-Wynd, where subscriptions will be taken in, betwixt ten and twelve in the forenoon, and two and four in the afternoon.
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