Agreement by colliers and bearers to work at Cowpits Colliery for one year from 3rd July 1809 (second agreement)
This is a later but similar bounty agreement to the first, dated 6th July 1809 and written on paper..
It has different wording but includes an additional clause giving an extra allowance for 'bearing roads exceeding one hundred and thirty fathoms'
- I have retained all original spellings.
- The individuals own signature or writing is in italics.
- Anyone unable to write signed with an 'X' or other symbol - I have indicated this in the last column with an 'X' or the symbol they used.
We undersubscribers Colliers residing at Cowpitts hereby bind and oblige ourselves to continue working as Colliers in the service of Sir John Hope of Craighall Bart at Cowpitts or Craighall Haugh Collieries for all the lawful days and space of twelve months certain from and after the third day of july Eighteen hundred and Nine years declaring that we have received bounty money and arles for ourselves and bearers as annexed to our subscriptions. And declaring further that the working price of coal at Cowpitts to us undersubscibers during said year shall be proportional to the selling prices at the rate of eight pence totwenty eight pence. And further we acknowledge having received lent money from Sir John Hope as below to be repaid during said year: In witness whereof these presents written by John Grieve we do subscribe this sixth day of July Eighteen hundred and nine before these witnesses John Neilson, overseer of said Colliery and Alexander Finlayson, Clerk.
It being declared before subscibing that all bearing roads exceeding One hundred and thirty fathoms shall have an extra allowance of One penny per tub of great.
| Robt King wife & daughter lent |
£ 1.1.- -.10.- 2.-.- |
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| Thomas Archibald wife lent |
1.1.- -.10.- 3.-.- |
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| Peter Currie |
1.1.- 1.-.- |
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| Lent Henry Archbald | 5.-.- | |
| Jenny Currie | -.10.- |
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£ 15:13:0 |
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| Brot. over | £ 15:13:0 | |
| Jas Galloway | 1.1.- | |
| Jas Galloway junr wife lent |
-.5.- -.10.- 5.-. |
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| Robt Ingles lent & further |
1.1.- -.5.- 1.-.- |
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| Henry Archibald | 1.1.- | |
| Andw Archd | -.5.- | |
| Willm Archibald | -.10.6 | |
| John Archbald | -.10.6 | |
| Henry Archibald wife |
-.10.6 -.10.- |
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£32.17.16 |
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| Brot over | £32:17:16 | |
| David Ross Senr | £1:1:0 | |
| David Ross Junr lent |
£1:1:0 2:2:0 |
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| John Nicolson junr wife |
1.1.0 -.10.- |
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| Entered the above as bounty paid 6th July 1809 per ledger |
£30 12 6 |
| William Wright sons & daughters |
£2.6.6 | Bounty - entd & paid | |
| Andrew Currie |
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| Jaemes Drysdale |
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Lent entd & paid | |
| Robert Nielson | |||
| Robert Archibald cobbin |
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Lent | |
| Hugh Gray | |||
| Thomas Archbald. | |||
| Jame Archibald Wright | |||
| Richard Wilson | |||
| Peter Wilson £3 |
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| Alexander Rutherford |
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| William Archbild Fife |
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| Archibald Rutherford |
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| Willam Drasdale |
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| James Archbaild tertius |
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| John Archbild Do [?] | |||
| Alexr Archbald |
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Lent entd & paid | |
| Robert Moffat | |||
| Abrham Archibld | |||
| George Bennet |
National Archives of Scotland reference: CS.34/1/99/30