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AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF

THE MUNICIPAL CONSTITUTION OF

THE CITY OF

EDINBURGH,

&c. &c.

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Fidin: Published by John Anderson Jun! 55 North Brid Tvillinn Hunter, Hanover Street, & David Speare, West Register Si

Fain Drawn & Printed at Charles Fisher's Lithographic Qfice, 10 West Register Street

THE MUNICIPAL CONSTITUTION OF

THE CITY OF

EDINBURGH;

INCLUDING

THE SET OF THE BURGH AS ESTABLISHED IN 1583, AND
AMENDED IN 1730; WITH THE ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
AND COUNCIL RELATING THERETO, AND

LISTS

OF THE ALDERMEN AND LORD PROVOSTS, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE
YEAR 1582,-THE SEVEN MAGISTRATES FROM 1583 TO 1729,-THE ENTIRE
COUNCIL FROM THAT PERIOD,-THE DEACON CONVENERS FROM THE INSTI-
TUTION OF THAT OFFICE IN 1578,-THE REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT
FROM THE UNION,-THE MASTERS OF THE MERCHANT COMPANY, FROM ITS
FIRST ERECTION IN 1681,-AND THE MODERATORS OF THE HIGH CONSTABLES
FROM 1707, TO THE PRESENT TIME.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE BLUE BLANKET, OR THE
CRAFTSMEN'S BANNER; CONTAINING THE FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES OF THE GOOD TOWN.-BY ALEX. PENNECUIK.

ILLUSTRATED WITH THE ARMS OF THE CITY, THE MERCHANT COMPANY,
AND THE FOURTEEN INCORPORATIONS.

EDINBURGH:

JOHN ANDERSON, JUN. 55, NORTH BRIDGE STREET;
WILLIAM HUNTER, 23, SOUTH HANOVER STREET; AND
DAVID SPEARE, 14, WEST REGISTER STREET.

M.DCCC.XXVI.

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