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cession on laying the Foundation Stone , to inform you that the measure has their unqualified approbation , and to assure you that they will be happy to concur in whatever steps may be pointed out by you as instrumental in forwarding this purpose .

" The Committee are anxious that the ceremony should take place on the first of August , particularly marked out as the Anniversary of the Battle of the Nile , for a solemnity of this nature . I have only to add that the Committee are desirous of receiving your answer as soon as possiblethat no

, part of the very short period between this and the proposed day may be lost , and that for the information of the Lodges in the country , every publicity may be immediately given to the proposal .

" I am , Sir , your most obedient Servant , " WILL DUNLOP . " " Glasgow , 23 rd July , 1806 . " Convened by regular warning from Bro .

James Young in the house of * * * * , Bros . James Young , of St . Mungo ; John Wilson , of Glasgow Montrose ; John Jones , of St . David ' s ; and James McCormick , of St . Patrick ' s . Bro . Young reported a letter from Mr . William Dunlop , for the Committee for erecting Lord Nelson ' s

Monument , mentioning thatthe ceremony of laying the stone , & c , would take place 1 st August next . The members of this meeting are of opinion that the bodies can be ready to attend on that day . Also that the Lodges in the country adjacent to Glasgow should be invited to attend . Likewise

that Bro . Young communicate these things to Mr . Dunlop for the Committee , and settle with him as to to the time and place of assembling , & c , and thereafter give due warning to all concerned . Recommended that a letter be wrote to Lord Archbald HamiltonP . G . M . on this subjectin

, , , case he may think proper to give his attendance and instructions . Appoints Bros . James Young , John Jones , and William Thomson , a Committee to call on Mr . Dunlop and the other gentlemen of the Committee . " J . W . YOUNG . R . W . M . "

" Glasgow , 24 th July , 1806 . " At a meeting of Committee and Masters of Lodges in Mrs . Pollock ' s , 24 th July , 1806 , Bro . James Young as Master of St . Mungo Lodge , No . 28—being the Senior Lodge—stated that he intended to report in his official capacity to the

Grand Lodge of Scotland that a procession is intended upon the 1 st August to lay the Foundation Stone of Lord Nelson ' s Monument ; and he also agreed to intimate the same to Lord Archibald Hamilton , Provincial Grand Master ofthe Lower Ward of Lanarkshire , and to all the Lodges under his Lordship ' s jurisdiction . The country

Lodges to be directed to meet in the Merchant ' s Hall , Bridgegate , on Friday , the 1 st of August , 1806 , at Eleven o'clock , forenoon . " J . W . YOUNG , R . W . M . " " Copy of a Letter addressed to William Guthrie ,,

Esquire , Grand Secretary to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , Edinburgh : — " Glasgow , 24 th July , 1806 . " Brother , —On the 1 st of August next , there is to be a procession at laying the Foundation of a

Monument here to the memory of Lord Nelson . The Lodges in this neighbourhood are to attend that ceremony : if there be any instructions necessary you will please forward them immediately , " I am , with esteem , your most obedient Servant and Brother , " JAMES YOUNG , ff Master of St . Mungo Lodge , No . 28 . "

Copy of a letter sent the Provincial Grand Master . "Right Worshipful Brother , —On the 1 st of August next , a Procession will take place here , at Laying the Foundation of a Monument in memory of Lord Nelson . The Masonic bodies in the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire are to attend that ceremony .

As Master of the Senior Lodge in Glasgow , I am directed to communicate to your Lordship , as P . G . M . of this district , in case your Lordship may choose to attend , or to send such instructions as to your Lordship may seem proper . I have the honor to be , with the greatest respect , my Lord , your Lordship ' s most ob . Sev » and Bro .

" JAMES YOUNG , "Master of St . Mungo Lodge No . 28 . " Addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Archibald Hamilton , Palace , Hamilton . On the back : —If his Lordship is not at

Hamilton , it is requested this may be immediately forwarded to him . " Copy of letter addressed to William Guthrie , Esq ., Grand Secretary : —

" Glasgow , 26 th July 1806 . "W . G . S ., W . B ., —Havingwrote you on Thursday last requesting any instructions you might be pleased to communicate relative to the Procession of the Lodges of the F . and A . Masons of the under ward of Lanarkin the ceremony of Laying

, the Foundation Stone of an oblisk to perpetuate the memory of our much lamented Lord Nelson ; having received no answer , I have further to request your positive orders how I am to regulate myself in my official capacity as Master of St . Mungo Lodge here , being the senior lodge .