John Glassford of Dougalston

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Extensive research into John Glassford including some family history.

John Glassford’s father, James Glassford, was a merchant in Paisley. He married Eupham Smelie (various spellings) in Edinburgh on the 27 April 1710. Her father was Thomas Smelie, an Edinburgh merchant and also a burgess and guild brother of the city.

It seems they had six children, born in Abbey parish, Paisley: one son John, and five daughters, Jannet, Euphame, Catharine, Rebecca and Helen. However, there are other sources which say that John was the third of three sons, the others being William and James, and that there was another daughter Elizabeth.

... One thing is certain, when James Glassford senior died in 1730, age 63, his wife Euphame survived him and in his will he mentions he had four living children all in their minority; John, Rebecca, Katharine and Helen. He died in Edinburgh on the 6 November 1730, reportedly murdered on the way home to his chambers. He was buried in Edinburgh in the Smelie family lair on the 9 November 1730.

From Wikipedia John Glassford

Background and early life

Glassford was born in Paisley, the third son of James Glassford, a merchant and burgess in Paisley. Glassford went on to marry first a merchant's daughter, then a baronet's, then an earl's. His immense wealth allowed for the construction or purchase of a number of major properties in and around Glasgow; Whitehill, Shawfield and Dougalston, from which he took his title, are the most notable. Dougalston House, Milngavie, Glasgow G62 6EG 55.938079, -4.299479 He appeared to pride himself on home improvements, especially on the Dougalston estate, where he enacted an extensive programme of planting and building, and even the creation of an artificial lake, Dougalston Loch. The Glassford Family Portrait, commissioned from artist Archibald McLauchlan in 1766 – and currently exhibited in Glasgow's People's Palace – shows Glassford with members of his family in their city home the Shawfield Mansion. This house stood on what is now Glassford Street in Glasgow, named in his honour. Glassford sired fourteen children in all, though only eight survived to adulthood. The portrait also features the faint outline of a negro servant, which serves to highlight Glassford's involvement in the slave trade.

Tobacco trade

From 1710 Glasgow became the focus of an economic boom which lasted nearly fifty years. This was the age of the Tobacco Lords, the nouveau riche of the mid-eighteenth century.

In 1742 Glassford joined his brother-in-law Archibald Ingram [see Footnote] in his Calico Printworks at Pollokshaws.

Glassford entered the tobacco trade in 1750 further invited by Archibald Ingram to create Ingram & Glassford. He soon made a success of his venture, with a fleet of vessels and a large number of tobacco stores across New England. Celebrated in his lifetime, Glassford was the most extensive ship owner of his generation in Scotland, and one of the four merchants who laid the foundation of the commercial greatness of Glasgow through the tobacco trade. Tobias Smollett wrote of a meeting with Glassford in 1771: “I conversed with Mr Glassford, whom I take to be one of the greatest merchants in Europe. In the last war, he is said to have had at one time five and twenty ships with their cargoes – his own property – and to have traded for above half a million sterling a year.”

In business Glassford was not confined to traffic from the colonies. He had begun his career in the 1740s with various manufacturing interests and with his tobacco wealth he continued this patronage. Almost all of the principle manufacturing establishments in Glasgow had his support, and he was a leading partner in the Glasgow Arms and Thistle Banks. However, it was the tobacco trade that was to be his financial downfall. The American War of Independence (1775–83) ruined Glasgow's part in the trade, and while other tobacco lords were shrewd enough to sell their shares in the business before the crash, Glassford was not among them.

When he died, at his home, Shawfield Mansion, on 27 August 1783, he had debts of over £93,000 [worth £11,585,205 in 2023]. He is buried in Ramshorn Cemetery on Ingram Street in Glasgow.

Character and family life

Accounts of Glassford written in the nineteenth century all have in common the fact that he appeared to be a good man. Though very much drawn to the drinking and gambling culture that characterised much of Glasgow's merchant community, he was "of very gentle, pleasing manners," "dispensed princely hospitality", and possessed "much energy of character."

[ERROR: Glassford married the sister of Archibald Ingram as either his first or second wife]. [see Footnote]

Glassford married, as his third wife, Margaret Mackenzie (died 29 March 1773), sixth daughter of George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie. From this marriage he had:

• James, advocate, Sheriff-Depute of Dumbartonshire, who died 28 July 1845
• Isabella
• Euphemia.

Legacy

As one of Glasgow's leading 'tobacco lords', modern recognition of Glassford has been surprisingly considering his contribution to the mercantile history of Glasgow. This is a fact that was recognised in 1881 by George Stewart who in his collection Glasgow's Old Commercial Aristocracy noted that Glassford was "at one time the very prince of Glasgow merchants, and now almost forgotten". Arguably, the Glassford name is forgotten, or marginalised, as a result of contemporary attitudes in Scotland that see his involvement in the slave trade to be inherently shameful.

[Footnote:]

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

• 15 December 1715 birth or baptism of John Glasford, son of James Glasford [child 3], in the parish of Abbey
• 2 June 1720 birth or baptism of Rabecca Glasford, daughter of James Glasford [child 5], in the parish of Abbey

From Scotland's People - Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• 27 February 1743 marriage or banns of Archd Ingraham to Rebecca Glesford, in the parish of Glasgow

From Curiosities of Glasgow citizenship; as exhibited chiefly in the business career of its old commercial aristocracy by George Stewart, Published 1881 Page 215

John Glassford, of Dougalston and Whitehill.

Mr. Glassford was a native of Paisley; his father, James Glassford, was a merchant and magistrate in that town. John Glassford early in the last century entered into the Virginia trade, and rose rapidly till he became one of the foremost amongst the merchant princes of Glasgow. At that time the Virginia trade took up the greater share of the capital of the city. Mr. Glassford was owner of twenty-five ships, and it was believed that he passed money through his hands yearly to the extent of half a million sterling. His commercial transactions were not confined to the Virginia trade, but almost all the principal manufacturing establishments in the town had his support. He was a leading partner in the Glasgow Arms and Thistle banks. He held shares in the Glasgow Tanwork Co., and also in the Dyeing and Calico Printing Co. established at Pollokshaws by Provost Ingram, one of the oldest and most prosperous businesses of its kind in Scotland; and he was one of the principal promoters of the Cudbear manufacture conducted by George Macintosh & Co.

He built, in the eastern suburb of the city, the spacious mansion of Whitehill Whitehill House, near 35 Finlay Drive, Glasgow G31 2QY 55.860043, -4.218424, which, with its thirty acres of garden and pleasure ground, he surrounded by a high wall. He drove daily to this residence in a coach and four. He purchased the estate of Dougalston, from which he took his title; and he had for his town residence the Shawfield mansion, with its splendid garden, where Glassford Street now stands. In this house he dispensed princely hospitality, and there he died in 1783. The able authors of that valuable volume, "The Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry," say:

"Mr. Glassford lived high, and he married high - a baronet's daughter, and then an earl's. He bought more land, he entailed, and he died, having done his best to found a family that should keep his name alive; but it all came to nothing. The Cuninghames, the Speirs, and the Ritchies, are still conspicuous among our landed gentry. The Glassfords are gone. Their heirs are seeking to found a fortune on the other side of the globe, and Dougalston has passed to a merchant of our own day, enriched by trade to distant markets that John Glassford probably never heard of, but yet helped to open up."

In glancing over the memorial tablets which record the names of those who are laid in the old Ramshorn kirk yard, there are none of them so suggestive of mutation as one standing in the south-west corner, which tells the family history of John Glassford, at one time the very prince of Glasgow merchants, and now almost forgotten, the very stone which tells his story displaying an embodiment of neglect, decay, and desolation.

From Curiosities of Glasgow citizenship; as exhibited chiefly in the business career of its old commercial aristocracy by George Stewart, Published 1881 Page 141

The Thistle Bank, at its commencement, issued notes for one pound, five pounds, and ten pounds, under a proviso that they should be paid, at the option of the managers, either on presentation or at the termination of six months, with six months' interest at five per cent. To facilitate small exchanges, however, notes were in circulation for ten shillings, which were all payable on demand.

The original partners of the Bank were Sir Walter Maxwell of Pollok, James Ritchie of Busby and Craigton, William Muir of Caldwell, John McCall of Belvidere, Mr. Campbell, and the ubiquitous John Glassford of Dougalston.

The office of the Bank was on the east side of Virginia Street, and notwithstanding the high position held by the shareholders, the place is described as very quaint and unpretentious.

From History of Glasgow from the Revolution to the Passing of the Reform Acts 1832-1833 by George Eyre-Todd Volume 3 Published 1934 Page 243

Rivalling Alexander Speirs in importance among the great tobacco traders was John Glassford of Whitehill and Dougalston. A native of Paisley, where his father was a merchant and magistrate, Glassford attained prosperity in the city while still a young man. In 1739, while only twenty-four, he rode to London in company with Andrew Thomson of Faskine, afterwards founder of the bank bearing his name. They rode their own [Page 244] horses, and were evidently men of means. [Footnote: The difficulties of their journey are detailed in Dugald Bannatyne's notebook, quoted in Pagan's Glasgow in 1847, and in Cleland's Statistical Tables 1832, Page 156]

Some half-dozen years later, after the Jacobite rebellion, Glassford acquired Whitehall, part of the old Easter Craigs of Glasgow, and now embodied in Dennistoun. He enclosed the whole thirty acres with a wall, built a country mansion, and laid out the place with gardens, conservatories, and ornamental walks. For twelve years he resided there, dispensing princely hospitality and driving daily to and from the city in a coach and four. But in 1759 he purchased, for 1700 guineas, the famous Shawfield Mansion in Trongate from the second William Macdowall of Castle Semple, son of the West Indian magnate. He then sold Whitehill to another Virginia merchant, John Wallace of Neilstonside and Cessnock, a descendant of the family which gave Scotland its patriot hero. From that time till his death in 1783 Glassford lived partly in the Shawfield Mansion and partly at the beautiful estate of Dougalston, which he also acquired, near Bardowie Loch, a few miles north of the city.

Like Alexander Speirs he was early allied by marriage with the ruling caste in Glasgow, his sister Rebecca being the wife of Archibald Ingram, founder of the printwork industry, and Provost of the city in 1762. But his own matrimonial alliances were more ambitious still. Of his first wife nothing is known; his second marriage was with Anne Nisbet, second daughter of Sir John Nisbet, Bart., of Dean, now part of Edinburgh, and his third wife was Lady Margaret Mackenzie, daughter of the last Earl of Cromarty.

He carried on business on a great scale, had twenty-five ships with their cargoes on the sea at once, and turned over annually more than half a million sterling. [Footnote: Tobias Smollett, quoted in "Glasgow and its Clubs," Page 39. Glassford's office, in the third storey of the town's tenement at the corner of Gallowgate and High Street, cost him £13 per annum. The floor below was rented by Provost Andrew Cochrane at £14. - Burgh Records, 12 November 1747]

In addition he was concerned in [Page 245] various local enterprises. He was a chief partner in the Glasgow Tanwork Company, perhaps the largest in Europe in its time. He was one of the first partners in the Glasgow Arms Bank, started in 1750. He was principal partner in the original cudbear factory, which carried on the rather odorous business of dye-making from certain Highland lichens. With his brother-in-law, Provost Ingram, he had a share in the Printfield at Pollokshaws. And he was a leading partner in the aristocratic Thistle Bank, whose business lay largely among the rich West Indian merchants.

It was largely, also, his support, with that of one or two other wealthy merchants, which enabled the Foulis brothers to carry on their famous Academy of the Fine Arts. By Tobias Smollett, who as a surgeon's apprentice must often have looked with awe on the great man pacing the plainstanes, he is commemorated in the pages of Humphry Clinker. He died at the age of sixty-eight in the Shawfield Mansion, and lies, along with his second and third wives and several of his descendants, in the Ramshorn churchyard, close behind the railings in Ingram Street. [Footnote: Glasghu Fades, Pages 757, 956. Glasgow Past and Present. Mitchell, Old Glasgow Essays, Pages 80, 122. Curiosities of Glasgow Citizenship, Page 215. Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry. Burgh Records, 12 November 1747]

Nine years after John Glassford's death, his trustees sold the Shawfield Mansion for £9850 to William Horn, a builder, who demolished the house, and over its site, and through the great garden behind, formed the thoroughfare now known as Glassford Street. [Footnote: Glasgow and its Clubs, Page 11. Mitchell, Page 22]

From Curiosities of Glasgow citizenship; as exhibited chiefly in the business career of its old commercial aristocracy by George Stewart, Published 1881 Page 147

The senior partners of "The Arms Bank" were Provost Cochran, whose cautious and wise policy in the memorable 1745 had won for him the respect and confidence of all classes of the community; and John Murdoch, who succeeded to the Provostship in 1746 and 1747, and who was also Provost in the year the Bank was opened. His town residence was the once spacious mansion, the pride of the city, which in later days did duty as the well-known Buck's Head Inn. In addition to these two gentlemen, twenty-seven of the most substantial Glasgow merchants became partners in the undertaking, one of whom, Mr. John Glassford, of Whitehill, was reputed, both as regards character and position, a tower of strength.

From The Glassford Portrait

From More about the Glassford Portrait

Because the painting first showed Ann Nesbit, and her children, it can be dated to between 1764, when her sixth child Henry was born, and 1766 when she died. All six children are painted together with Jean, daughter of Glassford’s first wife, Ann Coats, who plays the lute. The painting of Lady Mackenzie can be dated to when she married John Glassford on 7 December 1768.

From Old country houses of old Glasgow gentry: XCVIII. Whitehill House by John Guthrie Smith and John Oswald Mitchell, 1878

Whitehill House

This fine old mansion was situated on the north side of what is now Eastern Duke Street, at the new suburb of Dennistoun. The centre part of the House was erected by the well known John Glassford about the middle of last century. Subsequent owners made additions to harmonize. The approach was through an antique looking gateway, which was flanked by an equally old fashioned lodge. The grounds extended to about thirty-three acres.

Previous to the purchase of the lands by Mr. Glassford they formed part of the possessions of the Merchants' House, and were known as "Easter Craigs." "The Whitehill Park" was a portion of them, and Mr. Glassford re-named the whole Whitehill.

John Glassford was a native of Paisley, his father James Glassford having been one of the Magistrates. He rose rapidly to be one of the principal merchants in Glasgow. He was one of the Virginia Dons, so well known in old Glasgow story. Smollett alludes to him prominently in "Humphry Clinker." Mr. Glassford was likewise an original and leading partner of "The Glasgow Arms Bank," which began in 1750 and ceased in 1793. He dispensed in Whitehill House princely hospitality, and was universally respected.

Mr. Glassford sold Whitehill in 1759 to John Wallace of Neilstonside, another eminent Glasgow merchant, and likewise one of the Virginia Dons.

From The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, by Tobias Smollett

From Anne Nisbet reappears in the Glassford Portrait

From BBC article about John Glassford - incorrectly suggests "they've tried to paint out a black slave" - see above article.

From City chambers and other Glasgow landmarks were not funded by slavery, new study suggests | Herald Scotland

Glasgow’s global reputation remains tarnished by its legacy of profiteering from the Atlantic slave trade.

And the city still memorialises, in street names and statuary, some of the merchants and politicians who enabled or carried out mass people trafficking.

Merchant John Glassford, who owned slaves, has a street named after him. So too does Henry Dundas, the political strongman most historians blame for prolonging slaving.

And right in the heart of the city there is a monument to James Watt, the long-celebrated engineer who literally sold a boy called Frederick not far from where his statue stands now. ...

From The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy - Scotland and Caribbean Slavery 1775–1838 by Stephen Mullen published 2022 Page 281 and The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy Page 281

West India merchant capital did improve the regional transport infrastructure, especially canals. The Forth and Clyde Canal, which traversed Scotland, resulted from 'enlightened commercial thinking', as it facilitated the shipment of produce by Glasgow merchants to Europe and the transportation of agricultural products to larger markets in the west. Perhaps unsurprisingly, 'tobacco lords' John Glassford and John Ritchie were involved at the outset, although the outbreak of the American War of Independence stalled its progress. Building began in 1768 and it took twenty-two years to build the canal at a cost of nearly £394,000. The Monkland Canal allowed deeper exploitation of rich Lanarkshire coalfields and took twelve years to construct, opening in 1793 at a cost of £120,000. Naturally, West India merchants invested in both canal systems. The Forth and Clyde Canal allowed the re-export of produce to Europe, while merchants hoped the construction of the Monkland Canal would break the monopoly of coal-masters over transportation.

From PDF FORMAT Biography of the Snow Jeanie, a merchant vessel owned by John Glassford, Thesis by Renee Costello

From Painting of Glassford by Robert Harvie 1752

From Enumeration of the inhabitants of the city of Glasgow and county of Lanark. For the government census of 1831. With population and statistical tables relative to England and Scotland by James Cleland Published 1832 Page 253

About the year 1759, Mr. Glassford bought Mr. Campbell of Shawfield's house and garden, which fronted the Stockwell Street, adjoining Mr. McDowall's property, near the Black Bull Inn, for £1,680, and Mr. Glassford's son, Henry, sold it on 1 January 1791, to Mr. William Horn for £9,850. Shawfield Mansion, Glassford Street, Glasgow G1 1UP 55.85889, -4.24889

From The Shawfield Mansion - John Glassford bought the house in early 1760.

From Enumeration of the inhabitants of the city of Glasgow and county of Lanark. For the government census of 1831. With population and statistical tables relative to England and Scotland by James Cleland Published 1832 Page 254

The American War may be said to have commenced on 19 April 1775. On that day a body of the Colonists appeared in arms at Lexington; on their refusing to retire, a skirmish ensued, when 65 British soldiers were killed, and 180 wounded. On the news of this reaching Glasgow, the Magistrates called a public meeting, when resolutions were entered into to support the Government. A corps of 1,000 rank and file, afterwards the 83rd regiment of foot, was raised at an expense of about £10,000. To give countenance to recruiting, and to show their determination to oppose the Americans, above five hundred of the principal inhabitants formed, as it were, a recruiting party. Mr. John Wardrop, a Virginia merchant, beat a drum; Mr. James Finlay, father to Mr. Finlay of Toward Castle, played the bagpipe, while other eminent merchants and citizens performed the duty of fifers, or carried broad swords, colours, or other warlike ensigns. Mr. Cunningham of Lainshaw, Mr. Spiers of Elderslie, and others, hired their ships as transports; but Mr. Glassford of Dougalston, disapproving of the warlike preparations, laid up his ships in Port Glasgow harbour.

From Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) re Glassford

From findagrave - John Glassford (1715-1783)

• Name: John Glassford
• Born: 1715 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
• Died: Monday, 25 August 1783 (aged 67–68) Scotland
• Buried: Ramshorn Cemetery, 98 Ingram Street, Glasgow G1 1EX 55.8601, -4.2447

John Glassford of Dougalston and Whitehill (aged 68 Years) was a Scottish Tobacco Lord, considered by his contemporaries to be the greatest of the era.

He owned tobacco plantations in Virginia and Maryland, as a result, his name is synonymous with Glasgow's link with the slave trade.

Second wife Anne Nisbet died aged 38. She was the 2nd daughter of Sir John Nisbet of Dean, 3rd Baronet and Anne

Third wife, Margaret Mackenzie (died Monday, 29 March 1773), sixth daughter of George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie.

From this marriage he had:

• James, advocate, Sheriff-Deputy of Dumbartonshire (died Monday, 28 July 1845)
• Isabella
• Euphemia

John Glassford was born in Paisley, the third son of James Glassford, a merchant and burgess in Paisley. Glassford went on to marry first a merchant's daughter, then a Baronet's, then an Earl's. His immense wealth allowed for the construction or purchase of a number of major properties in and around Glasgow: Whitehill, Shawfield and Dougalston, from which he took his title, to name a few of the most notable.

He had fourteen children in all, only eight survived to adulthood.

From The Glasgow Herald, Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, 11 July 1855

In taking notice of the Glasgow officials of 1755, it is rather remarkable that neither Alexander Spiers nor John Glassford ever got higher advancement in municipal dignity than Bailies of Glasgow; they never became Deans of Guild (of the Merchants' House), nor Lord Provosts of the city; nevertheless, these gentlemen certainly stood at the head of the tobacco lord aristocracy, and were the greatest foreign merchants of their day in this country. Referring to Pagan's Sketch of Glasgow, page 80, it will be seen that of 40543 hogsheads of tobacco imported in 1774 by 46 Glasgow foreign houses, that Spiers and Glassford alone imported 10,541. Mr. Glassford was the most extensive shipowner of his time in Scotland, for he possessed no less than 24 ships trading to America and the West Indies.

Inscription in the Ramshorn old burying ground:

Here lie the remains of Anne Nisbet, second daughter of Sir John Nisbet of Dean, Baronet, second Wife of John Glassford Esquire of Dougalston, who died Friday, 8 April 1768, Also of the Right Hon. Lady Margaret Mackenzie, Daughter of George last Earl of Cromarty, third Wife of said John Glassford, who died Sunday, 28 March 1773. Also, of John Glassford, eldest Son of the said John Glassford and Anne Nisbet, who died Tuesday, 14 January 1777 aged 14 years; and of Rebecca Glassford, their Daughter, who died 3 January 1780, aged 21, Also of the said John Glassford of Dougalston, Esquire, who died Wednesday, 27 August 1783, aged 68, Also of Henry Glassford, Esquire of Dougalston, Second, but eldest surviving Son of the said John Glassford and the said Anne Nisbet, who died unmarried, May 1819, aged 54, Also of Catharine Glassford second Daughter of the said John Glassford and Anne Nisbet, who died Friday, 18 November 1825, aged 70; Also of Jane Mackay, Daughter of Colin Mackay, Esquire, and second Wife of James Glassford, also of Dougalston, who died Tuesday, 13 October 1840, aged 67, Also of James Glassford, Esquire of Dougalston, Eldest Son of the marriage between the said John Glassford and Lady Margaret Mackenzie, who was born Tuesday, 12 February 1771, and died Tuesday, 28 July 1840, aged 74.

From Enumeration of the inhabitants of the city of Glasgow and county of Lanark. For the government census of 1831. With population and statistical tables relative to England and Scotland by James Cleland Published 1832 Page 186

Glassford Street given its name. See also hidden Glasgow forums: which suggests Glassford Street simply named after the garden of Glassford that it went through.
From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

• 15 December 1715 birth or baptism of John Glasford, son of James Glasford [child 3], in the parish of Abbey

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• 24 April 1743 marriage or banns of Anne Coats to Jno. Glasford, in the parish of Glasgow

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms NOTE: can't find Jean

Possible list of 4 children of Jno. Glesford and Anne Coats from first: 25 September 1744 Anne Glesford to last: 22 October 1751 Euphemia Glasford

• 25 September 1744 birth or baptism of Anne Glesford, daughter of Jno. Glesford and Anne Coats [child 1], in the parish of Glasgow
• 25 February 1748 birth or baptism of James Glasford, son of Jno. Glasford and Ann Coats [child 2], in the parish of Glasgow
• 24 May 1750 birth or baptism of Archd Glasford, son of John Glasford and Ann Coats [child 3], in the parish of Glasgow
• 22 October 1751 birth or baptism of Euphemia Glasford, daughter of John Glasford and Ann Coats [child 4], in the parish of Glasgow

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• 5 November 1752 marriage or banns of Ann Nisbet to John Glasfoord, in the parish of Edinburgh
• 12 November 1752 marriage or banns of Anna Nisbett to John Glasford, in the parish of Glasgow

From British Newspaper Archive: Caledonian Mercury 21 November 1752 Page 2 Edinburgh

And that last Week Mr. John Glassford, Merchant in that City, was married to Miss Nisbet, Daughter to the deceased Sir John Nisbet of Dean, Bart.

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

Possible list of 6 children of John Glasford and Ann Nisbett from first: 7 March 1754 Ann Glasford to last: 15 November 1764 Hendry Glasford

• 7 March 1754 birth or baptism of Ann Glasford, daughter of John Glasford and Ann Nisbett [child 1], in the parish of Glasgow
• 23 September 1755 birth or baptism of Catharine Glasford, daughter of John Glasford and Ann Nisbett [child 2], in the parish of Glasgow
• 29 June 1757 birth or baptism of Christian Glasford, daughter of John Glasford and Ann Nisbett [child 3], in the parish of Glasgow
• 4 January 1759 birth or baptism of Rebecca Glasford, daughter of John Glasford and Ann Nisbet [child 4], in the parish of Glasgow
• 22 September 1762 birth or baptism of John Glasford, son of John Glasford and Ann Nisbet [child 5], in the parish of Glasgow
• 15 November 1764 birth or baptism of Hendry Glasford, son of John Glasford and Ann Nisbett [child 6], in the parish of Glasgow

From The National Archives: Ship: Jenny. Crew: 40. Owners: John Glassford of Glasgow, merchant

• Reference: HCA 26/7/55
• Date: Tuesday, 8 March 1757
• Description:
  • Commander: Arthur Tran
  • Ship: Jenny
  • Burden: 130 tons
  • Crew: 40
  • Owners: John Glassford of Glasgow, merchant
  • Lieutenant: Alexander Weatherspoon
  • Gunner: John Edwards
  • Boatswain: Michael Pounch
  • Carpenter: John Wilson
  • Surgeon: Francis Buckle
  • Cook: Alexander Season
  • Armament: 6 carriage and 6 swivel guns

From The National Archives: Ship: Glassford Crew: 30 Owners: John Glassford ...

• Reference: HCA 26/8/6
• Date: Friday, 15 July 1757
• Description:
  • Commander: William Hume
  • Ship: Glassford
  • Burden: 150 tons
  • Crew: 30
  • Owners: John Glassford and John Munro of Glasgow and John Jameson of Carolina, merchants
  • Lieutenant: Duncan Lonet
  • Gunner: Alexander Hutton
  • Boatswain: James Arnott
  • Carpenter: John ?Gale
  • Surgeon: James Bell
  • Cook: Alexander McGrigor
  • Armament: 6 carriage and 4 swivel guns

From Newspapers: The Maryland Gazette Thursday, 1 March 1759 Page 3

Port-Tobacco, Wednesday, 14 February 1759.

The Subscriber intending for Britain soon, hereby gives Notice to all persons who have Accounts unsettled, for Dealings they have had with him at Port-Tobacco, on Account of Messrs. John Glassford and Company, to come and settle the same by Bond, Bill or, Note, without Delay, otherwise they may expect Trouble, without Respect of Persons. He hopes that every one who can, will discharge their debts to the said Company before he leaves the Country; and those who cannot, will have Time given them, upon proper Application.

He hereby further acquaints the Public, that the said Messieurs John Glassford and Company's Store at Port-Tobacco, will be continued with the usual good Assortment of Goods, to be sold for ready Money or Tobacco.

William Gammell.

From Newspapers: The Maryland Gazette Thursday, 24 March 1763 Page 3

As several of the Store Books of Messieurs John Glassford, and Company, which were formerly kept by Mr. William Gammell, at Port-Tobacco, in Charles County, were unfortunately consumed by Fire, and as Mr. Gammell has left the Country, and Mr. Thomas Campbell, who at the Time the Debts upon these Books were contracted, was an Assistant in the said store, is now about to leave the Country also; I have thought it necessary, the better to establish these Demands, to take the Deposition of Mr. Campbell, who transcribed from the Day Books these Accounts with his own Hand, before he leaves the Country. This is therefore to give Notice, That Mr. Campbell's Deposition will be taken at Port-Tobacco, on Wednesday, 27 April 1763 [next]; at which Place and Time, every Person concerned, may, if they will, attend.

Robert Mundell.

From Newspapers: Maryland Gazette Thursday, 19 January 1764 Page 4

Maryland, [Patowmack] Potomac River, George-Town, Saturday, 10 December 1763.

As I am fully determined on going Home in the Spring 1765, if then alive, in order to make a Settlement with my Employers, Messieurs John Glassford and Company, Merchants in Glasgow, which I cannot accomplish without making Settlements with my Customers; I take this Method of informing them, That from this Date I have given up the Management of the Store to Mr. Robert Ferguson, (who is well known to most of them) that I may have it in my Power to attend properly on settling all my former Transactions, and which I hope I shall not be difficulted to get done against the Spring 1765, having now all my Accounts ready for that Purpose, and I flatter myself that none concerned will delay it on their Part, for however much I am inclined to be indulgent to those Who really have it not in their Power to make Payment soon, yet I am under a Necessity of requiring that every Person who have open Accounts with me, shall make a Settlement of such Account, and their doing it soon will prevent them from being put to Expenses, as well as Trouble to me. The Store at George-Town, on Potomac River, now under the Management of Mr. Robert Ferguson, will be supplied with Goods, Etc. as usual, and I have not the least doubt of his giving Satisfaction to all who are Kind enough to favour him with their Custom, as well to my good old Customers, as to others who may incline to open a Correspondence with him. My Intention is to return to George-Town as early in the Spring 1766, as I can finish the Business on which I am going Home. All just Claims against me, whether on Account of the Store, or properly on my own Account, shall be settled before I depart the Province.

Robert Peter, Attorney for John Glassford and Comp

From Geni: 17681207 John Glassford Lady Margaret Mackenzie Marriage ScotlandsPeople_OPR685_020_0160_0212Z.jpg and Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• 24 November 1768 marriage or banns of Margaret MacKenzie to John Glassford, in the parish of St Cuthbert's

John Glassford of Dougleston, Esq. of Glasgow, Merchant, and Lady Margaret Mackenzie, lawful daughter of the Right Honourable the late Earl of Cromarty near Merchiston [Edinburgh], Thursday, 24 November 1768 [Parish of St. Cuthbert's]

[side of document] + John Glassford's irregular marriage

• 25 November 1768 marriage or banns of Margaret McKinzie to John Glassford, in the parish of Glasgow

John Glassford of Dougleston, Esq. and the Right Honourable Lady Margaret Mckenzie, lawful daughter of the late Earl of Cromarty Friday, 25 November 1768 [Parish of Glasgow]

Note: Scotland's People: Our Records: Irregular Marriage in Scotland and Wikipedia: Marriage in Scotland: Irregular and common-law marriages

From British Newspaper Archive: Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette Thursday, 30 March 1769 Page 4 London, March 28 Intelligence Extraordinary

Tuesday fe'nnight Tuesday, 21 March 1769 was married at Edinburgh, John Glassford, of Dougalstone, Esq., to Lady Margaret McKenzie, fifth daughter to the late Earl of Cromarty. NOTE: assuming this is the actual date of the marriage

From British Newspaper Archive: Chester Courant Tuesday, 4 April 1769 Page 1 Scotland Glasgow 23 March 1769

On Tuesday, 21 March 1769 John Glassford of Dougalstoun, Esq., Merchant in this city, was married at Edinburgh, to Lady Margaret Mackenzie, fifth daughter to the late Earl of Cromarty.

From Newspapers: Archer's Bath Chronicle Thursday, 30 March 1769 Page 4

Tuesday fe'nnight, 21 March 1769 was married at Edinburgh, John Glassford, of Dougalston [Dougalstone], Esq; to Lady Margaret McKenzie, fifth daughter to the late Earl of Cromarty.

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

Possible list of 3 children of John Glassford and Margaret McKinzie from first: 14 January 1770 Isabella Glassford to last: 21 February 1773 Euphemia Glassford

• 14 January 1770 birth or baptism of Isabella Glassford, daughter of John Glassford and Margaret McKinzie [child 1], in the parish of Glasgow
• 19 February 1771 birth or baptism of James Glassford, son of John Glassford and Margaret McKinzie [child 2], in the parish of Glasgow
• 21 February 1773 birth or baptism of Euphemia Glassford, daughter of John Glassford and Margret McKinzie [child 3], in the parish of Glasgow

From National Records of Scotland

1770-1771: Letters to Lady Arniston from her nephew, John Glassford of Dougalstoun and her niece, Margaret Glassford

From Glasgow Museums Collections Online

• Object type: button seal
• Place Associated: Glasgow, Scotland (place associated)
• Date: circa 1775
• Materials: ceramic
• Dimensions: overall: 60 mm x 60 mm
• Description: Button seal said to have belonged to Glasgow merchant John Glassford (1715-1783). Depicts a ship at sea, with a scroll below inscribed ‘Design’ and ‘75’. Glassford was famed for his fleet of merchant ships, he had a fleet of up to 25 ships representing his transatlantic business with America and the Caribbean. Some were named after his children and wives, such as the Lady Mackenzie, after Lady Margaret Mackenzie, his third and last wife. Glassford made his fortune from trading tobacco for which he needed ships.The button seal would have been sown onto one of his jackets for ease and convenience when sealing letters to be posted.
• Credit Line/Donor: Gifted, 2013
• ID Number: PP.2013.3.2
• Location: In storage

From Newspapers: Rind's Virginia Gazette Thursday, 22 December 1768 Page 1

Bladensburg [Blandensburg], in Maryland Tuesday, 22 November 1768.

Pursuant to a decree of the Honourable the General Court of the colony of Virginia, will be Sold at public sale to the highest bidder, at Winchester, in Frederick county, in the said colony, on Tuesday, 7 March 1769,

About 729 acres of rich limestone land in one body, joining the said town, full of fine timber, having an improved plantation, and a good meadow; Also part of an improved lot in the said town. These lands and appurtenances were the estate of Thomas Lemen, and are to be sold in satisfaction of a debt due to John Glassford and Company, merchants in Glasgow.

Richard Henderson.

From Newspapers: Rind's Virginia Gazette Thursday, 7 June 1770 Page 4

George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc. To the Sheriff of Fairfax, Greeting.

We command you, that you summon Abraham Hargiss, late of the county of Fairfax, to appear before, our Justices of our county court of Fairfax, Alexandria, on the third Monday in this month, to answer a bill in Chancery, exhibited against him by John Glassford, of Glasgow, merchant; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of £100. And have then there this writ.

Witness Peter Wagener, clerk of our said court, this Thursday, 1 March 1770, in the tenth year of our reign, 1770. 3m P. Wagener.

From Newspapers: The Maryland Gazette Thursday, 5 July 1781 Page 2

Office for the preservation and sale of forfeited estates, Annapolis, Wednesday, 4 July 1781. To be sold at auction, on Wednesday, 15 August 1781 [next],

The houses and lots in Port Tobacco, late the property of John Glassford and co. formerly occupied by Robert Mundell; also the houses and lots, late the property of the said John Glassford and co. in Benedict on Patuxent, formerly occupied by Robert Young. The money to be paid down, if agreeable to the purchasers, if not, they may give bond with security to pay one third of the sum bid on the Sunday, 1 September 1782, another third on the Monday, 1 September 1783, and the remaining third on the Wednesday, 1 September 1784, in specie, or the new bills of credit to be emitted in pursuance of an act of the last session, at its passing value at the time of payment. The sale to be at Port Tobacco.

4w G. Duvall, clerk [clk].

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Deaths and Burials

30 August 1783 death or burial of John Glassfoord, aged 68 [born about 1715], in the parish of Glasgow

From John Glassford Monday, 16 April 1787 Glasgow, England - Probate: Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

The Virginia Genealogist Volume 31, 1987 by John Frederick Dorman Page 122

John Glassford and Company of Virginia and Maryland Purchasers at the Dumfries Store

By Ann H. Mack Salinas, California

John Glassford's firm established a system of stores along the rivers of Maryland and Virginia. These stores provided a convenient collection point for the purchase of tobacco crops and a place for the colonists to purchase their necessities, using either credit or cash. They were located in Alexandria, Aquia, Boyd's Hole, Cabin Point, Colchester, Dumfries, Norfolk and Quantico in Virginia and Baltimore, Benedict, Bladensburg, Chaptico, Georgetown (Rock Creek) , Leonardtown, Llewellin' s Warehouse, Lower Marlborough, Newport, Nottingham, Piscataway, Portbbacco and Upper Marlborough in Maryland. A more complet e discussion of Glassford's activities can be found in Edith Moore Sprouse, Colchester: Colonial Port on the Potomac, available from the Fairfax County History Commission, Fairfax, Virginia.

Charles County Maryland Will Book AH-9, 1785-1788; Page 361.

John Glassford, Esq.'s Will.

At Edinburgh, Scotland], Friday, 5 September 1783 in the presence of the lords of Council and Session compeared [appeared?] Mr. Charles Hay advocate as Pror'[?] for John Glassford, after designed, and gave in the disposition underwritten desiring the same might he registered in their Lordships books, conform to law, which desire the said Lords found reasonable and ordered the same to be done accordingly, whereof the tenor follows

I, John Glassford of Dougallstown, Merchant in Glasgow, considering the state of my family, consisting of the children of three marriages, namely, Jean Glassford, my daughter and only surviving child of the marriage between me and the deceased Ann Coats, my 1st wife, Henry, Ann, Catharine, & Christian Glassford, my 4 surviving children of the marriage betwixt me and the deceased Ann Nisbet, my 2nd wife, and James, Isabella, & Euphemia Glassford, my 3 children of the marriage betwixt me and the deceased Lady Margaret Mackenzie, my 3rd wife, and considering that I have already paid to said Jean Glassford and James Gordon, Merchant in Glasgow, her husband, her full provision and received discharge for the same, and that I have settled and am to settle with the said Ann Glassford and Henry Riddell, merchant in Glasgow, her husband, for her provision, and to be discharged for the same, and that I did, on Wednesday, 6 August 1783, execute a deed of Taillie, settling my lands and estate of Dougallstown and others therein mentioned, on the said Henry Glassford, my son, and other heirs of Taillie and provision substituted to him, therefore, and for my love for my other children after mentioned, and other good causes, I have disposed, after my death, to said Henry Glassford, my son, James Gordon, and Henry Riddell, Merchants in Glasgow, John Campbell of Clathick, William Coats and Archibald Henderson, merchants there, and Thomas Grahame and Archibald Grahame, writers there, as trustees and fiduciaries, upon trust for the uses herein after written, declaring the major number of them accepting and in life from time to time, to be a quorum, all and sundry lands, tithes, tenements, hereditaments, heritable bonds, adjudications, tacks(?), rights, and possessions, and all other heritable or real estates belonging to me at the time of my death, together with all the dispositions, charters, procuratories, and instruments of resignation, precepts, and instruments of saisine and all other writings and title deeds of and concerning the premises, made and granted in favour of me or my authors, and all the clauses of wavrandice and other clauses and obligations, tenor and contents of, contained in the same, and all heritable right, title of right, claim, interest, property, and possession, petitory or possissory, which I have or can claim thereto, and the rents, mains, and duties of the premises in all time after my death, and I oblige me and my heirs and successors to make up titles to the premises and to make, execute, and deliver to said trustees, special dispositions and conveyances of all the premises, I give to said Henry Glasford, James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, William coats, Archibald Henderson, & Thomas Graham, & Archibald Grahame, upon trust as aforesaid warrant this settlement of my heritable and moveable and personal estate, excepted are said lands and estate of Dougalstown and others specially described in said deed of Taillie and all other lands and all other estate already disposed of by me, I authorize the trustees to receive and turn into cash the moveable and personal estates and the rents, maills, and duties of my lands and other heritable and real estates, and to dispose of any of my lands or other heritable and real subjects as they shall judge necessary for the payment of the debts I may be owing and the provisions by me (so far as unpaid) to my children. The provisions are as follows, Viz

• To said Catharine Glassford - £2000 sterling.
• To said Christian Glassford - £2000 sterling.

And these, at and against the expiration of 1-2 years at furthest after my death, with one fifth part more of the principal sums in name of liquidate expenses and penalty in case of failure of the principal, and also the lawful interest thereof yearly and tennly[?] after my death, and in lieu of the sums provided to them or which they could claim in virtue of contract of marriage between their deceased mother and me, or bond of provision granted by me in favour of them and the other children of said marriage, dated Saturday, 26 November 1768. The sums provided to the children of the marriage between me and said Lady Margaret Mackenzie, which sums then, I being one on and 2 daughters thereof, amount to 12,000 £sterling, which shall be divided as follows, viz, £8000 sterling to said James Glassford and 2000 6 [probably £2000] sterling each to Isabella and Euphemia Glassford, and in case of the death of Isabella or Euphemia, the sum appointed to the children of the 1st marriage in the case of their being one son and one daughter of the same, to be divided and belong as follows, viz, 2000 £sterling to the survivor of Isabella & Euphemia, and the remainder to said James Glassford, and I recommend to the children of my 3rd marriage. The remainder of the premises go to said Henry Glassford, and failing him, to the heir of Taillie having right at the time to my lands and estate of Dougallstown and others contained in the said deed of Taillie.

Witnessed by Robert Grahame, John Hodge my security. Signed at Glasgow Friday, 15 August 1783 - John Glassford. Witness - Robert Grahame, John Hodge. Executed by Alexander Orme. certify that the within disposition and settlement are true copies from the records of the Courts of Council and session in that part of Great Britain called Scotland.

Personally came and appeared before me, James Dixon, esq, present Chief Magistrate of the City of Edinburgh, Alexander Orme, a person of good fame, who made oath that the foregoing extract was subscribed by Alexander Orme on each page, and is a true copy from the records of the Court of Council and Session. I certify that Alexander Orme is principal Clerk to the Court of Council and Session. Signed at Edinburgh Thursday, 6 April 1786 - Alexr Orme, James Dickson B. Robert Grahame of Glasgow in the County of Lanark in Scotland, writer and Notary Public, makes oath that he wrote and witnessed the execution of the original deed of settlement whereof an extract is here annexed, and that on the date of the same, namely Wednesday, 6 August 1783, he and John Hodge, now deceased, the other witness, was present and saw John Glassford of Dougalstown, Merchant in Glasgow, deceased, sign and execute said original deed of settlement. Signed - Robert Grahame. Witness - John Campbell.

I, John Campbell, esq, of Clathick, Lord Provost and chief Magistrate of the City of Glasgow, certify that on the date of these presents, personally came before me aforesaid Robert Grahame of Glasgow, who deposed as aforesaid. Signed - John Campbell.

Charles County Maryland Will Book AH-9, 1785-1788; Page 367. John Glassford - Nomination of executors.

At Edinburgh, Friday, 5 September 1783, in the presence of the Lords of Council and Sessions, compeared Mr. Charles Hay, Advocate as Pror[?] for John Glassford, Esq, and gave in the nomination of executors, and asked that the same might be registered, and the request was accepted, and is as follows I, John Glassford of Dougalstown, Merchant in Glasgow, hereby supplement a general disposition and settlement executed today by me, in favour of Henry Glassford, my son, James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell of Chaithick, William Coats, and Archibald Henderson, Merchants in Glasgow and Thomas Grahame and Archibald Grahame, writers, there as trustees and fiduciaries upon trust as aforesaid, nominate said Henry Glassford, James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, William Coats, Archibald Henderson, Thomas Grahame, and Archibald Grahame, and the major number accepting, and in life, to be my executors at my death.

Charles County Maryland Will Book AH-9, 1785-1788; Page 369. On Monday, 16 April 1787, Letters of Administration were granted on the estate of John Glassford to Robert Fergusson; his securities were John Robertson & Matthew Blair.

From John Glassford settlement: vesting parts of the estates of Dougalston and others (Stirling and Dumbarton) to be sold for payment of debts and charges and purchase of more convenient estates Act 1836 - UK Non-devolved - Legislation - VLEX 808327745

Deed of Entail, 6 August 1783

Whereas John Glassford of Dougalston, Esquire, by his Disposition of Tailzie executed by him on the Sixth Day of August in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, recorded in the Register of Tailzies on the Saturday, 15 November 1783, and registered in the Books of Council and Session in Scotland on the Monday, 19 January 1784, gave, granted, and disponed in strict Settlement of Entail according to the Law of Scotland all and sundry his Lands of Dougalston, and other Lands, Tithes, Milns, Houses, and other Heritages therein and hereinafter described, to himself the said John Glassford in Life-rent, and to Henry Glassford his eldest Son, then in Life, since deceased, in Fee, and the Heirs Male of his Body; whom failing, to James Glassford his younger Son, and the Heirs Male of his Body; whom failing, to the Heirs whatsoever of the Body of the said Henry Glassford; whom failing, to the Heirs whatsoever of the Body of the said James Glassford; whom failing, to Jean Glassford; his Daughter, the Wife of James Gordon, Merchant in Glasgow, and the Heirs of her Body; whom failing, to Ann Glassford his Daughter, the Wife of Henry Riddell, Merchant in Glasgow, and the Heirs of her Body; whom failing, to Catherine Glassford his Daughter, and the Heirs of her Body; whom failing, to Christian Glassford his Daughter, and the Heirs of her Body; whom failing, to Isabella Glassford his Daughter, and the Heirs of her Body; whom failing, to Euphemia Glassford his Daughter, and the Heirs of her Body; whom failing, to such other Person or Persons as he should at any Time thereafter nominate, design, and appoint, in any Writing under his Hand, to succeed as Heir of Tailzie and Provision in and to his Lands and others therein and hereinafter described; which or whom failing, to his own nearest Heir whatsoever; the eldest Heir Female and the Descendants of her Body always excluding other Heirs Portioners, and succeeding without Division; and this Right of Primogeniture taking place among the Female Heirs in the same Manner as the Law has established the same Right among the Male Heirs, throughout the whole Course of Succession to the said Lands and others, in virtue of the said Disposition of Tailzie, as often as the same shall devolve to Females or their Descendants, which he the said John Glassford declared to be the Meaning and Intention, notwithstanding the Destination to Heirs whatsoever made in the said Disposition of Tailzie, to the Succession of all and sundry the Lands of Dougalston, and other Lands, Tithes, Milns, Houses, and other Heritages therein and hereinafter described; that is to say, all and whole the Lands and Estate of Dougalston, comprehending Auchinhowie, Jaw, Jaw Miln, and Miln of Milngavie, with that Part of Barloch belonging to him, together with the Teinds of the said Lands, in so far as he had Right to the same, comprehending the Lands, Milns, Teinds, and others after mentioned, (videlicet,) all and whole the Lands of Dougalston, with Houses, Buildings, Yards, Tofts, Crofts, and whole Pertinents of the same, and Parsonage Tithes thereof,and Annuities of the said Tithes, and Blench Farm Duties formerly due for the said Tithes, with the whole Parts and Pendicles of the said Lands, extending to a Forty Shilling Land of old Extent, with the Heritable Right of Bailliary and Jurisdiction within the Bounds of the aforesaid Lands, and Courts, Bloodwits, Amerciaments, and Casualties of the said Courts, in the same Manner as the Bailies of the Barony of Mugdock had, have, or in Time coming may have, in so far as the said Jurisdiction is competent and agreeable to the Act of Parliament abolishing Heritable Jurisdictions, and in so far as the said Office can be extended within the said Lands of Dougalstown, allenarly, all lying within the said Barony of Mugdock, Parish of Easter Kilpatrick, and Sheriffdom of Stirling; as also comprehending all and whole the Twenty Shilling Land of Nethertown of Auchinhowie as a Part of the Five Pound Land of Auchinhowie, with Houses, Buildings, Yards, Outfield, Infield, Mosses, Muirs, Meadows, Pasturages, Parts, Pendicles, and Pertinents of the same, as the same were sometime possessed by Alexander Dalrymple, Tenant in Auchinhowie, and thereafter Feuarthere of, lying within the ...

From John Glassford’s Art Collection – Legacies of Slavery in Glasgow Museums and Collections

John Glassford of Dougalston (1715 -1783) is famed for his success as a businessman, but few people know about his art collection. It was sold at auction at Christies on 23 December 1786. The auction catalogue lists 139 paintings for sale. The collection was mostly made up of British, Dutch and French artists but there were also a few Italian paintings. He had three works by Jan Breughel the Elder, one by Canaletto, one by Dürer, three by Van Dyck, one by Gainsborough, one by Guido Reni, three by Rubens and three by Watteau. Glassford was one of the leading art collectors in Glasgow and his love of art can be seen in the finance he provided for the Foulis Academy, the city’s pioneering art school. This finance of course came from Glassford’s interests in the slave economy. ...

by Dr Anthony Lewis, Curator of Scottish History

From Newspapers: The Edinburgh Advertiser Friday, 9 June 1786 Page 5

Hot-House and Plants for Sale Pine

Pine Plants and other Hot-house Plants together with a Hot house to be disposed of on Wednesday, 28 June 1786 current at 12 o'clock at Mr Glassford's Garden in Glasgow.

The plants and hot-house may be seen at any time betwixt [now] and the day of sale by applying to James Garner, gardener in Glasgow who will also have for sale this summer a quantity of fine Pineapples, Melons, Peaches, and Nectarines.