Series 5 > British Linen Company, 1745-1775

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SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY
109th ANNUAL REPORT
Presented to the Annual General Meeting
by the Council, 9 December 1995
Some progress has been made during 1995 in bringing the publication schedule
up to date. The 1993 volume, Sir John Clerk’s History of the Union of Scotland
and England, edited by Douglas Duncan, was issued to members during the
year. There were further delays with the 1992 volume, which had originally
been intended to precede it-The Scottish Office: Depression and Reconstruction,
1919-1959, edited by Ian Levitt. This volume has been with the printers for
some time, held up by technical problems, but its issue is currently imminent.
Two further volumes are also in page proof, and will shortly be printed. The
1994 volume, Miscellany XII, will include ‘A question about the succession,
1364’, edited by A.A.M. Duncan; ‘The autobiography of John Hay, 1st
marquis of Tweeddale, 1626-1672’, edited by Maurice Lee, Jr.; ‘Letters of
Lord Balmerino and Harry Maule, 1710-1713, 1721-1722’, edited by Clyve
Jones; and ‘Strike bulletins from the General Strike in Scotland, 1926’, edited
by Ian MacDougall. The 1996 volume will be The British Linen Company,
1745-1775, edited by Alastair J. Durie. Publication of this volume is being
assisted by sponsorship from the British Linen Bank, which in 1996 is cele¬
brating the 250th anniversary of its charter.
Publication of these volumes will still leave a gap for 1995, but it is hoped
that this will be filled in the course of the year by one of the numerous volumes
on which work is proceeding. In particular, good progress is reported with
French Military and Financial Documents Concerning Scotland During the Reign of
Henri II, edited by Elizabeth Bonner, while progress is also still being made
with The Black Book of Coldingham, 1298-1430, edited by Joseph Donnelly,
and with Scottish Migration, 1740-1920, edited by Allan Macinnes, Margaret
Storey and Maijory Harper.
There are several other volumes which have been accepted for publication
but which are in less advanced stages of preparation: Clan Campbell, 1550-
1583, edited by Jane Dawson; Miscellany XIII, for which a number of items
have been accepted; Minutes of the Mid and East Lothian Miners’ Association,
1894-1914, edited by Ian MacDougall; The Duke of Montrose’s Buchanan
Estate, Stirlingshire, c. 1680-1787, edited by Alexander Gibson; and The Diaries
of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries, 1635-1699, edited by Paul Dukes
and Graeme Herd. It seems that the prospects of returning to, and maintaining,
a regular annual publication programme are good.
The Society’s financial position continues to be healthy, the subscription
continuing to be held at £15.00.