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IOTHEROYALBURGESSGOLFINGSOCIETYOFEDINBURGH
GolfClubthatitexistedpriorto176o.Still,itmaybe
saidthatthisdocumentaryproofdoesnotestablishthat
theBurgesswasfoundedin1735.Sothenextpoint
iswhetherthereistobefoundanyreliablewrittenevid-
encethatthedateofinstitutionwaspriorto176o.It
maybestatedatoncethatsuchevidenceistobefound
intheEdinburghAlmanac,firstissuedin1739.
IntheAlmanacfrom1815to1834the"Burgess"
Societyismentionedwithoutanydateofinstitution.
Intheissuefor1834theClubissaidtohavebeen
"institutedabout1735,"andintheissueof1835the
dateofinstitutionisgivenasbeing1735.Nowitis
onlyreasonabletosupposethatin1834thecompilers
oftheAlmanacwerenotsureofthedatewhenthey
insertedthewords"institutedabout1735."Andit
wouldbeunreasonabletosupposethatinthefollowing
yeartheyhadnotobtainedfurtherreliableinformation
whentheygavethedateas1735withoutanyqualifica-
tion.Moreover,thereisinternalevidenceinthe
Almanacitselfthatthestatementsthereincontained
wereatleastthecurrentopinionatthattime.Forinthe
Almanacof183othereisstated:"BlackheathGolf
Club,London,establishedpriorto1745."Sincethe
dateisgivenas"priorto1745"andnot16o8,itis
clearthatwhatisreportedintheAlmanaciswhatwas
understoodtobethecasein1834.Again,TheHonour-
ableCompanyceasedtoexistasaclubbetween1831
and1836.IntheAlmanacfortheyears1834-1835and
1836thereisnolongeranymentionofTheHonourable
Company,whichhadalwaysfiguredinthepagesofthe
Almanacsince18o8.Itisclearthatthecompilersof
theAlmanacdidtheirworkcarefully.Thatthefacts
uponwhichtheybasedtheirstatementsareunknown
to-daydoesnotdiminishthevalueofthesestatements.
Ifthesefactswereknown,theywouldmerelyincrease
theweightoftheevidence.Nevertheless,itwould
assistifitwerepossibletodiscoveranyonesourceof
informationastothedateofinstitutionofourSociety
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Chronicle of the Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh, 1735-1935
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