Presented by
The Rt Hon Sir David Steel KBE MSP
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
to
The City of Aberdeen
To commemorate the occasion of the
Scottish Parliament sitting in Aberdeen
during the period Tuesday 28 to Thursday . . . — — Map (db m34056) HM
Oban
The Burgh of Oban
Established by
Charter of resignation novodamus
and erection under the Great Seal -17th July 1811
Bicentenary commemoration -12th July 2011
The Princess Royal unveiled this commemorative plaque
at the behest of . . . — — Map (db m127367) HM
The Foundation Stone
Of this Part of the
Edinburgh Municipal Building
Was Laid on 6th June 1901
By the Right Honourable
James Steel, Lord Provost.
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The New Council Chamber
Was Opened 19th January 1904, . . . — — Map (db m127061) HM
The City Chambers
formerly
The Royal Exchange
Designed by John Adam, the eldest of the Adam Brothers, this building was erected 1753 — 1761 as an exchange and customs house. In 1811 it became the city chambers when the town council moved . . . — — Map (db m126991) HM
Sir George Sinclair
Baronet of Ulbster
Formerly M.P. for Caithness
Born 29th August 1790
Died 9th October 1868
This fountain was erected in 1894 by his only surviving son, (who while he lives will think of him every day) in grateful and . . . — — Map (db m127823) HM
The Rt Hon
John Sinclair
of Ulbster, Baronet
Born 10th May 1754
Died 21st Dec 1835
Formerly MP
for Caithness
( parts of the inscription are unreadable due to weathering )( side )
The American ambassador wrote in . . . — — Map (db m127822) HM
Alexander Graham led
local merchants to oppose
their tax liability to the
Royal Burgh of Kirkwall.
Stromness became an
independent burgh
as a result. — — Map (db m127615) HM
Alexander Graham
Died 16th April 1783
This fountain is erected to perpetuate the memory of Alexander Graham, a native of this town, who, during the years 1743 - 1758, at great pecuniary sacrifice to himself, fought the Royal Burgh of Kirkwall, as . . . — — Map (db m127658) HM
