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Reviewed newspaper notices
1 distinct notices from 1 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 1 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
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1 distinct notices · 1 retained pages
1738Verified surname passageordination noticeStrong match
James Glasgow
Place not statedb. by c. 1720 adult estimate
Reported ordained minister of the Castle.
Birth estimate / source
Adult estimate from ordination as minister in 1738, assuming 18+; age not stated.
Occupation / trade
Published 1738-02-23 · The Daily Gazetteer · p. 1
Faithful bounded excerpt of the inspected original. Supplemental context is separately preserved where needed; issue metadata supplied by Newspapers.com. Source reference: The Daily Gazetteer · 1738-02-23 · p. 1. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
James Glasgow, probationer, is reported ordained minister of the Castle in an Edinburgh-datelined notice.
Evidence and identity limits
Full Scotland context retained, including dateline and complete Glasgow ordination sentence. The printed long-s glyph in Glasſgow is f-shaped and can produce OCR Glafgow; normalized surname reading Glasgow. Relative 'Last Tuesday' belongs to the Edinburgh Feb. 16 report, not the issue publication date. This notice is not linked to the 1737 appointment or to a profile here. The 1737 and 1738 notices are a probable same-officeholder sequence, not a proved profile identity. Clerk is a clerical style, not evidence of a separate clerk occupation. Neither relative date is calculated from the newspaper issue date. Identity review (6 October 2026): 1738 report that James Glasgow, probationer, was ordained minister of the Castle 'last Tuesday', which is 14 Feb 1738 exactly as in Fasti. He is the same man as the 1737 appointee: Glasgow-1140, strong.
[b. c. 1700-03-17; d. ?] · ordinand, minister of Edinburgh CastleWhy this candidate?
Fasti vol. 1: 'ord. 14th Feb. 1738'. The Edinburgh report dated Thursday 16 Feb 1738 (Old Style) says 'last Tuesday', and 14 Feb 1738 Julian was a Tuesday, so the date and office agree exactly. Fasti vol. 3 (Kilbirnie) names 'James, min. of Edinburgh Castle' as the son of Rev. John Glasgow and Margaret Scott, which is Glasgow-1140's baptism (Kilbirnie, 17 Mar 1700). The full argument and competitor eliminations are in group 1142270617.
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