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Reviewed newspaper notices
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Named among prisoners convicted of theft; report gives sentence of public exposure and banishment from the city and liberties.
Published 1767-12-21 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 3
Faithful bounded original viewer excerpt; provider search highlighting retained where visible. No reconstructed text. Issue metadata supplied by Newspapers.com. Source reference: The Caledonian Mercury · 1767-12-21 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
An Edinburgh city-gaol report names Robert Glasgow among prisoners convicted of theft and reports their sentence of public exposure and banishment from the city and liberties forever.
Evidence and identity limits
Original inspected. The notice reports conviction and sentence; it does not establish later removal or identity with any other Robert Glasgow. Two compatible Scottish profiles remain weak possibilities. No identity with the 1772 Robert son of Andrew at Calder, Maryland sale participant or Montgreenan man is established. Identity review (6 October 2026): Dec 1767: Robert Glasgow, with George Garnock, Niel M'Kinnon and Donald M'Donald, sentenced in Edinburgh for theft to be walked through the city and banished. The 1772 banished-persons list repeats Garnoch and Mackinnon beside 'Robert Glasgow, son of Andrew Glasgow miller at Calder', so this is that man; he has no WikiTree profile. No compatible WikiTree profile after a duplicate search for: Robert Glasgow.
1767Verified surname passagepartnership noticePossible match
George Glasgow
Glasgowb. by c. 1749 adult estimate
Merchant associated with the Incle Manufactory. · The partnership notice says he had previously given up management; future business was to be carried on by Archibald Ingram, Thomas Dunmoor and Co.
Birth estimate / source
Adult estimate from merchant in 1767, assuming 18+; age not stated.
Occupation / tradePlace / address
Published 1767-12-30 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 3
Faithful bounded original viewer excerpt; provider search highlighting retained where visible. No reconstructed text. Issue metadata supplied by Newspapers.com. Source reference: The Caledonian Mercury · 1767-12-30 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
A partnership notice for the Incle Manufactory in Glasgow states that George Glasgow, merchant there, had previously given up management; future business is to be carried on under Archibald Ingram, Thomas Dunmoor and Co.
Evidence and identity limits
Reported prior management withdrawal, not a stated withdrawal day, completed dissolution or family relationship. Same name and Glasgow mercantile context permit a provisional comparison with the land notices, without proving personal continuity. One provisional merchant/property study consolidates the exact named Nethermains subject and compatible Glasgow partnership context, retaining separate sale stages. Compatible profiles remain possible. George-3312’s recorded 1768 death does not exclude later reprints or past-tense property references; no continuity of active life, ownership, completed sale or family is proved. The Manchester inventor and officers remain separate. Identity review (6 October 2026): Dec 1767 partnership notice: George Glasgow, merchant in Glasgow, had given up management of the Incle Manufactory. He is the George Glasgow of Nethermains (Glasgow-3312), probable.
[b. 1729-07-19; d. 1768-06-27] · merchant; former manager of the Incle ManufactoryWhy this candidate?
Same designation ('George Glasgow, merchant' in Glasgow) as the June 1768 Nethermains sale six months later. Name + unique estate designation + place + kin context agree. (1) The 1768 sale notice calls the owner of Nether-Mains, Nethermains Dean and Nethermains Niven at Kilwinning 'George Glasgow, merchant in Glasgow'; the 1777 judicial-sale notices call him 'George Glasgow of Nether Mains'. (2) The Glasgow Commissariot register (inspected via archive.org OCR) confirms on 27 June 1768 the testament of 'Margaret [Buchanan], wife of George Glasgow, of Nethermains, daughter of William B., of Drumakill' - the same designation, and Glasgow-3312 is already married on WikiTree to Margaret Buchanan
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