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Reviewed newspaper notices
2 distinct notices from 14 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 14 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
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2 distinct notices · 14 retained pages
1776Verified surname passageland-sale noticePrinted in 9 issuesNo profile yet
William Glasgow
Cleugh-head and ClovenfordsykeBirth unknown
Named tenant and co-possessor with William Wilson in a planned land sale.
Occupation / tradePlace / address
Published 1776-06-26 – 1776-07-30 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 3
Faithful bounded original source passage, visually checked 5 October 2026; long-s typography normalized to Glasgow in the reading. Issue heading outside crop; provider issue metadata retained. Source reference: The Caledonian Mercury · 1776-06-26 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
William Glasgow, tenant and co-possessor with William Wilson of Cleugh-head and Clovenfordsyke, is named in a planned land-sale notice at John’s coffee-house, Edinburgh, for 31 July 1776.
Evidence and identity limits
Same prospective 31 July 1776 sale stage as saved Edinburgh Advertiser notices. Glasgow is tenant/possessor of the 71 Scots-acre parcel; combined farms held by Wilson and Glasgow total 96 acres and are offered for£1200, or two lots of about 36/60 acres at £600 each. This does not imply completed sale or kinship to Wilson. Identity review (6 October 2026): June-July 1776 sale notice: William Glasgow, tenant and co-possessor with William Wilson of Cleugh-head and Clovenfordsyke. Same tenant; no matchable profile.
1776Verified surname passageland-sale noticePrinted in 5 issuesNo profile yet
William Glasgow
Cleugh-head and Clovenfordsyke, ScotlandBirth unknown
named tenant and co-possessor with William Wilson of Cleugh-head and Clovenfordsyke · land sale planned at John’s coffee-house, Edinburgh, for 28 August 1776, by adjournment
Place / address
Published 1776-08-06 – 1776-08-27 · The Edinburgh Advertiser · p. 7
Faithful bounded original viewer excerpt; provider search highlighting retained where visible. No reconstructed text. Issue metadata supplied by Newspapers.com. Source reference: The Edinburgh Advertiser · 1776-08-06 · p. 7. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
William Glasgow, tenant and co-possessor with William Wilson of Cleugh-head and Clovenfordsyke, is named in a planned land-sale notice at John’s coffee-house, Edinburgh, for 28 August 1776, by adjournment.
Evidence and identity limits
William Glasgow is explicitly tenant and co-possessor with William Wilson, not a buyer, landlord or proved relative. West Calder and the named farms are land context. Planned roup dates are not completed sales. Nine original issues preserve an initial notice and its adjournment. No existing profile is identified. Glasgow-1463 is a weak name/region comparison with a broad uncertain before-1816 birth bound; no West Calder tenancy bridge. One tenant subject consolidates the two sale stages without inventing relatives. Identity review (6 October 2026): Aug 1776 adjourned sale: William Glasgow, tenant and co-possessor with William Wilson. Same tenant; no matchable profile.
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