Papers of the Shearer family, graduates of the University of Glasgow 1885-1938

Glasgow University Archive Service

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The Rector was originally the active head of the University, exercising jurisdiction over all it members and elected by the votes of their nations. Under the novo erectio he was made president of the Senatus Academicus but was not a member of the Faculty; the office gradually became an honorary one, although until the end of the eighteenth century the Rector occasionally exercised visitorial functions. The Rector is now elected by matriculated students. The date of election was fixe...

University of Glasgow

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John J. Adam was a Scottish immigrant, member of Michigan legislature, holder of various state offices, regent and treasurer of the University of Michigan. From the description of [Diploma, granting to Ioannis Iohnstone Adam a degree in liberal arts] 1826 April 7. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34368441 John Baird Hunter was born in 1837 in Paisley, the son of an apothecary named William Hunter. Together with his older brother, William Munn Hunter...

Shearer, James

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During the late 1830s, James Shearer operated a general store near Palmer, Massachusetts, trading in the gamut of dry goods and commodities that made up the country trade in Massachusetts, from dried fish, butter, rum, and brandy, to soap, nails, chalk, cloth, sugar, molasses, spices, coffee, and tea. Although some customers paid their accounts in cash, most appear bartered goods (e.g, with butter) or services (carting). From the guide to the James Shearer Daybook MS 418 bd., 1836-18...

William Shearer

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Shearer Thomas b1909

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Shearer family

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The collection consists of the student and working papers of three brothers, Thomas, William and James Shearer. The son's of a butcher, Thomas Shearer, all three attended the University of Glasgow at some point between 1885 and 1932. From the guide to the Papers of the Shearer family, graduates of the University of Glasgow, 1885-1938, (Glasgow University Archive Services) ...

Shearer William 1869-1931

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Church of Scotland Chaplains Association

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Shearer James b1875

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SHEARER, THOMAS

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