A scrapbook containing a collection of letters, drawings, rubbings, etc., relating to masons marks, mainly addressed to William Harry Rylands, FSA. The chief correspondent is Edward W. Cox of Liverpool; other correspondents include James Bromley of Ormskirk, William Fergusson Irvine, William E. Gregson and many others. The main collection is preceded by press-cuttings, 1880 (pp. 1-12), relating to fraudulent mediums, miracles in Ireland and Lourdes. Loose insertions include, p. 107, copies of marks, on furniture owned by Robert Burns.
Scrapbook of masons marks
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- ReferenceGB 118 RYL
- Former ReferenceGB 118 SAL/MS/753
- Dates of Creationmostly 1891-3
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Descriptionpp. iii + 200 Quarto. Cloth binding, green, spine mended with black cloth (a commercial scrapbook).
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