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Title: List of 14 Students Who, on 17 Mar, Had Assembled at the House of
Malcolm McDonald, Tavern Keeper, Had Been Drunk and Had Made Obscene Toasts

Author(s): Hamilton, Mr Thomas

To be inserted in the University Meeting May 10th 1769]

Mr Hamilton [read] before the meeting a
list of students who upon 17th day of March last
[¿]St Patrick's day did aſsemble in the
house of Macolm McDonald Tavern keeper
in Glasgow where they drank till several
of the Company got Drunk & where several
of the Company proposed & Drank Obscene
toasts by doing which Mr Hamilton
apprehends they have been guilty of a breach
of College Discipline
& requires that the Statute against frequenting
Taverns & the S|tatute against speaking Obscenity
may be put in Execution. The proof of these
Students being guilty of the above fact [¿]
May appears fully on the minutes of the
Committee in the case of Woodburn & Robison
The list

Mr [Rose]
" Robison
" Agnew
" [Willson]
" Sinclair
" Dunlopp
" Lang
Mr Pitt
" Kennedy
" Thornton
" [Mergiss]
" Pollock
" Johnson
" Blackwood


Thomas Hamilton
R. Traill
John Millar
Will. Wight