Author: JOHNSTON, Thomas, of Borrowstounness.
Title: The records of an ancient Friendly Society: the Bo'ness United General Sea Box. Two centuries and a half of local history. [Reprinted from the Falkirk Herald.]
Description: Bo'ness: published by the proprietors of the Falkirk Herald, 1890. 17cm. vii[i], 117[1]pp. Original blind-stamped brown cloth gilt. Extremes very lightly rubbed. Bo'ness is situated on the south side of the Forth of Firth, immediately north of Linlithgow. The preface states that the 'sea box' is believed to be Scotland's oldest Friendly and Benefit Society. A useful history, very much from a maritime point of view. COPAC: BL, NLS, ULRLS.

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