[Printed with MS additions] [No. 9] Early Membership Certificate for the Glasgow Renfrewshire Society.

One page, c.19.5 x 24cm, laid down on larger page, spotted and dulled but attractive, with text and illustration (Glasgow coat-of-arms augmented). Text: (MS in square brackets] No. [9] Glasgow [17th Feby] 17[69] | [William Shortrige (sic) Merchant in Glasgow] is this day admitted a Member pf the GLASGOW RENFREWSHIRE Society, having paid dues accordingly. [John Hamilton] Preses. | [James Shaw] Collector. Above this text is an elaborate coat of arms, headed Let Glasgow Flourish Deus Gubernat Navum, images of an anchor and foliage surround two images, one resembling the current Glasgow coat-of-arms (Bird on tree with fish) the other a ship with sun and moon and coats-of-arms hanging from the cross-mast. To the right of these images a ship is sailng in full sail on the horizon.