| Description | Papers relating to the mortifications for professorship or other purposes. The majority of the material from this series is wanting, the remaining items include: Dr William Johnston's mortification of his books to the library; Mrs Barbara Blackwell's bursary for a salary for a Professor of Chemistry and a prize essay; William Fordyce's mortification for a salary of a lecturer on Agriculture; Gordon of Murtle's mortification for a lectureship on Practical Religion. |