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GEORGE CRAWFORD
GEORGE CRAWFORD, writer, was the son of Francis Crawford, merchant, Glasgow. In 1772 Mr. Crawford was apprenticed for three years to Messrs. Barclay and Roberton, writers, Glasgow. He was admitted burgess, Guild brother, and member of the Merchants' House in 1780, and in the same year married Janet, daughter of Robert M'Lintock, one of the prime movers in the establishment of the Merchants' Bank, instituted by a number of substantial merchants with the view of breaking the supposed monopoly enjoyed by the Ship and Thistle Banks. Mr. Crawford was clerk to the Incorporation of Wrights from 1784 till the time of his death, in 1822.
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