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7 4 21 20110920 21 This has been explored in greater detail in “Irish Pipers and Scotland” published in Ceol na hÉireann, No 3, (2001), where the infor- mation was taken from the Highland Society’s Debit and Credit Account Ledger which runs from 20 January 1783 to 13 March 1816. 1 However among the Highland Society of Lon- don’s papers on deposit at the National Library of Scotland are three box files packed with a mixture of accounts and receipts including among them the signed vouchers of payments made to the performers. 2 These include all three of the Union Pipers mentioned, examples of whose signatures are shown here. 3 KEITH SANGER 1 National Library of Scotland, (NLS), Dep.268/34 2 NLS, Dep. 268/16-18 3 Published by kind permission of the Highland Society of London. London June 10th 1790 Received from Mr. Mackay two Pound two shillings Being the full amount of what is due to me by the Highland Society John Murphy Recv.d the 20th January 1798 of Alexd. Mackay the sum of two pounds two shillings for per- forming on the pipes at the An- niversary Meeting of the Highland Society £2.2.0 James McDonnell Received of Mr. Metcalfe one Guinea for performing on the Union Pipes on the 21 of March 1822 P O Farrell [Reverse of receipt – inset] No. 4 21 March 1822 P. O.Farrell for performing this day - £1.1 -

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