in the Club's Minute Book (National Library of Scotland). At the Cape he mixed with ordinary tradesmen as well as with artistic figures such as David Herd and Alexander Runciman, who painted Fergusson's portrait, now in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and to whom Fergusson addressed some comic verses. Fergusson also wrote the Poem "Auld Reekie", which he dedicated to his fellow Knights of The Cape. On 2 July 1774 the Cape Club took up a collection to aid Fergusson after the onset of his illness. He died on 17 October 1774, and was buried on 19 October in the Canongate Kirkyard. Present day Edinburgh Cape Society The Edinburgh Cape Society was reconstituted in the 1960s, following the research of James Grubb, who became The Cape Society's first Sovereign after reconstitution, aka Sir Dun Eiden. To this day, the Society holds its monthly meetings in Edinburgh. See also The Poker Club Crochallan Fencibles Notes External links Original Cape Manuscripts at The Scottish National Archive "Auld Reekie", Fergussons Poem to the Cape. Edinburgh Cape Society Turtle Feast, 2006 Edinburgh Cape Society Turtle Feast, 2007 Further Descriptions of The Cape Club from The Works of Robert Fergusson by Alexander Balloch Grosart, 1851 (Harvard College Library). Portrait of Fergusson by Alexander Runciman in the National Gallery of Scotland 1965 establishments in Scotland Clubs and societies in Edinburgh Mutual organizations Organisations based in Edinburgh