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To stair agnew, Esq., c.b., Keeper of the National Historical Records of Scotland and registrar-general at the Register House, Edinburgh, the Curator and Assistant Curator for valuable information, suggestions and ready access to records, my best thanks are due; and the many acts of courtesy and attention extended to me in searching the Parish Records by Mr winter and Mr macgregor in prosecuting these researches, call for a like acknowledgment. To james colquhoun, Esq., LL.D., and to his brother, david T. Colquhoun, Esq., my best thanks are due for the ready assistance they at all times rendered, and, at considerable trouble to themselves, procured for me access to, and the use of, many rare and valuable records, including those of Dr colquhoun himself.
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