Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A. D. 1718-38 PDF Download

Author: Robert Renwick
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266947837
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Languages : en
Pages : 664

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Excerpt from Extracts From the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, A. D. 1718-38: With Charters and Other Documents, A. D. 1708-38 At the same time the inhabitants has never been at the pains to cast an eye upon it with any care, till excited thereto by the description of such as were entire strangers; but the reprimand which the author administers to his fellow citizens for their inattention to surrounding objects may not inaptly be turned on himself for the too great reticence displayed in his narrative of current events. Though bearing to be collected from many antient records, charters, and other antient vouchers, the information supplied from these sources is comparatively meagre, and as regards the city records is specially defective. M'ure was keeper of a register from which writs relating to the burgh were excluded, and as he had no exceptional opportunity of becoming acquainted with city documents or with municipal procedure, one need not be surprised that very little of what is contained in the publications either of the Scottish Burgh Records Society or of the Corporation appears in his pages. But the account he gives regarding the streets, buildings, manufactories, and public institutions is invaluable, and when read in connection with what appears in the present volume, a fairly adequate idea may be formed of the condition of the city and its inhabitants at that time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.