The letter-book of Bailie John Steuart, of Inverness, 1715-1752; . ad by the Editor after the lapse of nigh twocenturies. The Editors indebtedness to Mr. Hay-Newton for theLetter-Book has already been acknowledged. In connec-tion with the work of editing it he has received interestinginformation from Mr. P. J. Anderson, Aberdeen ; Mr. JohnMalcolm Bulloch, London ; Mr. James Grant, Banff; Grant, Aberdeen; Mr. Ranald Macdonald,Portree; Mr. A. Francis Steuart; and Dr. MaitlandThomson. The Society and Editor are indebted to thelate Mrs. Henry Glassford Bell, a descendant of Bailie 1 See
The letter-book of Bailie John Steuart, of Inverness, 1715-1752; . ad by the Editor after the lapse of nigh twocenturies. The Editors indebtedness to Mr. Hay-Newton for theLetter-Book has already been acknowledged. In connec-tion with the work of editing it he has received interestinginformation from Mr. P. J. Anderson, Aberdeen ; Mr. JohnMalcolm Bulloch, London ; Mr. James Grant, Banff; Grant, Aberdeen; Mr. Ranald Macdonald,Portree; Mr. A. Francis Steuart; and Dr. MaitlandThomson. The Society and Editor are indebted to thelate Mrs. Henry Glassford Bell, a descendant of Bailie 1 See Frontispiece. 2 On 25th March 1737, for example, the Hope sailed from Inverness withseventy passengers and indented servants for Carolina (pp. 404-407.) lx LETTER-BOOK OF BAILIE JOHN STEUART Steuart, for the Frontispiece, and to the New SpaldingClub for the drawing of Inverness in 1725, which wasfirst printed in the Clubs Inverness Records, vol. i. Theexcellent Index is the work of Mr0 Mill of the SignetLibrary. WILLIAM MACKAY. Craigmonie, Inverness,March THE BAILIES SIGNATURE
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