The Annals Of Dunfermline And Vicinity From The Earliest Authentic Period To The Present Time Ad 1069 1878 Interspersed With Explanatory Notes Memorabilia And Numerous Illustrative Engravings

Author : Ebenezer Henderson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333628536
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book The Annals of Dunfermline and Vicinity, From the Earliest Authentic Period to the Present Time, A. D. 1069 1878 written by Ebenezer Henderson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Annals of Dunfermline and Vicinity, From the Earliest Authentic Period to the Present Time, A. D. 1069 1878: Interspersed With Explanatory Notes, Memorabilia, and Numerous Illustrative Engravings A great many years have elapsed since the writer began to collect materials for the annals OF dunfermline, his native city. His object was to arrange events and notanda in chronological order, as he was convinced that a much clearer conception of the rise and progress of a town would be obtained under such an arrangement, than by the method usually adopted in compiling such works. The writer never had the slightest idea of publishing his notanda. They were written for his own private use for reference. On showing them to a number of his archaeological and other friends, they expressed perhaps a too favourable opinion of their contents, and strongly urged him to pass them through the press. For some years he refused to do so, but their continued solicitations over came his opposition, and he resolved to prepare his collection for publication. The materials composing the annals have been collected chie y from original sources - from the Chartularies of Scottish Abbeys and religious houses - from the early and modern Histories of Scotland - from various scarce topographical and similar works - from the manuscript Records of the Burgh, the Guildry, the Regality, and the Parish - from Charters in the Burgh Charter Chest - from the Journals of several of the Incorporated Trades of the Burgh - from title-deeds of old houses - from old and modern Magazines and Newspapers, and from letters written by old inhabitants. A list of the works consulted by the writer for the annals will be found at the end of the Addenda. It is not to be expected that a work, consisting of such a large mass of heterogeneous materials, drawn from such a variety of sources, which are in many instances con icting, can be entirely free from slips of the pen. The annals would require to go, like other similar works, through several editions to get the Errata cleared away, and the Omissa filled in. It is to be hoped, however, that any errata that may be discovered will be found unimportant. 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."