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... , Glen Nevis , Craig Phadrick , Portencross , and Bute . By William Keddie , Esq . , . 195 206 227 Notes on Partick in olden times . By James Napier , Esq . , 236 256 The necessity of collecting the crania found in ancient tumuli.
... , Glen Nevis , Craig Phadrick , Portencross , and Bute . By William Keddie , Esq . , . 195 206 227 Notes on Partick in olden times . By James Napier , Esq . , 236 256 The necessity of collecting the crania found in ancient tumuli.
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... Partick forty years ago . By James Napier , Esq . , 391 Remarks on ancient agriculture , and on the agricultural con- dition of Clydesdale during the Roman period , and subse- quently . By Alexander Galloway , Esq . , 399 Sketches of a ...
... Partick forty years ago . By James Napier , Esq . , 391 Remarks on ancient agriculture , and on the agricultural con- dition of Clydesdale during the Roman period , and subse- quently . By Alexander Galloway , Esq . , 399 Sketches of a ...
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... Partick , on which their first mill was built , in reward of the aid its members had afforded him . Of the antiquity of this corporation , and its important services to the king's troops at the time of the battle of Langside , there can ...
... Partick , on which their first mill was built , in reward of the aid its members had afforded him . Of the antiquity of this corporation , and its important services to the king's troops at the time of the battle of Langside , there can ...
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... Partick , there has been deposited a plate giving the doctor's version of the acquisition of the mill and mill lands , without sufficiently inquiring into its accuracy . For , in the first place , it does not appear , so far as some ...
... Partick , there has been deposited a plate giving the doctor's version of the acquisition of the mill and mill lands , without sufficiently inquiring into its accuracy . For , in the first place , it does not appear , so far as some ...
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... Partick , after which , I think , it is most probable that he gave the 66 some kind of right , " which Dr. Cleland mentions , to the town of which he was provost , or perhaps exchanged the mills and mill lands for others in the ...
... Partick , after which , I think , it is most probable that he gave the 66 some kind of right , " which Dr. Cleland mentions , to the town of which he was provost , or perhaps exchanged the mills and mill lands for others in the ...
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