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Memoirs of the life, writings, & correspondence of William Smellie. Late printer in Edinburgh, secretary and superintendent of natural history to the Society of Scotish antiquaries / [Robert Kerr].

  • Robert Kerr
Date:
1811
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memoirs of the life, writings, & correspondence of William Smellie. Late printer in Edinburgh, secretary and superintendent of natural history to the Society of Scotish antiquaries / [Robert Kerr]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of which this work has been selected, ar- ranged, and compiled with much care. In confirmation of the authenticity of the materials employed in the composition of this work, the author received along with these materials the following letter from his friend Mr Alexander Smellie, Printer in Edin- burgh, and Secretary to the Society of An- tiquaries of Scotland ; who has likewise been consulted on a great number of circumstan- ces in the course of its composition, and has deliberately and often examined and com- pared every part of it, both in manuscript and while passing through the press. To Mr Robert Kerr. “ Dear Sir, Edinburgh, March 17. 1810. 44 In consequence of the conversation I had 44 with you some time ago, I have drawn up 44 some facts and circumstances respecting 44 the life of my father. From a carelessness 44 which he had about every thing he wrote, 44 the materials I send you are unfortunate- 44 ly much interrupted. This has often been
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