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LIFE
JOHN LAW OF LAURISTON.
John Law of Lauriston, Comptroller Ge*
neral of the Finances of France, one of the
most remarkable characters of modern times,
was born in the capital of Scotland in April
1671, his baptism being thus entered in the
Registers of Edinburgh on the 21st of that
month, " William Law, goldsmith, and Jean
Campbell, a son named John. Witnesses,
Mr. John Law, John Law, goldsmith, Archi-
bald Hislop, bookbinder, Heugh Campbell,
John Melvill, and John Murray, merchants."

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Memoir of the life of John Law of Lauriston
DescriptionIncluding a detailed account of the rise, progress, and termination of the Mississippi system. By John Philip Wood. Edinburgh: Printed [by A. Balfour & Co.] for Adam Black, MDCCCXXIV [1824].
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DescriptionA selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916.