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PREFACE.
The author of this manuscript was William Baird,
Esq. of Auchmeddan, in the parish of Aberdour, in
the district of Buchan and County of Aberdeen.
He was connected with the Duff family by near
affinity, having married Anne Duff, eldest daughter
of William Duff of Dipple, by his second wife, Jane
Dunbar, youngest daughter of Sir William Dunbar
of Durn. He should seem to have been a man of
considerable condition, in particular a good Greek
scholar, as he executed and published a translation
of the work of Thucydides. Along with many ac-
complished men of his day, he had the misfortune
to engage in the disastrous affair of 1745, in all
probability dragged into the business by the zeal-
ous persuasion of his near neighbour, the Lord

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Genealogical memoirs of the Duffs
Description'The author of this manuscript was William Baird, Esq. of Auchmeddan' -- Preface. Aberdeen : D. Wyllie & Son, 1869.
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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.