Select passages from the diary and letters of the late John Blackader, Esq.
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ACCOUNT
OF
Lieut. Col. BLACKADER'S
LIFE
AND
PARENTAGE.
IEUTENANT Colonel John Blackader
was fon to Mr John Blackader, Minifier
of the parilh of Troqueer, fituated in the county,
and very near the town of Dumfries. He was the
defcendant and reprefentative of an ancient and
refpe&able Scottifli family*." The inilruAion,
example, and fufferings of this excellent man,
muit have had fo much influence, it is probable,
in forming the character of his Son, that thofc
who may feel an intereft in the papers now laid
b3
* See Sir Robert Douglas's Baronage of Scotland,
pp. Mi. col. id. — 158. col. 2d. — *SS. col. irt and *d .
Sir Divid Dalrymplt's Remarks on the Hiftory of Scot-
land, p. »4j.
OF
Lieut. Col. BLACKADER'S
LIFE
AND
PARENTAGE.
IEUTENANT Colonel John Blackader
was fon to Mr John Blackader, Minifier
of the parilh of Troqueer, fituated in the county,
and very near the town of Dumfries. He was the
defcendant and reprefentative of an ancient and
refpe&able Scottifli family*." The inilruAion,
example, and fufferings of this excellent man,
muit have had fo much influence, it is probable,
in forming the character of his Son, that thofc
who may feel an intereft in the papers now laid
b3
* See Sir Robert Douglas's Baronage of Scotland,
pp. Mi. col. id. — 158. col. 2d. — *SS. col. irt and *d .
Sir Divid Dalrymplt's Remarks on the Hiftory of Scot-
land, p. »4j.
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| Description | Written chiefly during the most interesting scenes and engagements of the war in Flanders and Germany, conducted by John Duke of Marlborough. ... To which is prefixed, An account of the life and parentage of the writer. With a preface, by John Newton. Edinburgh printed by J. Ritchie. Sold for the benefit of the Edinburgh Magdalene Asylum. 1806 |
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| Description | A 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. |
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