Historical account of the family of Frisel or Fraser, particularly Fraser of Lovat

Vm PREFACE.
" Les Memoires de la Vie du Lord Lovat," are to be found
in a small volume, now, I believe, extremely rare, printed at
Amsterdam in the year 1747, and divided into two parts,— the
last of which is written in the style of an apology for his Lord-
ship. The " Life and Adventures of Lord Lovat," by the Re-
verend Archibald Arbuthnot, Minister of Kiltarlity, in the Pres-
bytery of Inverness, edited at London in 174t>, is also alluded
to.
We must not confound with these volumes, " The Memoirs
of the Life of Lord Lovat." They were written by Simon,
Lord Lovat, himself, and published in London in 1797, as then,
ibr the first time, translated from the original manuscript in the
French language. It will be seen, that I have not overlooked
them.
In tendering my acknowledgments for the various communi-
cations with which I have been favoured from most, respectable
quarters, I may be permitted to express my gratitude, in an es-
pecial manner, for his many and valuable suggestions, to John
Riddell, Esq. Advocate, whose intimate acquaintance with the
pedigrees of our Noble Families, is too well known to need
any eulogium ; and to John Ewing, Esq. Advocate, Aberdeen,
who kindly lent his aid in investigating the records of that city.
The object and limits of a preface, preclude my particularising
the numerous other individuals to whom I have been indebt-
ed.
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■60t/i June 1823. J