Examination of the claim of John Lindsay Crawfurd
(11) Dedication
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TO
THE EIGHT HONOURABLE
LADY MARY LINDSAY CRAWFURD.
Madam,
If in the following pages I have been
successful in exposing the pretensions of a person who
attempted to connect himself with your Noble Family,
by falsehood and forgery, there is no one to whom I
can with so much propriety dedicate this work as to
your Ladyship. I trust that I have succeeded in pro-
ving, not only that this Claimant is not a descendant
of the Honourable James Crawfurd, your grand-uncle,
but that he has not the least pretension to any con-
nexion or relationship whatsoever with your Noble
Family. It is a matter of importance to the Public,
that such attempts on the part of an entire stranger
THE EIGHT HONOURABLE
LADY MARY LINDSAY CRAWFURD.
Madam,
If in the following pages I have been
successful in exposing the pretensions of a person who
attempted to connect himself with your Noble Family,
by falsehood and forgery, there is no one to whom I
can with so much propriety dedicate this work as to
your Ladyship. I trust that I have succeeded in pro-
ving, not only that this Claimant is not a descendant
of the Honourable James Crawfurd, your grand-uncle,
but that he has not the least pretension to any con-
nexion or relationship whatsoever with your Noble
Family. It is a matter of importance to the Public,
that such attempts on the part of an entire stranger
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| Description | To the titles and estates of Crawfurd and Lindsay; containing an exposure of the forgeries on which that claim is founded, and a refutation of the statements in the book entitled "The Crawfurd peerage," and in other publications on his case. |
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| Shelfmark | A.114.b.12 |
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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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