Memoirs of the life of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, baronet, baron of the Exchequer.
Details:
Extracted by himself from his own journals, 1676-1755.
Editor:
Edited from the manuscript in Penicuik House, with an introduction and notes, by John M. Gray.
Contents:
Clerk (d. 1755) traces his family back to c. 1568, and his journal ends 1754. Also list of his improvements on his estates, 1714-23. Also issued as 17.13.