History
of the Town and Castle of Dumbarton By John Glen (1847)
PREFACE
DURING his leisure hours of relaxation from business, for the last twenty
years, the Author of the following pages has taken great mental delight in
perusing old books and ancient documents, for the purpose of culling and
collecting some scattered fragments of the history of his native place. An
opportunity was afforded last winter of throwing these memoranda together,
and delivering them in Lectures before the members of the Mechanics'
Institution of this Town. The essence of these now appear on the pages of
this unpretending little volume. It has been undertaken at the request of
friends, and by the solicitation of the Directors of that valuable
Institution. It is therefore launched into the world under their benign
auspices. An author once published a book with this title, "Pen, ink, and
paper well employed." It would be not a little presumptuous in him to
imagine that his humble unostentatious production deserved the above
designation; but still he might have employed these useful materials, during
hours of relaxation, to purposes of less utility, than in thus sketching a
brief outline of the history of the ancient "City of Alcluith." He has only
acted the part of a rough pioneer, in digging anxiously for matter amongst
musty volumes, ancient and modern; and the materials thus thrown together
may prove useful to the future Historian.
The Book of Dumbartonshire
A history of the county, burghs, parishes, and lands, memoirs of families,
and notices of industries carried on in the Lennox district
By Joseph Irving in 3 volumes (1879) (pdf) Volume 1 |
Volume 2 |
Volume 3
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