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- ↑ The Letters of David Hume J Y T Greig
- ↑ "David Stuart Moncreiff of Moredun".
- ↑ Tracing Your Edinburgh Ancestors, Alan Stewart
- ↑ "The New Tablet of Memory, Shewing Every Memorable Event in History from the Earliest Period to the Year 1807 ... Illustrated with a Chart of British and Foreign History. [Another Edition of "The Tablet of Memory."]". 1807.
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