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- ↑ The Melros Papers, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1837), pp. 241.
- ↑ Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1894), p. 60.
- ↑ The Melros Papers, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1837), pp. 329-30.
- ↑ Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1894), pp. 593-4, 602-3.
- ↑ Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol. 12 (Edinburgh, 1895), p. 530, 606-7, 712-3.