See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• ANDERSON
• ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
• ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
• ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
• JAMES ANDERSON (1662—1728)
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
• ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
• ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
• ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
• ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
• ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)

ANDERSON (1662—1728)  , Scottish genealogist, See also:

• ANTIQUARY

antiquary and historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh on the 5th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1662 . He was educated for the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and became a writer to the signet in 1691 . His profession gave him the opportunity of gratifying his See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for the study of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient documents; and just before the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union the Scottish See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament commissioned him to prepare for publication what remained of the public records of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, and in their last session voted a sum of £1940 See also:

• STERLING
• STERLING, ANTOINETTE (d. 1904)
• STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

sterling to defray his expenses . At this See also:

• WORK

work he laboured for several years with See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment and perseverance; but it was not completed at his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1728 . The See also:

• BOOK

book was published posthumously in 1739, edited by See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• RUDDIMAN, THOMAS (1674–1757)

Ruddiman, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Selectus Diplomatum et Numismatum Scotiae See also:

• THESAURUS (Gr. B17o-avp6s)

Thesaurus . The preparation of this great See also:

• NATIONAL

national work involved the author in considerable pecuniary loss; and soon after his death, the numerous plates, engraved by See also:

• STURT, CHARLES (d. 186g)

Sturt, were sold for £530 . These plates are now lost, and the book has become exceedingly scarce . After the union of the crowns, See also:

• ANDERSON
• ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
• ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
• ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
• ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
• ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
• ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
• ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
• ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)

Anderson was appointed in 1715 postmaster-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general for See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, as some See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation for his labours; but in the See also:

• POLITICAL

political struggles of 1717 he was deprived of this See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and never again obtained any See also:

• REWARD

reward for his services . He died on the 3rd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1728 . He published, during the controversy about the union, An See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay showing that the See also:

• CROWN

Crown and Kingdom of Scotland is Imperial and See also:

• INDEPENDENT

Independent (Edin., 1705), and later Collections See also:

• RELATING

relating to the See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen of Scotland (in 4 vols., Edin., 1727—1728) .