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Excerpt from The First History of Dundee, 1776
How could this Alexander Nicoll have such intimate know ledge Of Town Council affairs as is shown in the manuscript Easily, because his father, John Nicoll, was repeatedly Guildry Member Of the Town Council, and he was closely connected with John Nicoll, Convener Of the Flesher Trade in 1695, 1699, and 1707 - probably a cousin of John Nicoll, merchant, father Of the supposed author Of this manuscript. N 0 further records Of this Nicoll family have yet been found but it is plain that Alex. Nicoll could readily Obtain all information available from the Town's Records Of his time. Alexander Nicoll would probably be Of age in 1732, when he was made a burgess, and that would give the date Of his birth as 1711 or thereby. Con sequently, when he completed his History (with additions) in 1776, he would be about 65 years Of age. This period would cover a time of great municipal change. It would include the Jacobite Risings Of 1715 and 17 45 - both stirring times in Dundee - and would end with the Revolution Of the American States, with which the manuscript terminates. The whole life Of this author, from his infancy till his death, must have been spent in a time Of turmoil and stress and this may account for his fondness for dwelling upon earlier turbulent epochs in the history Of Dundee and Of Scotland.
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