Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Whittet: A Family Record, 1657-1900
This old document is of much interest, not only as affording an early occurrence of the name, but also because of the subject matter to which it relates. It confers authority on the Glover trade to protect their craft from unskillful persons who might invade their town, and Shows the nature of the restraints exercised over trade in olden times. It is found in a volume entitled The Burgh. Laws of Dundee, by A. J. Warden, pp. 406 and given here as a thing of curiosity in these days of freedom, and showing that he who bore our name in that day is found in good com pany, being among the worthies entrusted with the management of civic affairs in the long ago. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
