Abbreviations used:- BOEC – Book of the Old Edinburgh Club. PSAS – Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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Anon (1762) Satire on Lord Minto’s Proposals. Authorship attributed to Sir David Dalrymple, (Lord Hailes)
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Drummond, J (1860) Notice of some stone crosses, with especial reference to the market crosses of Scotland PSAS IV p86-115
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Guy, J C (1916) Edinburgh Engravers BOEC IX, p79-113
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Kincaid, Alexander (1787) The History of Edinburgh from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. Edinburgh, printed by N R Cheyne
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