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The Incorporated Trades
of Edinburgh

WITH

AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER

ON

The Rise and Progress of Municipal
Government in Scotland

BY

JAMES COLSTON

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EDINBURGH AND DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY-A HISTORICAL SKETCH;"
HISTORY OF THE SCOTT MONUMENT;" ETC., ETC.

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