Excerpt from An Historical Account of Peterhead, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time: Comprehending an Account of Its Trade, Shipping, Commerce, and Manufactures, Mineral Wells, Baths, &C, I was solicited, about eight or nine months ago, by a professional Gentleman of this place, to write, in conjunction with him, a Hlsrour of peterhead, with an account of the Baths and Mineral Wells, It was accordingly com menced, and we had written several pages con junctly, when he was obliged to abandon it, on account of accumulating business in the line of his profession. I was, however, fortunate enough to obtain the assistance of Mr. Wallace, Teacher of Mathematics and Navigation in this place, from whom I received the most material help in writ ing the following History of Peterhead, which, small as the performance may appear, and, no doubt, very imperfect, has, however, cost a great deal of labour and trouble, owing to the di¿iculty with which information could be obtained 3 and to this circumstance must be attributed the imperfect manner in which several of the subjects are handled.' A deal of. Useful information may be found in the Appendix, several of the papers never having been before printed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.