Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Annals of Ayr in the Olden Time, 1560 1692
The materials employed in compiling these Annals of Ayr have been drawn for the most part from old local Records. It is to such documents that the student of history must ultimately turn for his most reliable information. Their worn and dusty pages, not easy at first to decipher, full of misspellings, bad grammar, and quaint phraseology supply us after all with the truest picture of the storied past. It is therefore a matter for congratulation that the Burgh of Ayr is so richly endowed with these mines of historic wealth. As regards the particular period which I have chosen to describe, the sources of information are most c0pious. The Records of the Town Council, the Kirk Session, and the Presbytery provide a wonderfully complete account of the town and parish. When I have gone beyond these local sources, I have taken care to mention my authorities.
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