Excerpt from Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces: With Letters, Containing a Comparative View of the Modes of Living, Arts, Commerce, Literature, Manners, &C. Of Edinburgh, at Different Periods William creech, late Bookseller in Edinburgh, was born at Newbattle, in the neighbourhood of that city, on the 21st of April 174-5. His ancestors were te spectable farmers in the county of Fife, but not in opu lent circnmstanca. He was the son of the Rev. William Creech, minister of the parish of Newbattle, and Mrs Mary Buley, an English lady, nearly related to the family of Quarme in Devonshire, several of whom have held the ofice of Usher of the Black Rod in the House of Lords. The Rev. Mrcmecb, who was a'pious andrnostrespeo table clergyman, died at the early age of Ibrty, a few months after the birth of his son William, leaving be lide him, his widow, and two very young daughters, marguetandmary, botliof whom died in themnth of September 174-9. 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.