James Smith eBooks

Genealogies of an Aberdeen Family: 1540-1913. E-book. Formato PDF James Smith   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

III. Children of his sister, Mrs. Elspet Cardno or Ragg. She married Francis Ragg, Merchant, Canada, Uncle of John Lyall Grant, Tea Merchant, Aberdeen.

An Account of the Remarkable Occurrences in the Life and Travels of Col. James Smith: During His Captivity With the Indians, in the Years 1755, 56, 57, 58,& 59. E-book. Formato PDF James Smith   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

As the Indians never attempted to prevent me either from reading or writing, I kept a Journal, which I revised shortly after my return from captivity, and which I have kept ever since: and as I have had but a moderate English education, have been advised to employ some person of liberal education to transcribe and embellish it — but believing that nature always out shines art, have thought, that occurrences truly and plainly stated, as they happened, would make the best history, be better understood, and most entertaining.

The Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul: With Dissertations on the Life and Writings of St. Luke, and the Ships and Navigation of the Ancients. E-book. Formato PDF James Smith   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Boysen, De difficili Pauli Itinere, with a promising title, throws no light on the subject. Major Rennel's paper, On the Voyage and Place of Shipwreck of St. Paul (archwologia, vol. Belongs to the series of works on the controversy above alluded to. He had no personal knowledge of the sup posed locality, and therefore had to contend with imaginary difficulties. It is written with that caution and candour which distinguishes him. The conclusion he has arrived at is, as might be expected, that Malta was the scene of the shipwreck.