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[email protected] GLASGOW'S TOBACCO LORDS: AN EXAMINATION OF WEALTH CREATORS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CAROLYN MARIE PETERS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF PH.D DEPARTMENT OF SCOTTISH HISTORY SEPTEMBER 1990 @CAROLYN MARIE PETERS 1990 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In the process of writing this thesis, I have benefitted from the help and information of many people. I would like to thank the staff of the Mitchell Library and the Strathclyde Regional Archives in Glasgow, the staff of the Scottish Record Office in Edinburgh, and the staff of the Glasgow University Library and the Glasgow University Archives. In particular I would like to thank, first and foremost, my supervisor Dr. John McCaffrey who saw me through these three years, Professor Ian B. Cowan who always encouraged me, Professor Thomas Devine for his helpful suggestions, and my friends and family whose support was invaluable.