James Phinney Munroe Sketch of the Munro Clan

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Learning tbat tbis History of tbe Munros was in prepara tion, [entered into correspondence witb Mr. Macbenzie, and was so far fortunate as to induce bim to include in bis genealogy as many of tbe dmerican brancbes of tbc Munro Clan as tbc limited time before publication would permit us to follow up. His un timely deatb on tbc 22d of 7anuary, 1898, and tbe long illness preceding bis lamented decease, made it impossible for bim to realize tbis plan fartber tban I, witb little time and still less experience in matters genealogical, bad been able under bis direction to carry it. Tberefore it is tbat tbc only 'dmerican brancb of tbe clan to appear in Mr. Macbenzie's History is tbat of William Munro, tbc first settler of tbe name in Lexington, Massacbusetts.