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of Scottish Writers," Kirkwood is credited with having established a library for the clergy in the Highlands in 1699.
On March 4, 1703, Kirkwood was elected a corresponding member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and on November 11th following were read at one of their meetings: "Letters and papers from Mr. Kirkwood relating to the erection of lending libraries in the Highlands." The only further references to Kirkwood that can be traced are that on January 7, 1702, he was ejected from the living of Astwick for "neglect in not abjuring according to the statute 13 and 14 of William III," and that at his
