Letter to Peter Buchan. Glasgow, Scotland. 1830 Aug. 18.

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Letter to Peter Buchan. Glasgow, Scotland. 1830 Aug. 18.

Concerning a favor he is urging Sir Walter Scott to request for Buchan.

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Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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Motherwell, William, 1797-1835

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Buchan, Peter, 1790-1854

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Peter Buchan (1790-1854) was a Scottish ballad collector, historian, printer, and publisher. He was born in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the only son of Janet and Peter Buchan. As a young man he embarked on a number of walking tours of northeast Scotland, collecting a great number of songs and ballads. In 1816 he set-up the first printing shop in Peterhead . He is best known as one of the most important early collectors of folk-songs and folk-tales in Scotland. Two resulting publications from his b...