Autograph letter signed from John Pinkerton, Hampstead, to [Richard] Phillips, St. Paul's Church Yard, [London] [manuscript], 1800 February 20.

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Autograph letter signed from John Pinkerton, Hampstead, to [Richard] Phillips, St. Paul's Church Yard, [London] [manuscript], 1800 February 20.

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The reference to "your last M[onthly] M[agazine]" suggests the addressee was its printer, Richard Phillips.

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Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767-1840

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Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826

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John Pinkerton(1758-1826), was a writer of numerous works including Scottish ballads and poems, although he was found to have forged some of the "ancient" pieces, which earned him notoriety as a literary impostor. He also wrote on geography, early Scottish history, as well as numismatics and medals which brought him to the attention of Horace Walpole, with whom Pinkerton corresponded until Walpole's death (1797). From the description of John Pinkerton letters, 1775 Dec 14-1815 Jan 31...