Letter: 1819 Apr. 10, Dunbar, to David Laing / J. Aitken. 1819.

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Letter: 1819 Apr. 10, Dunbar, to David Laing / J. Aitken. 1819.

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Tells Laing that he would be very grateful if he would lend him a copy of Heliconia, tells of the visit of Hogg and his being given freedom of the Burgh and dicusses his thoughts on a forthcoming literary work for which Aitken is selecting material .

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Aitken, John, 1793-1833.

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Hogg, James, 1770-1835

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James Hogg was born in Ettrick, Selkshire, Scotland in November 1770. Having received little formal education, Hogg taught himself to read and write in his late teens. He continued to work as a labourer and shepherd for twenty five years. Between 1794-1810 Hogg wrote songs which appeared in magazines and in two small collections. Determined to make a career as a professional writer, Hogg, aged 40, moved to Edinburgh in 1810. In Edinburgh, Hogg established a weekly paper entitled, The Spy but onl...