Letter: 1822 Oct. 4, No. 22 Brook Street, New Road, London, to David Laing, 49 South Bridge Street, Edinburgh / P. Buchan. 1822.

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Letter: 1822 Oct. 4, No. 22 Brook Street, New Road, London, to David Laing, 49 South Bridge Street, Edinburgh / P. Buchan. 1822.

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Discusses printing matters and explains that he will not be settling in London for family reasons .

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University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library

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University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library

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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...