Letter: 1825 May 5, Peterhead, to David Laing, 49 South Bridge, Edinburgh / P. Buchan. 1825.
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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...
Blackwood, John, 1818-1879
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English publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to J. Beavington Atkinson, 1860 Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875704 ...
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...
