Scottish ballads : manuscript, [after 1803]

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Scottish ballads : manuscript, [after 1803]

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Transcription in an unidentified hand of ballads collected and recorded from recitation in Aberdeenshire and the northeast of Scotland in 1802-1803; with annotation in the hand of Francis James Child (front flyleaf).

2 v. (118 p.) ; 31 cm.

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Child, Francis James, 1825-1896

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The materials in this bound volume were generated due to a manuscript called the "Harris manuscript." The Harris manuscript was written down by the sisters Amelia Harris (1815-1891) and Jane Harris (1823-1897). They compiled a family repertoire of Scottish ballads, mainly passed on orally to the sisters by their mother, Grace Dow Harris (Mrs. David Harris) (b.1782). This manuscript and some correspondence was purchased in 1873 by Professor Francis James Child of Harvard University who was a scho...

Skene, James, 1775-1864

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Epithet: of Rubislaw, near Aberdeen British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001be Scottish landowner; linguist; patron of the arts. From the description of Papers, 1796-1833. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32878767 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001bd ...