Letters, verses etc relating to Robert Archibald Smith's "Scotish minstrel" : manuscript, 1818.

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Letters, verses etc relating to Robert Archibald Smith's "Scotish minstrel" : manuscript, 1818.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612875180

Concerns Scottish composer Robert Archibald Smith's (1780-1829) "The Scotish minstrel" (1821-1824).

1 v. ; 19 cm.

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Laing, Alexander, 1787-1857

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Laing was nicknamed "the Brechin poet." From the description of Letters, verses etc relating to Robert Archibald Smith's "Scotish minstrel" : manuscript, 1818. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612875180 Laing was a banker, known as Alexander Laing of Newburgh-on-Tay. From the description of Ballads, songs, and fragments : manuscript, 1873. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612875141 Laing was also nicknamed "the Brechin poet." ...

Smith, Robert Archibald, 1780-1829

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R.A. Smith served in Company D of the 3rd Alabama Cavalry. From the description of Civil War letter, 1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122587213 On September 22, 1845, John White committed suicide. John White (1802-1845) was elected and served in the Kentucky General Assembly in 1832, U.S. House of Reps in 1835 and served as Speaker of the House from 1843 until 1845. Voted out of office in 1845. John White may have received the letter the day of his suicide. ...