Record Number: 26854

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Wednesday, 25 March 1829: 'Dined. Heard Anne reading a paper of anecdotes about Cluny Macpherson and so to bed.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

25 Mar 1829

Country:

Scotland

Time

evening

Place:

specific address: Abbotsford

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Anne Scott

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Walter Scott.

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

'anecdotes about Cluny Macpherson [ie Ewan Macpherson of Cluny]'

Genre:

History, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26854

Source:

Print

Author:

Walter Scott

Editor:

W. E. K. Anderson

Title:

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

n/a

Page:

539

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 539, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26854, accessed: 16 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Not clear whether this Anne Scott is Scott's daughter, or his niece of the same name. Ewan Macphersom of Cluny listed in Index to source as 'Jacobite,' who died in 1756.