| Evidence: | Hugh Stuart Boyd to Elizabeth Barrett (in hand of an amanuensis, Boyd being blind), letter
postmarked 13 April 1843:
'It runs in my head, that several years ago, perhaps when I was at Morven [sic, for Malvern]
Wells, an article was read to me, out of the Edinbourg [sic Review] or some such work; but I
rather think, out of the Edinbourg. I think it was to this effect. A Society of Literary Men, has
been employed for some years in investigating the Question about the authenticity of Ossian's
Poems. The result is, that the character of Macpherson has been completely vindicated. It is
now ascertained, that these Poems are really in existence, and were not forged by him. I
myself do not remember, that I ever for a single minute doubted their genuineness.'
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | possibly Malvern | ||||||||||
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| Listener: | Hugh Stuart Boyd |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1781 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Classicist |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | unknown |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 17142 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1989 | |
| Vol: | 7 | |
| Page: | 73-74 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 73-74, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17142, accessed: 02 May 2024 | |
| Number of Edinburgh Review noted by source eds contained coverage of the Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, Appointed to Inquire into the Nature and Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian (1805). Source eds also note, 'Boyd's assertion that Macpherson was vindicated is certainly not wholly supported by this article'; see p.74 n.1. |
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