| Evidence: | 'One Shaw, who seems a modest and a decent man, has written an Erse Grammar, which a very learned Highlander, Macbean, has, at my request, examined and approved.'
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 11 Mar 1777 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Mr Macbean |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shaw |
| Title: | [Erse Grammar] |
| Genre: | Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: UnknownUnknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) asked to read it by Johnson |
| Record ID: | 21681 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Boswell | |
| Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
| Title: | Life of Johnson | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 797 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 797, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21681, accessed: 30 November 2023 | |
| Originally published 1791. Uncertain whether the book was printed or not by this stage |
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