Record Number: 26854
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
Timeevening
Place:specific address: Abbotsford
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'anecdotes about Cluny Macpherson [ie Ewan Macpherson of Cluny]'
Genre:History, Biography, Politics
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26854
Source: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://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26854, accessed: 28 September 2024
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.