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Pinkerton, John, 1758?1826 (historian and poet | Edinburgh and Paris | pseudonyms Robert Heron and H Bennet)

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Note about attacks on the character traits of Highlanders, c1893

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/3
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Note about attacks on the character traits of Highlanders described as 'The Spirit of Pinkerton' [John Pinkerton]. Carmichael comments 'I have seen much of this in my day and I have seen the kindliest acts of the people to strangers in distress perverted and com[plained] upon in the most venomous manner.'

Dates: c1893