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The subject of this piece is James Macpherson (ca. 1675-1700) a Scottish 'thief and reputed musician', according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online. The unknown author of the piece quotes from Robert Burns' poem about Macpherson, 'Macpherson's Farewell' (1788) as well as from a ballad by James Herd entitled 'MacPherson's Rant' (1769) .
AustLit has not yet established if this is work is by an Australian writer. The work may have been sourced from an international publication.
Source: Mary Anne Alburger, ‘MacPherson, James (c.1675–1700)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17727, accessed 28 May 2014]
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cScotland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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