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No. VI.
MALCOLM MACPHERSON's AFFIDAVIT.
At Scalp A, Sept. 5, I800.
Malcolm Macpherson, residenter in the
parish of Portree, Isle of Sky, and county of Inverness,
a married man, aged sixty-six years and upwards, and son
of Dougald Macpherson, late tenant in Beenfuter in Tro-
ternish, (who was in his time an eminent Highland bard,)
being called upon, appeared before us, two of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace for this county,' and made the fol-
lowing declaration upon oath.^^ —
'That he had a brother called Alexander, by profession a
smith, who died in February one thousand seven hundred
and eighty, and who could read and write both English
and Gaelic : That he was noted in the country for his
knowledge of the poems of Ossian, of which he, the de-
clarant, heard him repeat many : That the declarant was
infornied hj his said brother, and he heard also from

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Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian
DescriptionIncludes texts in Gaelic with translations into Latin and English. "Drawn up, according to the directions of the Committee, by Henry Mackenzie".
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Ossian Collection
DescriptionSelected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.