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No. 111.
LETTER FROM MR. POPE.
i'rom Mr Pope, Minister of Rea, in Caithness, dated 15th
November, 1763, to the Reverend Mr Alexandef
Nicholson, Minister of Thurso.
Rev. and Dear Brother,
I have perused Dr Blair's
letter to you, and could heartily wish that I could be of use
in that affair in which he has taken such a concern. It was
quite proper that he writ to the West Highlands, as these
poems have been more carefully preserved in them, than
with us in the North Highlands; and from both these
quarters, he can get such evidences as are sufficient to con-
vince people of candour : so that, if the literati in Eng-
land will not be persuaded, they must wait till they see
Ossian and his heroes in another world.
About 24 years ago, a gentleman living on Lord Reay's
estate and I 7 entered into a project of collecting these old

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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
DescriptionDrawn up, according to the directions of the Committee, by Henry Mackenzie ... ; with a copious appendix, containing some of the principal documents on which the report is founded.
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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.
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