Memoirs of Magopico.
Haliburton, Simon,1720-1797.
Maidment, James,1793-1879,former owner.StEdNL
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose,Earl of,1847-1929,former owner.StEdNL
Pyot, Alexander,-1765,associated name.StEdNL
Edinburgh : printed for James Reid, Leith,
1761.
A satire on a Presbyterian clergyman by the name of Alexander Pyott of Dunbar, attributed to Simon Haliburton and Thomas Hepburn.
Anonymous. By Simon Haliburton.
The final leaf, numbered on the verso ii, bears advertisements for James Reid.
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Armorial bookplates of James Maidment and the 5th Earl of Rosebery on the front pastedown. Manuscript inscription on the recto of the front free endpaper "The authors of this scarce satire were Mr Haliburton Chaplain of a regiment & Mr Hepburn then a Preacher & afterwards Minister of Bersay in Orkney. The object of it was Mr Pyet Minister of Dunbar." Below that in a different hand "The letter which has been inserted was found among the collections of Principal Lee--it is very curious--the more so as it is addressed by the Revd. writer to the too-well known Colonel Charteris who after being twice acquitted of crimmes[?] he actually committed was convicted of one which he was unable to commit & sentenced to be hanged. He was rescued from the Gallows thro' the influence of his sone in Law the Earl of Wemyss, & by paying a large sum to the female who accused him of rape. Whether Mr Pyet was successful in his efforts to improve his position is uncertain. There is no copy of Magopico in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates." Letter from Alexander Pyot to Colonel Francis Charteris requesting help in obtaining the chaplaincy of the garrison of Blackness and associated £20 per annum tipped in before the front flyleaf. Manuscript inscription on the recto of the front flyleaf "This is written by Mr Haliburton Magopico is Mr Pyet late minister of Dunbar".