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John Cowie

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A servant of Patrick Heron's.

Life with James Boswell

Boswell mentions Cowie in his journal of September 22, 1762. On a hunt, Cowie helped pulling Boswell's horse free from a ditch of thick mud, and Boswell wrote "by the seasonable aid of one of Heron's servants, John Cowie, a judicious active fellow, we had her fairly relieved without her sustaining any damage."

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    John Cowie is mentioned in:

  • Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762
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