John Shaw of Dunaskin
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Boswell wrote this about him: "Mr. Shaw, who was been a writer in Edinburgh, but has retired to the village of Dalmellington, near to which he has a tolerable interest. The country people have nicknamed him "Sir John Shaw". He is precise, starched, and proud. Wears a dark brown coat, a buff vest and black breeches; has a lank iron countenance; wears a weather-beaten scratch wig; sit erect upon his chair, and sings "Tarry Woo'" with the English accent."1
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Life with James Boswell
Boswell met Shaw at Lagwine on September 15, 1762.
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Note 1: According to Boswell (Harvest, 150962)
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