Christian Milne

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CM was a labouring-class Scottish poet of the early nineteenth century, who also wrote an autobiographical letter.

Milestones

15 May 1773

Christian Ross (later CM ) was born on this day, according to what she specifically told Elizabeth Isabella Spence , at Inverness in Scotland.
Spence, Elizabeth Isabella. Letters from the North Highlands, During the Summer 1816. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown.
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After May 1805

CM 's Simple Poems, on Simple Subjects was published under her (married) name at Aberdeen, by subscription (she celebrated her subscribers in a poem on 20 May) and dedicated to the Duchess of Gordon .
Dorothea Primrose Campbell also used this duchess as a dedicatee.
Milne, Christian. Simple Poems, on Simple Subjects. Printed for the author by J. Chalmers.
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Biography

Birth and Family

15 May 1773

Christian Ross (later CM ) was born on this day, according to what she specifically told Elizabeth Isabella Spence , at Inverness in Scotland.
Spence, Elizabeth Isabella. Letters from the North Highlands, During the Summer 1816. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown.
57

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