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Author: Bruce, David

Biography:

BRUCE, David (1760-1830: Hollis)

Born in Scotland, he arrived in Maryland in 1784--either from Scotland directly or from Scotland by way of Ireland--and eventually settled in Burgettstown PA, where he kept a store, in 1795. Before they were collected in a volume, most of his verses appeared in a local newspaper under the nom de plume of "The Scots-Irishman." Biographical accounts of him are based largely on inference from the poems. ("David Bruce: Ulster-Scot-American Poet," website of the Ulster-Scots Language Society ulsterscotslanguage.com 30 Dec 2017)

 

Books written (1):

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Originally Written under the Signature of the Scots-Irishman . . . . With Notes and Illustrations.

Washington [PA]: printed by John Colerick for the booksellers, 1801