17 January – TheBallantyne printing business in Edinburgh crashes, ruining SirWalter Scott as a principal investor. He undertakes to repay his creditors from his writings. His publisherArchibald Constable also fails. Also this year, Scott publishes "Letters of Malachi Malgrowther" in theEdinburgh Weekly Journal in support of Scottish banks being able to continue to issue smaller-denominationnotes.[3]
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^Landale, James (2006).The Last Duel: A True Story of Death and Honour. Edinburgh: Canongate.ISBN9781841958255.