Peter Williamson (memoirist)
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Peter Williamson (memoirist)
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Peter Williamson, also known as "Indian Peter", was a Scottish memoirist who was part-showman, part-entrepreneur and inventor. Born in a croft in Aberdeenshire, he was forcibly taken to North America at an early age, but succeeded in returning to Scotland where he eventually became a well-known character in 18th century Edinburgh. He adopted the pseudonym "Indian Peter" due to his time spent with native Americans and his self-exploitation of this in an autobiography and by touring Scotland and E
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18th-century Scottish memoirist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Williamson_(memoirist)
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2012-12-13T12:33:38Z
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2024-08-29T02:46:51Z
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