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'''SIR ARCHIBALD DUNBAR.''' AKA – “Sir Alexander Dunbar.” Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Cranford/Holland, Gow): AABB (Perlman, Skye): AABB' (Athole, Kerr). The melody was first published (as “Sir Alexander Dunbar”) in Alexander “King” McGlashan’s 3rd collection (1786). Sir Alexander Dunbar (1742-1791) of Northfield succeeded to the title of 5th baronet Dunbar in 1776. Sir Archibald Dunbar (1772-1847) was his son, and succeeded as 6th baronet. The Dunbar men appeared to have been typical Scottish aristocrats, concerning themselves with hunting, fishing and drinking, however one was truly remarkable. Alexander’s half-brother William Dunbar (1750-1810, by their father’s second wife) was an explorer, merchant, naturalist and astronomer who emigrated to America at the age of 21. Establishing himself as a merchant the increasingly successful Dunbar parlayed himself into a plantation empire along the Mississippi at Baton Rouge and Natchez. A corresponding friend of President Thomas Jefferson, Dunbar’s scientific achievements became | '''SIR ARCHIBALD DUNBAR.''' AKA – “Sir Alexander Dunbar.” Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Cranford/Holland, Gow): AABB (Perlman, Skye): AABB' (Athole, Kerr). The melody was first published (as “Sir Alexander Dunbar”) in Alexander “King” McGlashan’s 3rd collection (1786). Sir Alexander Dunbar (1742-1791) of Northfield succeeded to the title of 5th baronet Dunbar in 1776. Sir Archibald Dunbar (1772-1847) was his son, and succeeded as 6th baronet. The Dunbar men appeared to have been typical Scottish aristocrats, concerning themselves with hunting, fishing and drinking, however one was truly remarkable. Alexander’s half-brother William Dunbar (1750-1810, by their father’s second wife) was an explorer, merchant, naturalist and astronomer who emigrated to America at the age of 21. Establishing himself as a merchant the increasingly successful Dunbar parlayed himself into a plantation empire along the Mississippi at Baton Rouge and Natchez. A corresponding friend of American President Thomas Jefferson, Dunbar’s scientific achievements became known to the American establishment, and Jefferson picked him to lead an expedition into the unexplored Red River territory west of the Mississippi. | ||
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SIR ARCHIBALD DUNBAR. AKA – “Sir Alexander Dunbar.” Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Cranford/Holland, Gow): AABB (Perlman, Skye): AABB' (Athole, Kerr). The melody was first published (as “Sir Alexander Dunbar”) in Alexander “King” McGlashan’s 3rd collection (1786). Sir Alexander Dunbar (1742-1791) of Northfield succeeded to the title of 5th baronet Dunbar in 1776. Sir Archibald Dunbar (1772-1847) was his son, and succeeded as 6th baronet. The Dunbar men appeared to have been typical Scottish aristocrats, concerning themselves with hunting, fishing and drinking, however one was truly remarkable. Alexander’s half-brother William Dunbar (1750-1810, by their father’s second wife) was an explorer, merchant, naturalist and astronomer who emigrated to America at the age of 21. Establishing himself as a merchant the increasingly successful Dunbar parlayed himself into a plantation empire along the Mississippi at Baton Rouge and Natchez. A corresponding friend of American President Thomas Jefferson, Dunbar’s scientific achievements became known to the American establishment, and Jefferson picked him to lead an expedition into the unexplored Red River territory west of the Mississippi.