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MISS CATHERINE MAXWELL'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. The Earl of Kelly [1], a gentleman fiddler and composer, wrote this minuet in the 1760's. Later Ms. Maxwell became Mrs. Fordyce and Biography:Robert Mackintosh wrote a strathspey for her, published in 1792 (see "Mrs. Fordyce of Ayton's Strathspey"). See also Abraham Mackintos's "Miss Catherine Maxwells Scots Measure."

Thomas Erskine (1732-1781) , 6th Earl of Kelly

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