biography
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| Printers and brothers: James Ballantyne (1772–1833) and John Ballantyne (1774–1821), born in Kelso, Scottish Borders, SE Scotland, UK. They studied at Kelso Grammar School (1783) with Sir Walter Scott. James studied for the law, but in 1797 started the Tory Kelso Mail. In 1802, having already printed some ballads for Scott, he produced the first two volumes of the Border Minstrelsy. After moving the firm to Edinburgh, Scott became a secret partner in the business, which in 1808 expanded into the printing, publishing, and bookselling firm of John Ballantyne & Co, but by 1826 the firm was bankrupt. |
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