Law, James D. (James Duff), 1865-

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Epithet: of New Jersey, USA; of Add MS 44509

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James Law -- poet, inventor and business man -- was born in Scotland and educated in village schools there. He migrated to the United States in 1886 and worked at various occupations including bookkeeper, secretary, manager, and journalist. He travelled extensively. He is known as an international authority on Burnsiana and general Scottish literature. Law also invented the universal clock (shows time in 300 world cities) and co-invented with his son, moving picture processes and instruments.

Law published several volumes of poetry including, Dreams O'Hame (1893). He also served on the Boards of several companies.

From the description of Diary, 1895. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122365286

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referencedIn	Agnes Repplier Collection, 1891-1925	University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn	Century Company records	New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn	Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931.	Houghton Library
creatorOf	Law, James D. (James Duff), 1865-. Diary, 1895.	Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
creatorOf	Law, James D. (James Duff), b. 1865,. Typed letter signed and other materials sent from James Law to Henry Folger [manuscript], 1923 November 18.	Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf	Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950. Papers of Agnes Repplier [manuscript], 1891-1925.	University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn	Vol. CCCCXXIV (ff. 342). Jan.-Apr. 1890.includes:ff. 1, 62, 137 Sir William Reynell Anson, 3rd Baronet: Letters to W. E. Gladstone: 1888-1892.f. 2 William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon: Letters to W. E. Gladstone: 1872-1893.f. 4 Justin McCar...	British Library

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associatedWith	Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.
correspondedWith	Century Company
correspondedWith	Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935
correspondedWith	Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
correspondedWith	Houghton Mifflin Company.
associatedWith	Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950.
associatedWith	Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937.
associatedWith	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associatedWith	Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892