1. baillie, joanna a poetess, born at Bothwell, child of the Presbyterianmanse there; joined a brother in London, stayed afterwards with a sister at Hampstead; produced a series of dramas entitled "Plays of the Passions," besides many others, both comedies and tragedies, one of which, the "Family Legend," was acted in the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, under the auspices of Sir Walter Scott; she does not standhigh either as a dramatist or a writer (1762-1851).
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