CHRONOLOGY 



1766, July 6 — Birth, Paisley, Scotland. 



1776— Wilson's mother died. 



177 Alexander Wilson, Sr., marries again. 



177^ — Wilson bound as apprentice to William Dun- 

 can. 



1 779- 1 782 — Learns weaving. 



1782 — Apprenticeship expires. 



i782-'89 — Weaving and peddling. Contributes to 

 Glasgozv Advertiser. 



1789 — Attempts to publish poems. 



1790 — "Poems, Humorous, Satirical and Serious;" 

 Neilson, publisher. 



1 79 1— "Laurel Disputed." "Watty and Meg." 

 "Poems," second edition. 



1 79 1 -'93 — Weaver and traveler. 



i793-'94 — Troubles with Mr. Sharp, a manufac- 

 turer of Paisley. 



1794 — Sails for America in the Szvift from Belfast. 



1794, July 14 — Lands at Newcastle. Works with 

 John Aiken, printer, Philadelphia. 



i794-'95 — Weaving at Pennypack Creek, Penn,, 

 and Sheppardstown, Va. Peddling in 

 New Jersey. School-teaching at Frank- 

 fort, Penn. 



1795-1801 — Teacher at Milestown, Penn. Survey- 

 ing. Walks to Ovid, Cayuga County^ 

 N. Y. 



i8oi-'o2 — Teaches at Bloomfield, N. J. 



1802 — Accepts teaching position at Union School, 

 Gray's Ferry, near Philadelphia. 



