VirginiaHuguenot
Puritanboard Librarian
On February 14, 1801, a man named Robert Paterson died. He lived his life as a caretaker for the tombstones that marked the graves of Scottish Covenanters, many of whom were martyred for the faith. He later became the inspiration for the character "Old Mortality" in Tales of My Landlord by Walter Scott. It is a classic work of literature that deals with the Covenanters in a favorable or sympathetic light, though the author himself was not thus theologically inclined.
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/s/scott/walter/mortality/complete.html#introduction1
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/s/scott/walter/mortality/complete.html#introduction1
