Background
Born 1 May (Operating system) 1733, at East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, McLean was the son of a Highlander.
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Born 1 May (Operating system) 1733, at East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, McLean was the son of a Highlander.
Sent to school at Cathcart, and then at Cucaddins, he was apprenticed to a printer in Glasgow in 1746.
As a chilsd he spent time on Mull, where he learned Scottish Gaelic. Marriage allowed McLean to set up as a bookseller and printer in Glasgow. On a matter of conscience he gave up the business seven years later.
After a short time in London he acted from 1767 to 1786 as overseer of the printing establishment of Messrs.
Donaldson & Company in Edinburgh. Carmichael"s colleague at Edinburgh.
He then toured Scotland and England, set up Scotch Baptist associations, and helped run them. A standard annual journey into England took him to London, Hull, Beverley, Chester, Nottingham, and Liverpool.
McLean died at Edinburgh on 21 December 1812.
In 1759 McLean married Isabella, youngest daughter of William More, a merchant, with whom he obtained a small property. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2004. pp. 127, 130-131, 149, 533.
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