Letter from Robert Burns to Gavin Hamilton, 15 April 1786

Key details

Archive number: NTS/02/25/BRN/01/07
Alt. number: 3.6033
Date: 15 April 1786
On display: No
Creator: Burns, Robert (Author)
Recipient: Hamilton, Gavin

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Description

Letter from Robert Burns to Gavin Hamilton, dated Mossgeil, 15 April 1786.

This letter was published ( in part only) in 1834 by Alan Cunningham, as addressed "to (it is believed) John Ballantine of Ayr." The reverse of the letter, however, bears (in Burns' hand) the name and address of Gavin Hamilton.

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