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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 19 July 1796

Key details

Archive number
NTS/02/25/BRN/04/488
Alt. number
3.6084.q
Date
19 July 1796
On display
No
Creator
Syme, John (Author)
Recipient
Cunningham, Alexander

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Description

Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, dated Dumfries, 19 July 1796.

There are 30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797.

As part of this collection there is also a letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; along with portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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Hierarchy

  1. Correspondence and other documents relating to Robert Burns ( )
  2. Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 19 July 1796

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