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manuscript book containing selection of poetry including, On the death of Sir J. Hunter Blair and Epitaph on my own friend

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Archive number
NTS/02/25/BRN/02/63
Alt. number
3.6204
On display
No
Creator
Burns, Robert (Author)

Description

Book containing a selection of poetry manuscripts by Robert Burns.

Manuscripts include: "On the death of Sir J. Hunter Blair" "Written on the blank leaf of a copy of my first Edition, which I sent to an old sweetheart,” "On reading, in a newspaper, the Death of J.MacLeod, Esq. Brother to a Young Lady," "Epitaph on my own friend".

Poems bound together in hardcover book. 11 four-line verses.

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Hierarchy

  1. Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs ( )
  2. manuscript book containing selection of poetry including, On the death of Sir J. Hunter Blair and Epitaph on my own friend

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