Letter from Robert Burns to Robert McIndoe, 5 August, 1788
Mauchline 5th Aug 1788
My Dear Sir,
I am vexed for nothing more
that I have not been at Glasgow, than not meeting
with you. - I have seldom found my friend
Andrew McCulloch wrong in his ideas of Man-
kind; but respecting your Worship, he was true
as Holy Writ. This is the night of our Fair
and I, as you see, cannot keep well in a line; but
if you will send me by the bearer, John Ronald
Carrier between Glasgow & Mauchline, fifteen
years of black silk, the same kind as that
of which I bought a gown & petticoat from you
My Dear Sir,
I am vexed for nothing more
that I have not been at Glasgow, than not meeting
with you. - I have seldom found my friend
Andrew McCulloch wrong in his ideas of Man-
kind; but respecting your Worship, he was true
as Holy Writ. This is the night of our Fair
and I, as you see, cannot keep well in a line; but
if you will send me by the bearer, John Ronald
Carrier between Glasgow & Mauchline, fifteen
years of black silk, the same kind as that
of which I bought a gown & petticoat from you
formerly, Lutestring I think is its name, I
shall send you the money & a more coherent
letter, when he goes again to your good town.
To be brief, send me fifteen y.ds black lutesting
silk, such as they use to make gowns & petticoats
of, & I shall choose some sober morning before
breakfast, & write you a sober answer, with the
sober sum which will then be due you from,
Dr Sir, Fu' or fasting,
yours sincerely
Rob.t Burns.
shall send you the money & a more coherent
letter, when he goes again to your good town.
To be brief, send me fifteen y.ds black lutesting
silk, such as they use to make gowns & petticoats
of, & I shall choose some sober morning before
breakfast, & write you a sober answer, with the
sober sum which will then be due you from,
Dr Sir, Fu' or fasting,
yours sincerely
Rob.t Burns.
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/01/81
- Alt. number
- 3.6309
- Date
- 5 August 1788
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Recipient
- McIndoe, Robert
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/01/81
- Alt. number
- 3.6309
- Date
- 5 August 1788
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Recipient
- McIndoe, Robert
Description
Letter from Robert Burns to Robert McIndoe, dated Mauchline, 5 August, 1788. Robert McIndoe, a merchant in Glasgow, requesting 15 yards of silk.
Archive information
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Letters from and to Robert Burns
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- Letter from Robert Burns to Robert McIndoe, 5 August, 1788
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