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Letter from Robert Burns to unknown correspondent, 24 April 1795

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Archive number
NTS/02/25/BRN/01/109
Alt. number
3.6344
Date
24 April 1795
On display
No
Creator
Burns, Robert (Author)

Description

Letter from Robert Burns to an unknown correspondent, dated Dumfries, 24 April 1795.

Burns sent this letter to an unknown recipient in April 1795, just months before his death. The letter was sent with several humorous ballads acquired by Burns.

During this time, Burns was contributing songs to both James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum as well as George Thomson's Select Collection of Scottish Airs. This letter may be related to one of these publications.

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