Letter from Gilbert Burns to Jean Burns, 10 July 1815
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/03/04/17
- Alt. number
- 3.6428
- Date
- 10 July 1815
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Gilbert (Author)
- Recipient
- Burns, Jean Armour
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/03/04/17
- Alt. number
- 3.6428
- Date
- 10 July 1815
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Gilbert (Author)
- Recipient
- Burns, Jean Armour
Description
Letter from Gilbert Burns to Jean Burns, dated Grant's Braes, 10 July 1815.
Reporting the "melancholy intelligence of the death of my youngest daughter Isabella" from "Water in the Head" and indicating that daughters Jean and Agnes were also poorly. Also includes a page written by Janet Burns to her Aunt. Addressed to Mrs Burns, Dumfries. Postmarked Haddington and stamped JUL 11 1815.
Archive information
Themes
Hierarchy
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Letters, documents and ephemera regarding the family of Robert Burns
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a sub-fonds is a subdivision in the archival material)
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Letters and Documents relating to Gilbert Burns
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materials grouped together because they are of a similar type)
- Letter from Gilbert Burns to Jean Burns, 10 July 1815
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