Letter from Gilbert Burns to Jean Burns,16 January 1827
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/03/04/32
- Alt. number
- 3.6443
- Date
- 16 January 1827
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Gilbert (Author)
- Recipient
- Burns, Jean Armour
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/03/04/32
- Alt. number
- 3.6443
- Date
- 16 January 1827
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Gilbert (Author)
- Recipient
- Burns, Jean Armour
Description
Letter from Gilbert Burns to Jean Burns, dated Grant's Braes, 16 January 1827.
Letter relating to the death of his daughter Jean on 4th Jan 1827 of a fever. She was buried in Bolton Churchyard beside her Sister and Grandmother. Addressed to Mrs Burns, Dumfries. postmark Haddington, stamped JAN 17 1827 and DUMFRIES 18 JAN 1827. Sealed in black wax with a GB seal.
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,16 January 1827
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