Letter from James Glencairn Burns to Jean Burns, 28 October 1806
Dear Mother
I write to you to inform you
that I am very well and I hope you William
and all my Friends in Scotland.
I will now give you an account
of the Curiosities here. I left off, well
the next is the Sewell Office here is
the Crown of England and other regalia:
the next is the [?]Armoury here is
a Collection of Pikes, Guns, Holberts
Pistols & all l representing
;
I write to you to inform you
that I am very well and I hope you William
and all my Friends in Scotland.
I will now give you an account
of the Curiosities here. I left off, well
the next is the Sewell Office here is
the Crown of England and other regalia:
the next is the [?]Armoury here is
a Collection of Pikes, Guns, Holberts
Pistols & all l representing
;
the Sun, Moon, Gartar & all of wh [page torn]
look very fine. I now end about [page torn]
Tower. I will now give you an account
of the dive Monument which is a lofty
Pillar on the top there is a gallery
which commands a beautiful prospect
of the River Thames and London [page torn]
was built in memory of the fire
of London in 1666. I have come
from the Under Grammar to the
Upper I have begun to learn Greek here. And now
my Dear Mother I hope you will
look very fine. I now end about [page torn]
Tower. I will now give you an account
of the dive Monument which is a lofty
Pillar on the top there is a gallery
which commands a beautiful prospect
of the River Thames and London [page torn]
was built in memory of the fire
of London in 1666. I have come
from the Under Grammar to the
Upper I have begun to learn Greek here. And now
my Dear Mother I hope you will
[page torn]rant a request which I am
[page torn] ery sorry to ask which is you
would send me money
for Christmas as soon as you
receive this Letter and a little more
than common for I am saving up
my money till I get a Guinea and
[page torn] because I want to subsc [wax seal]
to a Library to where there is a
large collection of Books for people
to read who pay for subscribing.
I am yours & I hope you will excuse
my writing for I was in
a hurry.
J G Burns No 2 Bowell [?]
[?] Hospital, London
[page torn] ery sorry to ask which is you
would send me money
for Christmas as soon as you
receive this Letter and a little more
than common for I am saving up
my money till I get a Guinea and
[page torn] because I want to subsc [wax seal]
to a Library to where there is a
large collection of Books for people
to read who pay for subscribing.
I am yours & I hope you will excuse
my writing for I was in
a hurry.
J G Burns No 2 Bowell [?]
[?] Hospital, London
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/03/06/02
- Alt. number
- 3.6445
- Date
- 28 October 1806
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, James Glencairn (Author)
- Recipient
- Burns, Jean Armour
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/03/06/02
- Alt. number
- 3.6445
- Date
- 28 October 1806
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, James Glencairn (Author)
- Recipient
- Burns, Jean Armour
Description
Letter from James Glencairn Burns to Jean Burns, dated London, 28 October 1806. Addressed to Mrs Burns, Dumfries, Scotland. Describing his first impressions of London and requesting some money to be sent for Christmas to subscribe to a library.
Archive information
Themes
Hierarchy
-
Letters, documents and ephemera regarding the family of Robert Burns
(
a sub-fonds is a subdivision in the archival material)
-
Letters and documents relating to James Glencairn Burns
(
materials grouped together because they are of a similar type)
- Letter from James Glencairn Burns to Jean Burns, 28 October 1806
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