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Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/04/527
- Alt. number
- 3.3156
- Date
- 1786
- On display
- No
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/04/527
- Alt. number
- 3.3156
- Date
- 1786
- On display
- No
Description
Bible bound in two halves, which belonged to Highland Mary. a: Vol 1, b: Vol II, c: Lock of Highland Mary's hair, which was preserved in the Bible.
The bible (in 2 halves) were given to Mary by Burns on their supposed betrothal on the banks of the Ayr, as a token of their fidelity. Robert Burns and Mary planned to emigrate to Jamaica and she went home to Greenock to prepare for the journey. She contracted a fever and died.
Archive information
Themes
Hierarchy
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Correspondence and other documents relating to Robert Burns
(
a sub-fonds is a subdivision in the archival material)
- Bible belonging to Highland Mary
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