Volume of Press Cuttings & associated Correspondence related to Robert Burns
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/576
- Alt. number
- 3.6551
- Date
- 1796 to 1898
- On display
- No
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/576
- Alt. number
- 3.6551
- Date
- 1796 to 1898
- On display
- No
Description
Volume of Press Cuttings & associated Correspondence.
Confession of Antique Smith the forger;
James Stillie’s notes on manuscripts of Burns and Scott;
list of Burns manuscripts on offer to Kilmarnock Town Council, 1892;
Burns forgeries, 1892;
trial of A H Smith for forgery;
notice of Robert Burns death in Annual register, 1796;
Register of eminent persons deceased in 1796 from Universal Register, 1797;
obituary of Gilbert Burns, the poet’s brother;
observations on the character and writings of Robert Burns for Edinburgh Magazine, 1800; elegies to the memory of Robert Burns;
draft advert for Burns Merry Muses;
programme for 12th annual outing of Leith Burns Club, 1898.
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