Explore correspondence between senders and recipients of letters and documents in the Burns Collection.
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Letter from Maria Riddell to James Currie describing songs sent to Burns
Letter from Maria Riddell to James Currie describing songs sent to Burns. One of a series of manuscripts enclosed with 3.601 See 3.601.f for complete letter.
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William Blake publishes the combined Songs of Innocence and Experience.
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Burns assists in organising the Royal Dumfries Volunteers, declaring the Oath of Allegiance and signing the Rules, Regulations and By-Laws of the militia.
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Elizabeth Riddell Burns dies of rheumatic fever. Burns potentially catches it at the same time.
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The Relief of the Poor Act is passed, providing payment relief for those in poverty without requiring them to enter a workhouse.
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The development of the smallpox vaccine by Edward Jenner occurs.
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Robert Burns dies in Dumfries, at the age of 37.
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Robert Burns’s funeral takes place on the same day as his son Maxwell Burns is born to Jean Armour. Burns is buried in St Michael’s Churchyard in Dumfries.
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Catherine the Great of Russia dies.
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The first biography of Robert Burns is published.
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Letter from Maria Riddell to Dr James Currie, 25 April 1799
Letter from Maria Riddell to Dr James Currie, 25 April 1799 One of a series of manuscripts enclosed with 3.601 For complete letter see 3.601.c.
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The Act of Union with Ireland unites the parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland.
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First Burns Supper is held in Alloway to mark the poet’s death.
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The beginning of the Napoleonic Wars; Napoleon assembles a fleet for the invasion of England.
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Letter from Maria Riddell to Dr James Currie, 17 August 1805
Letter from Maria Riddell to Dr James Currie, 17 August 1805. One of a series of manuscripts enclosed with 3.601.