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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 5 January 1789
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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Collection of letters from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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George Washington becomes the first President of the United States of America.
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Jean Armour and Robert Burns move into Ellisland Farm.
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The fall of the Bastille in Paris marks the beginning of the French Revolution.
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Francis Wallace Burns is born to Jean Armour Burns.
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Robert Burns writes Tam o’ Shanter.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 11 September 1790
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man is published in London.
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Anne Park gives birth to Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Burns. Betty is raised by Jean Armour with the rest of Burns’s children after Anne’s death in 1793.
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Jean Armour gives birth to William Nicol Burns at Ellisland.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 2 August 1791
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 31 August 1791
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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Washington DC is founded as America’s capital city.
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The first Ten Amendments to the American Constitution are created.
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Robert Burns and his family leave Ellisland Farm and take up residence in Dumfries.
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Mozart dies, aged 35, in Vienna.
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The last meeting takes place between Agnes Maclehose and Robert Burns in Edinburgh. She departs for Jamaica to be briefly reconciled with her husband in January 1792.
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Burns is asked to contribute to George Thomson’s A Select Collection of Original Scotish Airs for the Voice.
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Jean Armour gives birth to Elizabeth Riddell Burns.
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Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is published.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 30 July 1792
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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The French Republic is established.
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The second Edinburgh edition of Poems, Chiefly in a Scottish Dialect is published and the first volume of Thomson’s Select Collection.
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King Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
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France declares war against Britain.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 8 May 1793
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, August 1793
a. account dated 3 Aug 1793 b. account dated 14 Aug 1793 c. continued on 19 Aug 1793
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 30 September 1793
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 9 December 1793
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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Robert Burns is appointed Acting Supervisor of the Excise.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 1 February 1794
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 3 June 1794
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 15 June 1794
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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James Glencairn Burns is born to Jean Armour Burns.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 4 October 1794
A bundle of 30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 21 November 1794
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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William Blake publishes the combined Songs of Innocence and Experience.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 22 January 1795
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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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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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 17 July 1796
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 19 July 1796
There are 30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 21 July 1796
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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Robert Burns dies in Dumfries, at the age of 37.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 23 July 1796
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 24 July 1796
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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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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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 26 July 1796
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 29 July 1796
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 2 August 1796
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 3 August 1796
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 6 August 1796
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 12 August 1796
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 18 August 1796
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 11 September, 1796
One of a series of 30 letters between John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, collectively known as the Cunningham Collection.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 30 September, 1796
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.
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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 10 November 1796
30 letters from Cunningham to John Syme, dated between 20th July,1796, and 5th May, 1797; letter from Earl of Buchan to Cunningham, dated "4th August, 1796"; portraits and illustrations and other papers.