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Draft letter from Robert Burns to the Earl of Eglinton, February 1787
This is a draft of a letter Burns wrote to his patron the Earl of Eglinton to thank him for his support. The Earl of Eglinton was one of approximately 1500 people who subscribed for copies of Burns's Edinburgh edition of his poems and whose names were printed as an appendix. The Earl subscribed for forty-two copies. This is Burns's draft. There are no recorded posted copies of this letter.