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  • Letter 1791

    Letter from Robert Burns to Mr David Sillars

    This short, one page letter from Burns to David Sillar is thought to have been written around early summer 1791, at which time Burns would have been living at Ellisland Farm.

    Sender
    Burns, Robert

    Recipient
    Sillars, David

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