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Letter from Robert Burns to Gavin Hamilton, 15 April 1786

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Archive number
NTS/02/25/BRN/01/07
Alt. number
3.6033
Date
15 April 1786
On display
No
Creator
Burns, Robert (Author)
Recipient
Hamilton, Gavin

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Description

Letter from Robert Burns to Gavin Hamilton, dated Mossgeil, 15 April 1786.

This letter was published ( in part only) in 1834 by Alan Cunningham, as addressed "to (it is believed) John Ballantine of Ayr." The reverse of the letter, however, bears (in Burns' hand) the name and address of Gavin Hamilton.

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