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Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 31 August 1791

Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 30 July 1792

O Kenmore's on and awa, Willie

Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 11 September, 1796

Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 2 August 1791

Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 30 September, 1796

Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 6 August 1796

The Holy Tulzie

Letter from John Syme to Alexander Cunningham, 5 January 1789

Letter from Robert Burns to William Creech, 13 May 1787

Memorandum of Agreement between William Creech and Robert Burns,17-23 April 1787

Glossary fragment for Edinburgh edition of 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect'

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