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Letter from Thomas Carlyle to Isabella Burns Begg, 7 June 1842

Photograph of Tom McMynn, former curator of Burns Cottage

Letter from William Fergusson to William Burnes

Sketch of the Ground on Which it was Proposed to Build a Monument, in Honour of Robert Burns, by James Milligan.

Letter from Sir Henry Raeburn to Cadell & Davies, 14 November 1803

Letter from Charles Douglas to Patrick Douglas, 8 August

Postcard showing Robert Burns and Burns Cottage

Postcard showing a montage of Burns scenes

Postcard - colour photograph of Burns Birthplace kitchen

Black and white photograph of Scots Wha Hae manuscript with music

Folio of poems by Robert Burns

Seven quotations in English and French from Madame Ninion de l'Enclos, transcribed by Robert Burns

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