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Photograph of Burns bust portrait by Nasmyth

Print of John Gribbell

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Photograph of exterior of Poosie Nansie’s Hostel in Mauchline

Postcard of Burns' nieces

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Photograph of the Brand eight day clock said to have been used by Burns when on Excise duty

Pink Ticket for Burns Centenary Celebrations

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

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