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Selected letters and poems of Robert Burns from the Library of Honresfield House

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(1) Folio 1 recto - Letter, 29 May 1787, of Burns to Robert Ainslie with news of his travel
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Selected letters and poems of Robert Burns from the Library of Honresfield House
DescriptionThis selection of 12 letters and poems contains the only surviving letter that Robert Burns wrote to his father William. Further letters include two sent to Mrs Frances Dunlop, one where Burns provides more detail on a recent edition of his poems. Several lines of the song “Auld Lang Syne” are also present. Donated from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library by the Friends of the National Libraries.
ShelfmarkMS.50701
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Form / genre: Written and printed matter > Manuscripts
Written and printed matter > Poetry
Written and printed matter > Correspondence
Dates / events: 1781-1795 [Probable date created]
Subject / content: Letters (correspondence)
Poems
Scots (language)
Person / organisation: Burns, Robert, poet, 1759-1796 [Author]
Ainslie, Robert, lawyer, 1766-1838 [Correspondent]
Ballantine, John, merchant and banker, 1743-1812 [Correspondent]
Burnes, William, father of Robert Burns, 1721-1784 [Correspondent]
Burns, Jean, née Armour, wife of Robert Burns, 1765-1834 [Correspondent]
Chalmers, William, writer, fl. 1786 [Correspondent]
Dunlop, Frances Anna, of Dunlop, née Wallace, 1730-1815 [Correspondent]
Reid, George, farmer, 1762-1838 [Correspondent]
Stewart, William, factor, ?1749-1812 [Correspondent]
McLehose, Agnes, née Craig, pseudonym 'Clarinda', correspondent of Robert Burns, poet, 1759-1841 [Correspondent]

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The works of Robert Burns
DescriptionPrinted and manuscript items relating to the works of Scotland's Bard, Robert Burns (1759 to 1796). 'Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect' was his first published collection of poems. Printed in 1786, it is also known as 'The Kilmarnock Edition'. Burns wrote in his commonplace book between 1783 and 1785, developing his poetic skills and noting down philosophical observations. There is also a volume containing 10 letters and two poems. Highlights from the volume include the only surviving letter that Burns wrote to his father, and part of the lyrics for 'Auld Lang Syne'.
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