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Microfilm of the letters, 1792-1796, of Robert Burns to George Thomson together with a letter of Burns to John Ballantine, 1787, and one of George Syme to Thomson, 1797.

 Item
Identifier: MS.15533 [Mf.MSS.89]

Scope and Contents

A list of the poems included in the letters precedes them.

Dates

  • Creation: 1787, 1792-1796, 1797.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

1 Reels

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, 1953.

Bibliography

The letters are published in ‘The letters of Robert Burns’, edited by J De Lancey Ferguson and G Ross Roy (Oxford, 1985); the poems in ‘The poems and songs of Robert Burns’ edited by James Kinsley (Oxford, 1968).

General

This resource is a microfilm. When requesting it use only that part of the reference number shown in square brackets, beginning with ‘Mf.MSS.’

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

Contact:
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National Library of Scotland
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