Letter of Robert Burns to David Staig requesting a favour for a strolling player.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14171
Dates
- Creation: 1793.
Creator
- Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) (Creator, Person)
- Staig, David, Provost of Dumfries, 1740-1824 (Recipient, Person)
Extent
2 Leaves
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh, 17 June 2020, lot 181.
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Elizabeth Soutar Trust.
Genre / Form
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk