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Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Letter, 1795, of Robert Burns to Maria Riddell, tipped into an edition of "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" (1787).

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14467
Dates: 1787, 1795.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Letter of Robert Burns to Captain John Gillespie., c. 1790.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 41-42
Scope and Contents

Contains a fragment of Burns`s Elegy to Miss Eliza Burnett.

Dates: c. 1790.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of Robert Burns.

Letter of Robert Burns to John Somerville., 1791.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 47-48
Scope and Contents

Concerns the birth of Burns`s son.

Published in `The Letters of Robert Burns`.

Dates: 1791.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of Robert Burns.

Letter of Robert Burns to Mrs Dunlop., 1790.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 43-46
Scope and Contents

Concerns the literary merits of the journals `The Mirror` and `The Lounger`.

A small engraving of Burns is included.

Published in `The Letters of Robert Burns`.

Dates: 1790.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of Robert Burns.

Letter of Robert Burns to Mrs Dunlop., c. 1793.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 49-50
Scope and Contents

Concerns Burns`s observations on hospitality, hard-drinking, and the excise.

Published in `The Letters of Robert Burns`.

Dates: c. 1793.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of Robert Burns.

Letter of Robert Burns to Patrick Miller of Dalswinton., c. 1793.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 51-52
Scope and Contents

Concerns Burns`s new Edinburgh edition of his poems.

Published in `The Letters of Robert Burns`.

Dates: c. 1793.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of Robert Burns.

Letter of Robert Burns to Robert Graham of Fintry., 1788.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 39-40
Scope and Contents

Concerns Burns training for the excise service.

Published in `The Letters of Robert Burns`.

Dates: 1788.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of Robert Burns.

Letter of Robert Burns to William Scott., 1787.

 Item
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 37-38
Scope and Contents

Concerns the binding and distributing of Burns`s works.

Ex Libris badge of E.H. Mills is also included as folio 38a.

Published in `The Letters of Robert Burns`.

Dates: 1787.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters. / Letters of Robert Burns.

Letters of Robert Burns., 1787-c. 1793.

 Series
Identifier: MS.23638, folios 37-52
Scope and Contents

Letters to William Scott, Robert Graham of Fintry, John Gillespie, Frances Dunlop, John Somerville, and Patrick Miller of Dalswinton.

Dates: 1787-c. 1793.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of letters of, to and concerning eighteenth-century men and women of letters.

Letters of, to and concerning David Octavius Hill.

 File
Identifier: MS.23636
Scope and Contents Among the subjects covered are Hill`s role in the Royal Scottish Academy, developments in photography, and his role in producing `The Land of Burns`.Also included is the Diploma admitting Hill as ordinary fellow to the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts.Includes letters between Ian H Macdonald and Katherine Michaelson relating to the use of the letters for an exhibition, and an inventory of all items contained in the file.Five Letters of Ian H Macdonald to...
Dates: 1828-1899.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of John McVie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4813
Scope and Contents

Mainly concerning his work as a Burns scholar.

Dates: 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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