BIB_ID
293984
Accession number
MA 50.15
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Display Date
[1795 May 12].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 26.3 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks (Dumfries and MY 12) and addressed to "Mr. George Thomson / Trustees' Office / Edinr." Docketed "May '95 Mr. Burns acknowledging to have rec[eive]d the Drawing of the Cotter's Sat[urda]y night."
Localization and dating from postmarks and docket.
Part of a large collection of letters from Robert Burns to George Thomson. Items are described individually; see collection record (MA 47 and MA 50) for more information.
Localization and dating from postmarks and docket.
Part of a large collection of letters from Robert Burns to George Thomson. Items are described individually; see collection record (MA 47 and MA 50) for more information.
Summary
Thanking him for a generous gift (David Allan's drawing, Cotter's Saturday Night), sending his "grateful compliments" to Allan, and discussing the picture. Enclosing (not present) two songs, one by "a lady." Also enclosing (not present) an epigram intended for his "much-valued friend" Mr. (Alexander) Cunningham, and inquiring after the fate of the last two songs sent by Burns.
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