BIB_ID
363041
Accession number
MA 43.9
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Display Date
1794 Feb.].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1902.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
"C 407" and "not printed" at the top of p. [1] in two different unknown hands.
"Mr. Hill" at top of p. [1]; recipient and date are based on published version of the letter.
Part of a collection of ten autograph letters signed from Robert Burns to Peter Hill. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 43.1-10).
"Mr. Hill" at top of p. [1]; recipient and date are based on published version of the letter.
Part of a collection of ten autograph letters signed from Robert Burns to Peter Hill. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 43.1-10).
Provenance
George Wilson, grandson of Peter Hill; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Pearson, 1902.
Summary
Noting that his library is not happy with Hill's service; wondering if he can obtain the first volume of [Sir John] Dalrymple's Memoirs because the library copy was spoiled; observing that "the country, at least in our part of it, is still progressive to the devil"; reminiscing about old times and friends; asking about [William] Smellie and [William] Dunbar.
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