BIB_ID
363620
Accession number
MA 49.59
Creator
Dunlop, Frances Anna Wallace, 1730-1815.
Display Date
ca. 1789 Sept.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.4 cm
Notes
Dunlop likely reacquired these letters after Burns's death and left them to her descendants with the Lochryan manuscripts (42 of Burns's letters to Mrs. Dunlop and some autograph poems, now MA 46 in the Morgan's collection).
Part of a large collection of letters from Frances Dunlop to Robert Burns. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 49 for more information.
Possible date is based on Dunlop's references to Janet Little, Charlotte Smith's poems, and Burns's new baby (all topics in her letters ca. 1789 Sept.)
Part of a large collection of letters from Frances Dunlop to Robert Burns. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 49 for more information.
Possible date is based on Dunlop's references to Janet Little, Charlotte Smith's poems, and Burns's new baby (all topics in her letters ca. 1789 Sept.)
Provenance
General Sir John Wallace; by descent to Sir William Thomas Francis Agnew Wallace; bequeathed to his brother, Colonel F.J. Wallace; acquired by Robert Borthwick Adam before 1898; purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913, possibly from the London dealer Pearson.
Summary
The letter begins with a poem, "Sent with a crown to J--- L---" [Janet Little]. Following the poem, Dunlop discusses Charlotte Smith's elegy and asks for news of Burns's wife and new baby.
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