BIB_ID
429974
Accession number
MA 46.6
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, sender.
Display Date
Mauchline, Scotland, 1788 March 31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 22.7 x 18.7 cm
Notes
Postmarked, "Mauchline," with seal; address panel reads "Mrs. Dunlop of Dunlop / Dunlop-house / Stewartown."
Part of a collection of 54 letters and poems from Robert Burns to Mrs. Dunlop between 1786 and 1796. Also housed with MA 45. See related records for more information.
Part of a collection of 54 letters and poems from Robert Burns to Mrs. Dunlop between 1786 and 1796. Also housed with MA 45. See related records for more information.
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Watermark: Crown above Pro Patria.
Summary
Expressing his regret in not being able to meet her on Sunday; stating "Now that I am often--'Crazed with care,' my letters will be 'like a twice-told tale, / 'Vexing the dull ear of a drousy man'"; confessing that the poems he promised her "crave days" and that he will be busy the next few days and will not have a spare moment; thanking her for the present of the books.
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