BIB_ID
429987
Accession number
MA 46.20
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, sender.
Display Date
Dumfries, Scotland, 1789 July 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 pages, with address) ; 32.1 x 19.8 cm
Notes
Postmarked, "Dumfries," with seal; address panel reads "Mrs. Dunlop of Dunlop / by Stewarton."
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.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Britannia in circle with crown.
Watermark: Countermark: BAND.
Watermark: Countermark: BAND.
Summary
Discussing politics; saying that he has just sketched the following ballad and is sending her the first draft; adding that if he finishes it, he is thinking of sending two or three dozen copies at a press in Dumfries and some to Edinburgh and Ayrshire; requesting her criticism, The kirk's [Lament (deleted)] alarm--a ballad, "Tune, Push about the brisk bowl-- / Orthodox, Orthodox, who believe in John Knox ..." (The kirk of Scotland's Garland--a new song); stating this is the length he has written and whether he continues is uncertain; mentioning that Captain Grose has been through Annandale, Nithsdale, & Galloway in view of commencing another publication and has made his headquarters with his neighbor for the last 2 months; showing his respect and admiration for Captain Grose and that he gave him an itinerary to go through the country, but did not make the introductions through a letter to the Dunlop family to avoid being presumptuous.
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