BIB_ID
429995
Accession number
MA 46.28
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, sender.
Display Date
Dumfries, Scotland, 1790 October 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 24.2 x 18.9 cm
Notes
With seal; address panel reads "Mrs. Dunlop of Dunlop / per favor or Mr Lawrie / Loudon."
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: BUDGEN.
Summary
Enclosing Mr. Corbet's letter; expressing how glad he is to hear from Mr. Archd. Lowrie that her family is getting better in health and spirits; giving her the works of Mr. Bourne; discussing his opinion on Bourne's work from the first volume; quoting John Hildebroad's epitaph, "Here lies poor old John Hildebroad ..."
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