Address panel to "Mr. Thomas Orr / Park."
Burns indicates the place of writing as Mossgavil which was early name, actually Mossgaville, for the farm at Mossgiel, Mauchline, Ayrshire where Burns lived in 1784.
Burns refers in this letter to Peggy Thompson and appears to reference the pregnancy of Elizabeth Paton. She gave birth to Burn's first child, Elizabeth Paton Burns on May 22, 1785.
Concerning an "affair of gallantry;" thanking him for his letter "...tho I assure you the contents of it gave me no manner of concern. - I am at present so cursedly taken in with an affair of gallantry that I am very glad Peggy is off my hand as I am at present embarrassed enough without her. - I do'n't chuse to enter into particulars in writing but never was a poor rakish rascal in a more pitiful taking - I should be glad to see you to tell you the affair."