Collection of letters and poems (55) from Robert Burns, Scotland, to Frances Anna Wallace Dunlop, between 1786 and 1796 : autograph manuscripts signed and initialed.

Collection consists of 42 letters from Robert Burns to Frances Anna Wallace Dunlop, between 1786 and 1796, from Ayrshire, Dumfries/Ellisland, Edinburgh, Mauchline, Mossgiel, and Sanquhar, discussing personal and family matters, poetry, including various verses, etc.; with 4 letters from Robert Burns to Wilhelmina Alexander, Andrew Dunlop, Rachel Dunlop, and Agnes Dunlop (MA 46.43-46); 5 autograph manuscript poems ("On scaring some water fowl," and a fragment beginning "I burn, I burn..." MA 46.47; "Tam o' Shanter," MA 46.48; "On reading, in a Newspaper..." MA 46.49; A Ballad beginning "O Love will venture on..." MA 46.50; and "Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn," MA 46.51); 2 autograph copies of poems (MA 46.52-53); and a letter from his brother, Gilbert Burns, to Frances Anna Wallace Dunlop (MA 46.54). Also housed with MA 45, a letter from Robert Burns to Frances Anna Wallace Dunlop. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.