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Burns, Gilbert, 1760?-1827. Letter, 1815, Nov. 17th, Braes to an unidentified applicant.

Title: Letter, 1815, Nov. 17th, Braes to an unidentified applicant.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter (1 s.) ; 19.9 x 18.5 cm.

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Robert Burns manuscript material : 3 items, 1783-1794

Title: Robert Burns manuscript material : 3 items 1783-1794

Holograph poem, "On turning up a Mouse in her nest with the plough" : Nov 1783 : (MISC 2598) : 2 p.; begins, "Wee, sleeket, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, / O, what a panic's in thy breastie! / Thou need na start awa sae hasty / Wi' bickerin brattle." With a note in ink, in an unidentified hand, on the verso, "The original sketch of the 'Wee Mouse' by Burns presented by Earl of Shaftesbury to Elliott Cresson.".

ArchivalResource: 3 items

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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796. Papers / Robert Burns.

Title: Papers / Robert Burns. [1786-1865]

Author's holograph, fair copy, of poem "To Andrew" (1786); letters to R. Aiken, G.H. Baird, Maria Riddel, and Gilbert Burns. Scrapbook, assembled ca. 1865 by John Dillon, containing memorabilia and obituary notices of Burns, and one letter of Burns to Alexander Findlater.

ArchivalResource: 17 items : ill. (some col.) ; 36 cm. or smaller.

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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796. Robert Burns manuscript material : 3 items, 1785-1794

Title: Robert Burns manuscript material : 3 items, 1785-1794

· Holograph poem, "On turning up a Mouse in her nest with the plough" : Nov 1785 (MISC 2598), differs from the printed version. · Holograph poem, "To a Woodlark -- for Mrs. Johnson" : Mar 1794 (MISC 1017). Tipped into his Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect (Edinburgh, 1787) -- shelved as *Pforz A-LD 15. · To Gilbert Burns, his brother : 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Jan 1790 (MISC 0199), on his despair at the ill success of his farm ; with a long prologue he wrote for Mr. Sutherland for the New Year's performance at Dumfries. Published in the Oxford edition of The letters of Robert Burns, edited by J. De Lancey Ferguson.

ArchivalResource: 3 items

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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796. Collection, 1779-[ca. 1885] (bulk 1785-1796).

Title: Collection, 1779-[ca. 1885] (bulk 1785-1796).

This collection contains the manuscripts of more than 50 poems, including such important ones as "For a' that and a' that", "Bannockburn", "Tam O'Shanter", and "The Rights of Woman"; as well as letters to such close friends as Frances Dunlop, Agnes M'Lehose (Clarinda), and Maria Riddell. Additionally, the collection contains letters by Burns's family and friends, including Gilbert Burns, William Riddell, and Helen Maria Williams.

ArchivalResource: 117 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122626299 View