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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

Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. ALS : Margate, to John Taylor, [1821 June 8].

Title: ALS : Margate, to John Taylor, [1821 June 8].

A letter to the editor of the London Magazine, declining to write an article about Midsummer because he is ignorant of the subject and because of a review of Hazlitt's Table talk which he is writing; and making a change in the quote from Wordsworth in his current "Elia" essay, "Mackery End in Hertfordshire."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) in case ; 34 cm. + portrait.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122633832 View