Letter, 1789 Janry. 17th, Mauchline, to Mr. John Smith, Jun., Bookseller, At the Circulating Library, Glasgow.

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Letter, 1789 Janry. 17th, Mauchline, to Mr. John Smith, Jun., Bookseller, At the Circulating Library, Glasgow.

Burns asks Smith to send me the value of nine copies of "my book which I sent you last from Kilm. and are yet unaccounted for, by John Glover, Carrier to Mauchline [crossed through] Dumfries."

1 sheet folded (4 s.) ; 23 x 18.6 cm.

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Smith, John, Bookseller

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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796

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Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism, and a cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish diaspora around the world. Celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature. ...