Letter, n.d., Antigua St., No. 13, reply to a request. [1800-1832]

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Letter, n.d., Antigua St., No. 13, reply to a request. [1800-1832]

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Als to an unidentified friend, "In compliance with you request I send you a copy of my Scottish Songs in six volumes. 'Tis the only copy that remains in may possession, except one that a friend bespoke ... Your messenger wanted and odd volume, but I have it not ..." Included with this letter is a clipped signature of Thomson's, tipped to a sheet from an album, which has a note in an unknown hand beneath it: "Presented by Mr. Laing, Bookseller of Edinburgh. --Dec. 1832. J.R.G."

1 item (1 s.) ; 18.3 cm.

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Thomson, Mr. (George), 1757-1851

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Scottish amateur folksong editor and publisher. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person, dated : [Edinburgh], 10 August 1839, to Mrs. [Samuel] Laing, 1839 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677692 ...

Burns, Robert, 1759-1796

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