Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to George Thomson, [1796 Feb.].

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Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to George Thomson, [1796 Feb.].

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Thanking him for a gift sent to Mrs. Burns and for a volume of Pindar. Discussing subscriptions and subscribers. Approving of Thomson's plan to publish an octavo edition of the collection with etchings, and offering to "lend every assistance." Giving the verses for "Hey for a lass wi' a torcher Tune, Balinamona and ora." Discussing his use of the name Chloris, noting that it is the fictitious name of a "certain lady" (Jean Lorimer) but that it is "a high incongruity to have a Greek a[ppellation] to a Scotch Pastoral Ballad." Promising to continue the discussion and send edits in a following letter.

1 item (3 p.) ; 34.1-37.5 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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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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