Autograph letter and poem of Robert Burns, written in about A.D. 1785-1795.
Dates
- Creation: c.1785-1795
Extent
0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Add. A. 110, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Add. A. 110-111
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18785
Abstract
Autograph letter and poem of Robert Burns, written in about A.D. 1785-1795.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Burns (1759–1796) was a poet.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, nos. 29057-29058.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought at the Henry Stevens sale (lots 516, 517) in Nov. 1872, for £11 and £8 10s. respectively, but paid for in 1873.
Topical
Subject
- Burns | Robert | 1759-1796 | poet (Person)
- Title
- Autograph letter and poem of Robert Burns
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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