Microfilm of the letters, 1792-1796, of Robert Burns to George Thomson together with a letter of Burns to John Ballantine, 1787, and one of George Syme to Thomson, 1797.
Item
Identifier: MS.15533 [Mf.MSS.89]
Scope and Contents
A list of the poems included in the letters precedes them.
Dates
- Creation: 1787, 1792-1796, 1797.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
1 Reels
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1953.
Bibliography
The letters are published in ‘The letters of Robert Burns’, edited by J De Lancey Ferguson and G Ross Roy (Oxford, 1985); the poems in ‘The poems and songs of Robert Burns’ edited by James Kinsley (Oxford, 1968).
General
This resource is a microfilm. When requesting it use only that part of the reference number shown in square brackets, beginning with ‘Mf.MSS.’
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk