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Box CLX-A-130

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Contains 2 Results:

Antique forgery of a letter from Robert Burns to James Johnson

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-130
Identifier: Coll-1166
Scope and Contents

Letter refers to ill-health, and to mis-spellings in 'Hyslop's bill'. It is address to Mr. Jas. Johnson, Engraver, Music Shop, Lawn Market, Edinburgh.

The collection also includes a cover, noted: 'Letter of the poet Burns received from Mr. James Stewart Merchant Burrowstounness January 1851'.

Dates: 1796
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter from Sir Walter Scott to [James Mylne?] about lighting in Abbotsford, [22 January 1823]

 Item — Box: CLX-A-130
Identifier: Coll-1147/96-63
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sir Walter Scott to [James Mylne?] about lighting in Abbotsford.

Dates: [22 January 1823]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Letters of, and other papers relating to, Sir Walter Scott