Found 2 collections related to Burns, Robert, 1759-1796

Robert Chambers, Scottish publisher and writer. · To "My dear Alexius" [i.e., Alexander Ireland, journalist] : 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday" [April 1866] : (HWD 08.038) : 2 pages (double sheet) : on embossed stationery of Union Club, St. Andrews : begins, "I am quite elated with the prospect of seeing you here on Monday next ...." In the Abraham Hayward Correspondence Files. less

Robert Burns, Scottish poet. · Holograph poem, "On turning up a Mouse in her nest with the plough" : Nov 1783 : (MISC 2598) : 2 p.; begins, "Wee, sleeket, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, / O, what a panic's in thy breastie! / Thou need na start awa sae hasty / Wi' bickerin brattle." With a note in ink, in an unidentified hand, on the verso, "The original sketch of the 'Wee Mouse' by Burns presented by Earl of Shaftesbury to Elliott Cresson.". less