To Mr Beugo, Watson Collection p.5
MS Details
ID: 21
Repository: National Library of Scotland
Call No: MS 586
MS Title: To Mr Beugo, Watson Collection p.5
MS Date: [Dec?] 1787
MS Year: 1787
Type: Letter
Paper Details
Paper: Laid
Dimensions (mm): 225W 187H
Chain Lines: 9
Chain Width: 1"
Chain Direction: Vertical
Countermark: J. Buttanshaw
Paper Maker: John Buttanshaw
Mill Location: Hamptons Mill, Maidstone, Kent
Country of Origin: England
Notes
Description:
Ink on paper. Burns' autograph note on one side of paper. Main center fold then two horizontal folds to form 3"x 4.5" envelope.
Previously recorded information:
To Mr. Beugo, Engraver, Edinburgh. St. James' Square. Tuesday even (March 1787)
Notes:
Dated in Ferguson Roy edn.
Reference: Letters, 156 (1); Mackay, Letters p.767 (on forgery of letters to Buego); Churchill 1935, p.49; Shorter 1971, 60, 102 (papermaker)
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