11 manuscript letters to Robert Graham of Fintry; 13 MS poems, including Tam oShanter

Item author: Robert Burns
Item date: not given
Grant Value: 300
Item cost: 55,000
Item date acquired: 1981
Item institution: Burns Monument/ Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
Town/City: Doonside
County: Ayrshire

The letters deal with Burns's application to enter the Excise Office and his service there. The copy of Tam oShanter is one of 7 known in the poets hand, also includes copies of The whistle - a tale and Lament for James Earl of Glencairn

Item Provenance
Family of Graham of Fintry (on deposit since 1927)