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Description: | Three page letter, the first half of which contains five verses of Poem No 225 'My godlike friend - nay do not stare', after which Burns's muse runs out of steam, and in prose he briefs Cunningham on his marriage, family life and new farm at Ellisland. (letter No 257)
Burns finally explains that he is commuting between Mauchline and Ellisland at roughly weekly intervals until the house is completed, and that Cunningham should send mail to Ellisland from now on.
In the last page Burns explains that he has married 'my Jean' out of love and responsibility and has a son the only one living out of four children born to Jean. He intends that his son should become a priest for he is showing suitable traits in that direction. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1788-01-01 - 1788-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Letter of Robert Burns to Alexander Cunn | Go to resource |
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