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Description: | This three page letter is written at the time Burns is receiving his Excise training in Mauchline and is penned to his old friend from his Mauchline youth who had owned a drapers shop there, and is now working as a calico printer in Linlithgow. Smith presumably has access to linen and other fabric products which Burns is taking advantage of. (letter no 237)
The first page concludes with Burns quoting a 'wise old Scots Adage' which relates to his affair with Jean Armour and his eventual decision to get married along the lines, if you've got it, use it.
Burns opens with a jovial threat to Smith to deluge him with correspondence. (Strasburg is a type of linen and the expression of surprise used here is perhaps equivalent to the modern 'hold on to your hat'). Next Burns is leading up to divulging the fact of his marriage to 'a certain clean-limbed, handsome bewitching young Hussy', namely Jean Armour. | 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 James Smith, d | Go to resource |
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