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Description: | Burns writes a three page letter to Ainslie regarding a 'vexatious business' which he explains at length and entreats Ainslie to intercede on his behalf. Burns also mentions Ainslie's offer to assist his brother William find work as a saddler in Edinburgh, and another issue with Hamilton. (letter no 266)
finally on this page Burns takes up Ainslie's 'kind offer' to find a position for Burns's brother William in one of Edinburgh's saddlers shops, with Burns expounding his capabilities as a 'first rate hand'.
Page two finds Burns at a loss as how to proceed without upsetting his friendship with Nichol or Mrs McLehose. A problem which he leans heavily on his friendship with Ainslie to resolve and undertakes to write to both explaining Ainslie's role which Burns has landed him with. ( Ainslie appears to have defused the situation in a satisfactory manner.) | 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 Robert Ainslie | Go to resource |
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