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Description: | Burns is about to set forth on his journey from Edinburgh through the Borders and writes by way of farewell and thanks to Hugh Blair who has befriended and supported him in his period in Edinburgh while he was arranging for the publication of the Edinburgh edition of his poems. (letter no 101)
Hugh Blair had promoted Burns and his works, furnishing the poet with the epithet: 'child of nature'.
Page one of two of Burns's letter addresses Blair in a formal and deferential way, reflects on his awareness that his place was not in Edinburgh 'the Meteor-like novelty of my appearance', and encloses a proof copy of the Beugo engraving of himself on India paper by way of thanks. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1787-01-01 - 1787-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Letter of Robert Burns to the Rev. Dr. H | Go to resource |
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