Abstract
Reports the discovery of a previously-lost early transcription of a Burns letter, held by a private owner in Dumfries, records its textual variants, and discusses its relation to the previously-known versions on which editors have had to rely.
Recommended Citation
Carruthers, Gerard and Mackay, Pauline
(2013)
"The Missing Manuscript of Robert Burns's "Patriarch" Letter,"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 39:
Iss.
1, 227–232.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol39/iss1/17