January 2013 |
Lost Robert Burns Manuscripts and Letters Found

In addition to the manuscripts, several letters were uncovered. The highlight was a letter from "Clarinda," the pen name of Agnes McLehose, Burns' lover. The letter, which is addressed to Burns' physician several months after his death in 1796, tenderly requests the return of her intimate letters to the poet. A second letter from Clarinda was also revealed, containing a poetic response to Burns' poem "On Sensibility."
Rollie presented the findings last week at a Burns conference in Glasgow.
The manuscripts have already been sold to a private collector. The name of the individual who purchased the material was not revealed.
More about the find can be read on The Guardian.