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Letter of Charles Douglas to Patrick Douglas dated Port Antonio 19th June 1786 (page 1 of 3)
Burns had decided to emigrate to Jamaica to escape the pressure he was under from the father of Jean Armour whom he had made pregnant. Although they had agreed to marry, her parents had deflected her from this course and were pursuing Burns for a financial settlement.
This is one of two preserved letters relating to the provision of a man to fill the post of assistant overseer on the sugar plantat…
Subject
- poetry
- Robert Burns
- Poetry
Type of item
- archive item
Date
- 1786-01-01 - 1786-12-31
- 1786
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Places
- Scotland; United Kingdom
Identifier
- http://burnsscotland.com/items/l/letter-of-charles-douglas-to-patrick-douglas-dated-port-antonio-19th-june-1786-(page-1-of-3)
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-27T14:57:14.168Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T17:50:45.746Z