Letter from Andrew Carnegie
Envelope and letter from Andrew Carnegie, Skibo Castle, Dornoch, Sutherland, 1911 June 23 to Scottish poet Robert Burns' great-granddaughter.
The text of the letter is: "Sorry we found it necessary to start for the North early next Morning which prevent our intended call upon you & your mother. I was sorry indeed to hear of your Father's death which I did in New York but it came again to me with a shock in Dumfries as I had forgotten for the moment. My kind regards to your dear old Mother - glad she has you to watch over her, that one comfort."
Accompanied by original stamped envelope, embossed "Skibo" on back flap. Addressed by Carnegie to: "Miss Jean G. Burns Brown/191 High St/Dumfries". Soiled, worn and lightly stained. Docketed, likely by the recipient, at left margin.
JEAN ARMOUR BURNS BROWN (1864-1937) was the great-granddaughter of Scottish poet ROBERT BURNS and his wife, Jean Armour Burns. Her father, THOMAS BROWN, who had married JANE EMMA BURNS in 1857, died in 1911.
The handwritten letter can be viewed using the pdf link below.
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