This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
This collection of letters, manuscripts, autographs, and illustrations of English and American authors and statesmen was assembled by George Dunlop. Many of the letters relate to Robert Burns and to the Burns country of Ayrshire. Among the early items are letters from Robert Burns, Samuel Johnson, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Edgar Allan Poe, and Abraham Lincoln.
In part catalogued remainder arranged.
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); George Dunlop papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Part of Abraham Lincoln collection MS#2028:
Lincoln, Abraham To R. L. C. White, Springfield, Ill, 18 September 1860, 1 item; ms.l.s, 1 page.
Lincoln, Abraham To Edwin M. Stanton, n.p., 31 August 1863, 1 a.n.s.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
John Ruskin letter is on: microfilm.
Source of acquisition--Scott, Nora E. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1972. Accession number--M-72.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.
George Dunlop (1842-1909). Editor of the Scottish Newspaper, THE KILMARNOCK STANDARD. Dunlop was an authority on Robert Burns, was active in civic and literary affairs, and also edited the LIFE OF HEW AINSLIE.
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