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Bachelors' Club, Tarbolton
Description:
In this 17th-century house Robert and Gilbert Burns with a few friends founded a debating club in 1780. Burns also attended dancing lessons here, and it was here that he was initiated into Freemasonry in 1781.
Place of Production:
Tarbolton, South Ayrshire
Materials/Media:
glass plate slide
Source:
Dean Castle
Accession number:
GL.R1361
Digital Number:
EAGP154n
Creation Date:
1912
Copyright:
East Ayrshire Council
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