Burns

Statistical Account of Scotland, The Volume 13

Period:

18th Century

Description:

Robert Burns borrowed this volume from the old Dumfries Public Library.  On p652 there is an account of the Covenanter's stone at Balmaghie, a reference to several people who suffered as martyrs for the Covenanters.  This statement seems to have a struck a chord with the poet, as he has pencilled in a verse of the famous "Solemn League and Covenant" as a footnote.

 

This relic was discovered in Dec 1859, by Mr William McDowall, editor of the Dumfries and Galloway Standard.

Place of Production:

Edinburgh

Materials/Media:

paper, leather boards

Dimensions:

width 135mm, height 217mm

Source:

Robert Burns House, Dumfries

Accession number:

DUMFM:1936.2.9

Digital Number:

BHBN105n

Creation Date:

1794

Copyright:

Dumfries & Galloway Council