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DR. BLACKLOCK TO THE REV. G.
LAWRIE. Encouraging the Bard to
visit Edinburgh, and print a new edition
of his poems there,

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XI. FROM SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD,

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XIII. TO MR. CHALMERS. 27th Dec. 1786.

Praise of Miss Burnet of Monboddo,

XIV. TO THE EARL OF EGLINTON. Jan.
1787. Thanks for his patronage.

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XV. TO MRS. DUNLOP. 15th Jan. 1787.
Account of bis situation in Edinburgh,

XVI. TO DR. MOORE. 1787. Grateful ac-
knowledgments of Dr. M.'s notice of him
in his letters to Mrs. Dunlop,

XVII. FROM DR. MOORE. 23d Jan. 1787.
In answer to the foregoing, and inclosing
a sonnet on the Bard by Miss Williams,

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XVIII. TO DR. MOORE

15th Feb. 1787. In

reply,

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XIX. FROM DR. MOORE. 28th Feb. 1787.
Sends the Bard a present of his " View of
Society and Manners, &c."

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XX. TO THE EARL OF GLENCAIRN.

1787. Grateful acknowledgment of

kindness,

XXI. TO THE EARL OF BUCHAN. In
reply to a letter of advice,

XXII. Extract, concerning the Monument erected
for Fergusson by our Poet,

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XXIII. TO. Accompanying the foregoing, 68

XXIV. EXTRACT, FROM. 8th March,
1787. Good advice,

XXV. TO MRS. DUNLOP. 22d March,
1787. Respecting his prospects on leav-
ing Edinburgh,

XXVI. TO THE SAME. 15th April, 1787.
On the same subject,

XXVII. TO DR. MOORE. 23d April, 1787.
On the same subject,

XXVIII. EXTRACT, TO MRS. DUNLOP. 30th
April. Reply to Criticisms,

XXIX. TO THE REV. DR. BLAIR. 3d May.
Written on leaving Edinburgh. Thanks

for bis kindness,

XXX. FROM DR. BLAIR. 4th May. In

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XXXI. FROM DR. MOORE. 23d May, 1787.
Criticism and good advice,

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XXXII. FROM MR. JOHN HUTCHINSON.
14th June. Account of the reception

of our Bard's poems in Jamaica,

XXXIII. TO MR. WALKER, at BLAIR of
ATHOLE. Inclosing the Humble

Petition of Bruar-water to the Duke

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XXXIV. TO MR. G. BURNS. 17th Sept.
Account of his tour through the High-

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XXXVI. FROM MR. A M. 6th Oct.
A poetical letter, requesting leave to
print his poems in America,

XXXVII.

FROM MR. RAMSAY, of OCHTER-
TYRE. 22d Oct. Inclosing Latin
Inscriptions with Translations, and
the Tale of Omeron Cameron,

XXXVIII. MR. RAMSAY TO THE REV. W.
YOUNG. 22d Oct. Introducing

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XXXIX. MR. RAMSAY TO DR. BLACK-
LOCK. 27th October. Anecdotes of
Scottish songs for our Poet, .

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XL. FROM MR JOHN MURDOCH, in
LONDON. 28th Oct. In answer

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XLI. FROM MR.

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Gordon Castle,

31st Oct. 1787. Acknowledging a song
sent to Lady Charlotte Gordon,

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XLIV. TO

closing Erse songs, with the music,

DALRYMPLE, Esa. Con-

gratulation on his becoming a poet.—
Praise of Lord Glencairn,

XLV. TO MRS. DUNLOP. 21st Jan. 1788.

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XLVII. TO A LADY. 7th March, 1788. Who
bad beard that be bad ridiculed her,

XLVIII. TO MR. CLEGHORN. 31st March.
Mentioning his having composed the

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XLIX. FROM MR. CLEGHORN. 27th Ap.
In reply to the above. The Chevalier's
Lament in full, in a Note,

L. TO MRS. DUNLOP. 28th April.-
Giving an account of his prospects,

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FROM THE REV. J. SKINNER. 28th
April. 1788. Enclosing two songs, one
by himself, the other by a Buchan plough-
man; the songs printed at large,

LII. TO PROFESSOR D. STEWART. 3d
May. Thanks for his friendship,

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EXTRACT, TO MRS. DUNLOP. 4th
May. Remarks on Dryden's Virgil, and
Pope's Odyssey,

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LIV. TO THE SAME.

27th May.

27th May. General

Reflections,

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LV. TO THE SAME, at Mr. DUNLOP's,
Haddington. 13th June, 1788. Account

of bis Marriage,

LVI. TO MR. P. HILL. With a present of

cheese,

LVII. TO MRS. DUNLOP. 2d August, 1788.

With lines on a hermitage,

LVIII. TO THE SAME. 10th August. Far-
ther account of his marriage,

LIX. TO THE SAME. 16th August. Reflec-

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LX. TO R. GRAHAM, of FINTRY, Esa.
A petition in verse for a situation in the
Excise,

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