Dear Sir,
Your humble servant,
Robt. Burness.
XV.
TO MR. AIKEN.
[Robert Aiken, the gentleman to whom the “Cotter’s Saturday Night” is inscribed, is also introduced in the “Brigs of Ayr.” This is the last letter to which Burns seems to have subscribed his name in the spelling of his ancestors.]
Mossgiel, 3d April, 1786.
Dear Sir,
I received your kind letter with double pleasure, on account of the second flattering instance of Mrs. C.’s notice and approbation, I assure you I