In December 1788, the first President of the USA acquired one of the earliest American editions of Burns’s 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵. Washington’s signature sits on the title page, showing how quickly Burns’s words crossed the Atlantic to captivate the new republic. #BookHistory #C18
Association for Scottish Literature“You will have heard that I am going to commence Poet in print; & to-morrow my works go to the press. I expect it will be a volume of about 200 pages. It is just the last foolish action I intend to do…” Robert Burns’s 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 published #OTD, 31 July, 1786 #BookHistory