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Four Links of a surveying chain
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Four Links of a surveying chain
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Item no
21764
Title
Four Links of a surveying chain used by Robert Burns
Description
Four links of a surveying chain, used by Robert Burns while working as an exer
Artist / maker
Unknown
Size
215 x 192 x 12mm
Type
Document and object
Location
Writers' Museum
Accession number
LSH18/91
The letter states 'This is a link of the chain used by the Scottish Bard for land surveying when he was an Excise Officer. Both he and his friend John Lewars were professional land surveyors. Dumfries 21st 1853, Robert Burns Eldest son of the Bard.
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