Book

Book

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Whittier Birthplace

Name/Title

Book

Description

Small brown leather book of Robert Burns' poems. Noted as loaned to John Greenleaf Whittier by his schoolmaster Joshua Coffin

Dimensions

Height

1-1/4 in

Width

2-3/4 in

Length

4-1/2 in

Parts

Count

2

Parts

Book and object label

Book Details

Author

Robert Burns

Time Period

18th Century

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Joshua Coffin

Notes/Remarks

Gave book to John Greenleaf Whittier

Notes

Joshua Coffin was John G. Whittier's schoolmaster and loaned the book to him when he was 14 years old

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

The Volume of ROBERT BURNS loaned to the poet, when he was a boy of 14, by his schoolmaster, Joshua Coffin.