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Thread #117903   Message #2543318
Posted By: weerover
19-Jan-09 - 03:27 PM
Thread Name: Attention Burns scholars
Subject: Attention Burns scholars
I am trying to find out which to which event Burns's 'On Thanksgiving for a National Victory' refers. One collection of his works says it was the Battle of Ushant, but several sources date the poem as 1793 and Ushant was ist June 1794. Any authorities out there?

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