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David Blair gunmaker Birmingham & Robert Burns

Vivienne14 said:
As it's Burn's a Night tonight here's a Birmingham connection with the great poet. Viv.

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It turns out that Burns' excise pistols are not the ones given by Blair. The "Blair Pistols" given to Burns at Ellisland were well made double barrelled holster pistols and are now those on display at the National Museum of Scotland. His flintlock excise pistols were single barrelled and are now owned by National Trust of Scotland. They can be viewed at these organisations online. See Wilkins F. Lock Stock & Barrel: Robert Burns, Dr William Maxwell & a Pair of Pistols. Wyre Forrest Press: 2009 for an account of how the correct attributions were made.
 
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