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Edmund Burt (died 1755) was an English official who worked closely with General Wade in Scotland between 1724 and 1728. Based in Inverness, he was the collector of rents from the unsold Forfeited Estates during Wade's construction of roads through the Highlands. In 1729 he was appointed manager of the lead mines at Strontian in Argyll.

Burt's letter about Scotland were written in 1725–26, although not published until long afterwards. Burt's death was announced in the Scots Magazine for 1755. The first edition of the Letters appeared in London in 1754. Subsequent editions appeared in Dublin in 1755, in London in 1759 and 1815, and at Haarlem and Hanover. The latest was edited by Robert Jamieson, with contributions by author:Sir Walter Scott],

 Edmund Burt (died 1755) was an English official who worked closely with General Wade in Scotland between 1724 and 1728. Based in Inverness, he was the collector of rents from the unsold Forfeited Estates during Wade's construction of roads through the Highlands. In 1729 he was appointed manager of the lead mines at Strontian in Argyll.

Burt's letter about Scotland were written in 1725–26, although not published until long afterwards. Burt's death was announced in the Scots Magazine for 1755. The first edition of the Letters appeared in London in 1754. Subsequent editions appeared in Dublin in 1755, in London in 1759 and 1815, and at Haarlem and Hanover. The latest was edited by Robert Jamieson, with contributions by author:Sir Walter Scott], London in 1818.

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The Road North: 300 Years o... The Road North: 300 Years of Classic Scottish Travel Writing
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Burt's Letters from the Nor... Burt's Letters from the North of Scotland
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Letters from a Gentleman in... Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to His Friend in London, Volume 2
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Burt's Letters from the Nor... Burt's Letters from the North of Scotland, with Facsimiles of the Original Engravings, Volume 1
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Letters from a Gentleman in... Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London
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Robert Jamieson (Preface)

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Letters from a Gentleman in... Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London, containing the Description of a Capital Town in that Northern Country, with an Account of Some Uncommon Customs of the Inhabitants; Likewise an Account of the Highlands, Volume 1
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