May Cameron

[5] A letter to Robert Ainslie of 25 June 1787 states that "... the Devil's Day-book only April 14 or fifteen so cannot yet have increased her growth much.

[7] Burns immediately wrote an undated note to Robert Ainslie, asking him to: "send for the wench and give her ten or twelve shillings... and advise her out to some country (friends)...

[9] This action in law was however quickly settled by 15 August 1787, freeing him from the implications of arrest, possibly because May miscarried or gave birth to a stillborn child.

[12] Whilst Burns was on his tour of northern England he took ..extremely ill with strong feverish symptoms, & take a servant of Mr Hood's to watch me all night ...

This illness took place five to six weeks after his intercourse with May Cameron and it has been suggested that Burns had acquired a venereal disease from her.