Robert Burns created the Glenriddell manuscripts, the first of the two presented by Robert Riddell, who gave Burns the calf leather volumes that held these manusripts. The first volume was present in 1791. Burns and Riddell had a falling out after it was presented and Riddell passed away in 1794 before it could be reconciled. Burns was still working on the second volume in 1793, while trying to get the first volume back to him.