Robert Burns and John McIndoe bronze plaque

This bronze commemorative plaque records: The obscure history of the Merchant City. It is recorded that Robert Burns bought 15 yards of black silk from John McIndoe, silk merchant, of Horns Land off Virginia Street to give to Jean Armour for her wedding dress. Recorded plaque organisation: Glasgow City Council.

Robert Burns, a renowned Scottish poet, and John McIndoe, a local silk merchant, are remembered for their transaction that provided the fabric for Burns' fiancée Jean Armour's wedding dress, illustrating the intersection of literary history and everyday commerce in Glasgow's Merchant City.