When did Robert Burns move to Dumfries?

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Engraved portrait of Robert Burns, shown from the waist up wearing a dark jacket and cravat, facing slightly to the left. — Robert Burns Robert Burns, engraving from *A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen*, 1870.

Robert Burns moved to Dumfries in 1791. He resided there until his death in 1796, balancing his work as an exciseman with his prolific output of songs and poetry.12