BIB_ID
105646
Accession number
MA 1073.1
Creator
Hall, Basil, 1788-1844.
Display Date
undated [1832 or later].
Credit line
Purchased, 1929.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.8 cm
Notes
Bound with a letter from Scott (MA 1073.2), preceding the text of vol. 1 of Scott's autograph manuscript of The Antiquary (MA 1073).
Date of writing based on the contents of the memorandum, which references Scott's death.
Date of writing based on the contents of the memorandum, which references Scott's death.
Provenance
Purchased from Gabriel Wells in 1929.
Summary
Concerning his assistance to Sir Walter Scott at the time of his voyage on the "Barham" in 1831, mentioning that Scott had remarked that The Antiquary "was the novel which he himself preferred to any other he had written" and explaining the circumstances of Scott's letter relating the history of The Antiquary (MA 1073.2).
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