BIB_ID
116142
Accession number
MA 1490.5
Display Date
1833 Jan. 18.
Credit line
Purchased, 1952.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 36.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Sir Walter Scott / Abbotsford." Forwarded to "Care of Isaac Bayley Esq / 30 James Square / Edinburgh."
Part of a collection of resolutions on the death of Sir Walter Scott; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of resolutions on the death of Sir Walter Scott; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased as part of the Van Antwerp Collection of Sir Walter Scott, April, 1952.
Summary
Sending the condolences of "your countrymen resident in this city" on the death of his father Sir Walter Scott. Enclosing the proceedings (MA 1490.6) of a recent meeting, in which the attendees resolved to wear crape on their left arms for thirty days in an act of public mourning.
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