BIB_ID
120783
Accession number
MA 431.29
Creator
Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854.
Display Date
1845 Dec. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of Sir Walter Scott correspondence; see collection-level record for more information.
Recipient inferred from contents of the letter.
Written from Sussex Place.
Recipient inferred from contents of the letter.
Written from Sussex Place.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1900.
Summary
Thanking her for her book and praising her translation, noting that it is superior to a translation that he read over the summer, which was sent to him by a young lady; asking her for the name of the author.
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