BIB_ID
121154
Accession number
MA 1372
Creator
Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854.
Display Date
1850, Feb. 23.
Description
1 item (12 p.) ; (fol.)
Notes
A special affidavit testifying to Mrs. Hope's agreement in the assignment is added on a separate page.
Signed by his son, Walter Scott Lockhart (Boulogne, 27 February 1850) and by his daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Hope and her husband (Edinburgh, 5 April 1850); the signatures are repeated at the end of each page (11 times in all).
The entire document is written on stamped paper of Scotland in the hand of Alexander D. Strachan.
Signed by his son, Walter Scott Lockhart (Boulogne, 27 February 1850) and by his daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Hope and her husband (Edinburgh, 5 April 1850); the signatures are repeated at the end of each page (11 times in all).
The entire document is written on stamped paper of Scotland in the hand of Alexander D. Strachan.
Summary
Assignment of copyright in all the works of Sir Walter Scott, and in Lockhart's Life of Scott, to the trustees of Robert Cadell, deceased, pursuant to the agreement, dated 7 May 1847, whereby Cadell was to receive the copyright in return for his assumption of the debts against the estate of Sir Walter Scott.
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