BIB_ID
126915
Accession number
MA 666.3
Creator
Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829.
Display Date
1802 Apr. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of twelve letters from the Earl of Buchan to Lady Anne Hamilton. Letters have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1910.
Summary
Writing to tell her that he is reframing a portrait of "Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dowager of Lenox, your G.G.G.G.G. grand Aunt;" describing the frame in detail; adding that "Lady Buchan and I are not without hopes that the general election may bring the Duke and Family down sooner than you expected, and that Dryburgh Abbey may be favoured with a visit..."
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