BIB_ID
126920
Accession number
MA 666.10
Creator
Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829.
Display Date
1805 Jan. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 25.9 cm
Notes
Docketed on verso.
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.
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
Quoting from an Epigram by Martial in reference to Sir Hyde Parker's advanced age; referring to the pain of the loss of Lady Anne Erskine; relating his activities since he arrived in Edinburgh; saying he has been to visit her father [Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton] and her brother at Holyrood House and recommending a Swedish stove for their apartments.
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