BIB_ID
131566
Accession number
MA 432.29
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1826 Mar. 18].
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Sir Robert Dundas / of Dunira / Bart / Heriot Row / Edinburgh."
Date is from contents and the Grierson edition of Scott's letters.
Endorsed.
Laid in next to the bookplate of David Dundas of Richmond, Surry.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott, members of his family, and his biographer, John Gibson Lockhart. Items are described in individual records; see MA 432 for more details.
With postmark and seal.
Date is from contents and the Grierson edition of Scott's letters.
Endorsed.
Laid in next to the bookplate of David Dundas of Richmond, Surry.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott, members of his family, and his biographer, John Gibson Lockhart. Items are described in individual records; see MA 432 for more details.
With postmark and seal.
Summary
Referring to a recent disagreement with Lord Melville; speaking of Lord Melville as "the very early friend with whom I carried my satchel to school and whose regard I have always considered as one of the happiest circumstances of my life"; saying that he does not think "there is any call" for him to "give [John Wilson Croker] a bellyful" because he "could not do it without entering into particulars, which [he has] avoided"; writing that he does not want "to enter into statements to the public, the indirect consequence of which might be painful to some of [their] friends"; calling himself "contented to be the scape-goat"; observing that "the whole burgher class of Scotland are gradually preparing for radical reform"; remarking that he is glad Lord Melville "suffer[s their] difference to be no breach in [their] ancient friendship."
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