BIB_ID
131785
Accession number
MA 427.1-91
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1806-1826.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 v. (91 items), bound ; 32.8 cm
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Napier, with the motto "Sans Tache Ready Aye Ready;" purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.
Summary
Collection consists of 88 letters to the Marchioness of Abercorn, 2 letters to Charles Arbuthnot, and 1 hand-coloured manuscript map of Abbotsford, which was enclosed in a letter to the Marchioness dated 25 July 1811. Letters to the Marchioness discuss his literary career and writing, his work as a clerk, and his domestic life and financial affairs, as well as her health, family and travels. Items in the collection have been described individually in 91 separate records; see related records for more information.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (36.2 cm)
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