BIB_ID
307528
Accession number
MA 426.4
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1801 Apr. 20.
Description
1 item (5 p., with address) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Address panel, with postmarks and seal, to George Ellis in London.
Labeled "No. 2" and "20th April 1801" on p. 1, possibly in J. G. Lockhart's hand.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Labeled "No. 2" and "20th April 1801" on p. 1, possibly in J. G. Lockhart's hand.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary
Discussing at length his work on "the Border Minstrelsy" and "Sir Tristrem" and medieval romances in general; discussing Leyden's "absurd" plans to travel to Africa and asking him to beg Heber to discourage it; inquiring as to how Douce's [Dance of Death?] manuscript differs from the one he sent; explaining his need for "the poetical History"; asking if he might accompany Heber on "his next Scottish expedition."
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