BIB_ID
307944
Accession number
MA 426.12
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1802 Feb. [7-]14.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to George Ellis.
Labeled "No. 10" and "14 Feby 1802" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
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. 10" and "14 Feby 1802" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
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
Reporting that the transcript of "King Arthur" is finished and asking whether he should send a parcel containing it, the Complaynt, and the Border Ballads, but fearing Ellis will be disappointed in the ballads. Mentioning that Leyden has been appointed an assistant-surgeon to one of the India settlements. Reporting that the letter has laid by him for a week but that he is too lazy to begin a new one; hoping that the package has reached him and that he will send his remarks soon.
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