BIB_ID
307994
Accession number
MA 426.19
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1803] Jan. 30.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to Ellis in London.
Labeled "No. 16" and "30th Jany 1803" 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.
Year of writing from postmark and from Grierson.
Labeled "No. 16" and "30th Jany 1803" 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.
Year of writing from postmark and from Grierson.
Summary
Alluding to "the melancholy conclusion" of Ellis's last letter and expressing his deep gratitude for his service to Leyden during such difficult times; reporting the death of his cousin in the West Indies; praising Ellis's suggestion to include a map in the third volume of the Border Ballads but discussing the difficulties in printing it with the current edition, which "shall be out in a month," and hoping to include it in a future edition; discussing surveying in general.
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