BIB_ID
308035
Accession number
MA 426.22
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1803 Aug. 21, [i.e., 1804 Aug. 6].
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 24.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to George Ellis.
Labeled "No. 19" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
Letter is mis-dated by Scott; correted dating from postmark.
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. 19" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
Letter is mis-dated by Scott; correted dating from postmark.
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 on his busy life: mentioning that he had to furnish the farm-house, let a cottage on the banks of Esk, arrange matters for the sale of Rosebank, "go into quarters with our calvary," and "superintend a removal ... of all bores under the cope of heaven." Mentioning that they are now "comfortably settled" and describing their daily life; mentioning the arrival of a new amanuensis; mentioning the completion of the last lay in the Minstrel; describing the fine library.
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