BIB_ID
308037
Accession number
MA 426.23
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1803 Aug. 27.
Description
1 item (5 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to George Ellis.
Labeled "No. 20" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart. With further numbering in an unknown 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. 20" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart. With further numbering in an unknown 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
Apologizing for his delay in responding, saying he has been occupied with the militia. Discussing at length Thomas the Rhymer's name and the tradition of inheriting surnames, and asserting that this Thomas is the same as the Tomas in Douce's manuscript. Reporting that he recently met a man from Cornwall named Caerlion, and discussing the possible origin of that name, asserting that it may be Castrum Leonense, "which in every romance is stated to have been Tristrem's country."
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