BIB_ID
308106
Accession number
MA 426.27
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1804 May 4.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 21.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to George Ellis.
Labeled "No. 24" 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. 24" 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
Mentioning that he has been engaged in traveling back and forth to Selkirkshire on business and that he has procured a "decent farm-house " in Reged that will save him from "these teasing migrations;" inviting Ellis to visit and describing a proposed itinerary, looking forward to showing him the border; reporting that "Sir Tristrem" is published and promising to send "three uncastrated copies" for Ellis, Heber and Douce. Describing the merits of a very near relative who is obliged "by some untoward circumstances to turn his eyes towards Jamaica," and asking Ellis to recommend him to his contacts in the West Indies.
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