BIB_ID
308364
Accession number
MA 426.33
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1805 Jan. 4].
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to George Ellis.
Dating from postmark.
Labeled "No. 29" and "in answer to G. E.'s Dec. 3, 1804 / probably Jany 4 1805 in Post Mark" on p. 1, possibly in J. G. Lockhart's 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.
Dating from postmark.
Labeled "No. 29" and "in answer to G. E.'s Dec. 3, 1804 / probably Jany 4 1805 in Post Mark" on p. 1, possibly in J. G. Lockhart's 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
Thanking him for assisting Daniel Scott; saying that Leyden has finally sent a long letter, and giving his news; noting that the "Lay of the Last Minstrel" is ready for publication and mentioning people he would like to send a copy of the romance to; saying that he and Mrs. Scott are so fond of their farm at Reged that they are going to set out for it "in the middle of a snowstorm."
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