BIB_ID
308368
Accession number
MA 426.36
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1805 July 20.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 24.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to George Ellis.
Labeled "No. 32" and "July 20 1805" 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.
Labeled "No. 32" and "July 20 1805" 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
Praising his recently published Romances at length and discussing two points of Scottish dialect, but praising Ellis's "zeal." Hardly daring to hope that Ellis will visit Scotland and describing the visit of "two gentil Bachelors" who Scott "must diospach upon some adventure till dinner time."
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