BIB_ID
309588
Accession number
MA 426.40
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1806] Feb. 10.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and evidence of a seal, and addressed by to Ellis in Bath.
Labeled "No. 36" and "Feb 10 1806 in Post Mark" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
Location of writing from internal evidence and from Grierson.
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.
Year of writing from postmark.
Labeled "No. 36" and "Feb 10 1806 in Post Mark" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
Location of writing from internal evidence and from Grierson.
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.
Year of writing from postmark.
Summary
Thanking him for his solicitude, and discussing the good fortune that his commission came through even during the change in government. Referencing Scottish politics; mentioning that Bindley lent him a parcel of books; hoping to leave London the following Saturday; regretting that he heard very bad news about Leyden's health. With a postscript asking after Lord Melville (regarding his impeachment trial).
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