Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : [London], to George Ellis, [1806 Mar. 3].

BIB_ID
309590
Accession number
MA 426.41
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1806 Mar. 3].
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and evidence of a seal, and addressed to Ellis in Bath.
Date from postmark.
Labeled "No. 37" on and "(probably March) 1806" 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.
Summary
Reporting that he will depart for Scotland the following day and hoping that Ellis will visit Scott in Reged. Regretting that he did not begin his trip that day, citing the "violent diarrhoea" of his traveling companion Ballantyne. Alluding to the impeachment trial of Lord Melville, saying that his misfortunes affect Scott deeply.