BIB_ID
309684
Accession number
MA 426.43
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1807] July 1.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and seal, and addressed to Ellis in care of Sir Peter Parker with further forwarding instructions added in an unknown hand.
Labeled "No. 39" and "July 1 1807" 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.
Year of writing from postmark.
Labeled "No. 39" and "July 1 1807" 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.
Year of writing from postmark.
Summary
Mentioning a volume of romances and discussing his new assistant Mr. Weber, noting that he had been studying at Jena until Bonaparte took that city. Outlining some conversations they have had on German romances; discussing Thomas the Rhymer and copying a German poem (with Scott's English translation) regarding Thomas. Introducing and recommending Sir William Forbes, the bearer of the letter.
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