BIB_ID
310078
Accession number
MA 426.52
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1810] June 16.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 24.5 cm
Notes
Labeled "No. 47" and "June 16 1809" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart. A later note on p. 1 corrects the year of writing to 1810.
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 penned notation on p. 1 and from relationship to a letter from Scott to Ellis dated by Grierson to [July 29, 1810], which also mentions the arrival of Juliana the greyhound. See Grierson (v. 12).
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 penned notation on p. 1 and from relationship to a letter from Scott to Ellis dated by Grierson to [July 29, 1810], which also mentions the arrival of Juliana the greyhound. See Grierson (v. 12).
Summary
Discussing money matters; discussing the anticipated arrival of the greyhound Juliana; hoping Ellis has received Scott's The Lady of the Lake; encouraging him to visit at a time that they can make an excursion to the Hebrides; mentioning that the "Duke of Cumberland has got himself slashed to pieces for nothing at all, at all;" mentioning mutual acquaintances.
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