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Autograph letter signed : Ashestiel [near Melrose], to George Ellis, [1811] Oct. 11.

BIB_ID
310387
Accession number
MA 426.64
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1811] Oct. 11.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal.
Labeled "No. 56" (?) and notes about the date of writing 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.
Year of writing from internal evidence and Grierson.
Summary
Referencing his recent purchase of land (on which he later built Abbotsford); discussing intricacies related to his brother's appointment to be the paymastership of the 70th regiment and asking Ellis to help his brother by applying to Lord Palmerston.