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.
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.
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