BIB_ID
310395
Accession number
MA 426.65
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1813] Jan. 9.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Labeled "No. 57" and "Jany 9 1813" 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 postmark and 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.
Year of writing from postmark and Grierson.
Summary
Possibly alluding to his work on Waverly; describing his own forefathers back to "the old Border times;" referencing the War of the Sixth Coalition; asking what Canning "is about" and wondering if there is any chance "of our getting him in."
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