BIB_ID
310425
Accession number
MA 426.78
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1820 Apr. 2].
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.6 cm
Notes
Date of writing from docket, Lockhart, Grierson and the Millgate Union Catalogue of Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 1688).
Docketed by Laidlaw "London - / April 1820."
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.
Possible location of writing inferred from contents of the letter and docket.
Docketed by Laidlaw "London - / April 1820."
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.
Possible location of writing inferred from contents of the letter and docket.
Summary
Thanking him for his letter, which "carries me back to my own braes, which I love so dearly, out of this place of bustle and politics." Concerning personal matters in Scotland: mentioning the sale of sheep and giving instructions concerning a forest boundary, painting a ceiling, etc.; musing that the weather is probably to dry for planting; hoping to arrive at Edinburgh by the end of the month.
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