BIB_ID
310466
Accession number
MA 426.89
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1826] Mar. 21.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Address panel apparently reads "G. Handley," but the Millgate Union Catalogue of Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2704) identifies the recipient as Thomas Handley.
Address panel with seal and postmarks and apparently addressed to "G. Handley."
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.
Address panel with seal and postmarks and apparently addressed to "G. Handley."
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.
Summary
Asking him to make further inquiries concerning the inheritance possibly due to Lady Scott on the death of her mother Mrs. Carpenter; saying that Scott's son-in-law J. G. Lockhart will call on Handley to discuss the matter; also concerning a request made by the Duchess of Devonshire regarding Lord Stirling, with an aside on Scott's distant relationship to the Stirling family.
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