BIB_ID
310473
Accession number
MA 427.1
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1806 June 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 25 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "The most noble / Marchioness of Abercorn."
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to Lady Anne Jane Hamilton, Marchioness of Abercorn. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to Lady Anne Jane Hamilton, Marchioness of Abercorn. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.
Summary
Describing the "great number of trifles" he had to attend to on his return home, "which the head of the family among us little people generally finds it best to look after himself," and mentioning that "there were sheep to be bought and bullocks to be sold -- there was a sick horse and a lame greyhound to be cured -- there were Salmon to be caught and poachers to be punished." Reporting that he has taken possession of his new office; discussing the "ornamenting the interior of the cottage" and saying that he is flattered that she asked for his assistance; responding to her inquiries about his literary engagements, reporting that "Dryden's Works is advancing I hope prosperously" and that some ballads will be published; regretting that he does not know Gaelic.
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