BIB_ID
310530
Accession number
MA 427.11
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1807] Dec. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 25.1 cm
Notes
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.
Recipient and year of writing inferred from contents of the letter and identified in Grierson.
Recipient and year of writing inferred from contents of the letter and identified in Grierson.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.
Summary
Regretfully reporting the decline of Mr. Mackenzie's health, and discussing a possible solicitation to Lord Melville concerning the expected vacancy; discussing his employments and income in relation to the possible appointment to Mackenzie's post, hoping that he would not be required to give up his sherrifdom to accept it; mentioning that his annual income is about £1500 per year and noting that "the public has been very favourable but this is a precarious resource," but discussing his desires to save something for his family. Asking for her response to Marmion and wondering if the Marquis has read it.
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