BIB_ID
310587
Accession number
MA 427.13
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1808 Feb. 5.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.
Summary
Thanking her for her "active & zealous exertions" on his behalf (regarding an appointment to be a Clerk of Session), saying that Lord Melville is likely to "carry his good wishes in some degree into effect" soon; discussing his qualifications and attempts to secure the appointment.
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