BIB_ID
310591
Accession number
MA 427.14
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1808] Feb. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20 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.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter and identified in Grierson.
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
Concerning his attempts to secure an appointment as a Clerk, noting that Lord Melville will write to her on the subject; promising to send a copy of Marmion; enclosing two letters from Lord Melville.
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