BIB_ID
310620
Accession number
MA 427.22
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1808] Oct. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.6 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 annotation, and identified in Grierson.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter and annotation, and identified in Grierson.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.
Summary
Sending his condolences on having read about "the heavy loss which the Marquis has sustained in poor Lord Claud" and inquiring after him; with a postscript reporting the arrival of her letter, sending further condolences, and discussing his desire to dedicate a work to Lord Abercorn.
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