BIB_ID
310621
Accession number
MA 427.23
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1808 Nov. 31 [i.e., 30?].
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 inferred from contents of the letter and identified in Grierson.
Recipient inferred from contents of the letter and identified in Grierson.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.
Summary
Reporting that he has received his appointment; discussing Edinburgh society, mutual acquaintances, and visitors; discussing his new office and describing their principle goal to introduce trial by Jury in civil cases.
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