BIB_ID
310758
Accession number
MA 427.31
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1810 June 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (5 p., with address) ; 19.8 and 25.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to "The most Noble / Marchioness of Abercorn / &c &c &c / London."
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.
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
Discussing his The Lady of the Lake, noting that the initial quarto edition of 2000 copies "has not lasted a fortnight" and that a smaller edition has been published; promising to send her a copy, as it contains some corrections; intending to visit the Hebrides when the Session of Courts is closed; mentioning Lord Hamilton's improved health; regretting that Lady Castlereigh (later Marchioness of Londonderry) will not send him copies of the letters written from Jonathan Swift to her ancestress Mrs. Howard, hoping that she will publish them so he may have access to their content; expecting Lord Melville to arrive in Edinburgh shortly; discussing his financial affairs and Sir Francis Burdett's "extravagancies."
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