BIB_ID
310789
Accession number
MA 427.35
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1810 Dec. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (5 p., with address) ; 19.6 and 25.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to "The most Noble / Marchioness of Abercorn / &c &c &c."
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
Asking for political news and reporting that he is owed nearly £1000; discussing Scottish political appointments; reporting that The Lady of the Lake is being dramatized in Edinburgh, Dublin and London; mentioning that he has instructed Mrs. Henry Siddons on how to "busk her highland plaid" for the role; hoping that the Marchioness received her copy of the poem.
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