BIB_ID
310790
Accession number
MA 427.36
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1811] Jan. 11.
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.
Year of writing inferred from contents and contemporary annotation on the letter, and identified in Grierson.
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 and contemporary annotation on the letter, and identified in Grierson.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.
Summary
Assuring her that she was the first person (except for the printer Mr. Ballantyne) to see the initial canto of The Lady of the Lake; promising that he is not working on a new poem and reassuring her that he will tell her as soon as he begins a new project; discussing politics, saying he was delighted with Perceval's speech and inquiring after the King's health; mentioning mutual acquaintances; remarking that he has serious thoughts of going to Portugal; praising Mr. Knight's idea for a poem.
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