BIB_ID
310791
Accession number
MA 427.37
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1811] Feb. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.9 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.
Year of writing inferred from contents and contemporary annotation on the letter, and identified in Grierson.
Recipient inferred from contents of the letter and identified in Grierson.
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
Congratulating her on the birth of her grandson; mentioning theatrical matters and his financial situation; regretting that it is unlikely that he will be called to London in the Spring; hoping to see her as she passes through Scotland to Ireland; thanking her for writing. With a postscript reporting that a colleague is "resigning £200 of the appointments in my favour so I am just so much the richer."
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