BIB_ID
310792
Accession number
MA 427.38
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1811] Feb. 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (9 p., with address) ; 19.6 and 25.1 cm
Notes
Address panel with 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
Discussing at length his career, appointments, financial affairs, and relationship with Lord Melville and his family; asking whether she can do anything to help secure him a new appointment or to ensure that a colleague (Mr. George Home) receives a pension.
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