BIB_ID
310806
Accession number
MA 427.44
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1811] Mar. 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 19.7 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 of the letter and contemporary annotation, and identified in Grierson.
Recipient inferred from contents of the letter and identified in Grierson.
Year of writing inferred from contents of the letter and contemporary annotation, and identified in Grierson.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.
Summary
Reporting that Mr. Home has finally decided to accept the superannuation pension; regretting that he wrote to Arbuthnot the previous day now that the matter has been resolved.
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