BIB_ID
310807
Accession number
MA 427.45
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1811] Apr. 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 25.2 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
Reminding her that he promised not to write any poetry without telling her about it and reporting that he has determined to write the Vision of Don Roderick; describing the basis for the poem, mentioning that he is selling it for 100 guineas and intending to give the profits to a fund the suffering Portuguese; referencing Mr. Home's pension; discussing money matters and resolving to sell his library and his Edinburgh house and retire to the country so he may make "a provision for my young people without dependence on any one."
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