BIB_ID
310808
Accession number
MA 427.46
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1811] May 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 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
Discussing his play The House of Aspen and sending her a clean copy as she requested; asking about her travels and resolving to travel to Dumfries with Mrs. Scott to meet her as she passes through Scotland; describing a small property on the River Tweed that he intends to purchase.
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