BIB_ID
310811
Accession number
MA 427.48
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1811 July 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (6 p., with address) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a 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 of the letter and contemporary annotation, 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 of the letter and contemporary annotation, and identified in Grierson.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.
Summary
Saying he sent a copy of the initial private printing of his Vision of Don Roderick to her and promising to send a large-paper copy the following day, hoping it will be better for her weak eyes; discussing her ailment and offering advice, suggesting that she bathe the back of her neck with cold spring water and enclosing (not present) a receipt for Eye Lotion; referencing the recent death of Lord Melville and describing in detail his slow illness and sudden death; referencing the possibility that the recent death of his friend President Blair hastened his end; discussing Lord Melville's life and affairs; reporting that he has purchased a small farm on the banks of the Tweed.
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