BIB_ID
310815
Accession number
MA 427.49
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1811 July 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 25.3 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
Mentioning her rheumatism; saying he is busy in the country and not likely to make it to London; referencing his play (The House of Aspen). Discussing politics: noting that all the Scotch appointments are vacant; fearing that "the old king is now to be laid aside for ever;" discussing an affair concerning a bond for Lady Oxford's illegitimate child. Sending a plan of his cottage and describing its surroundings (MA 427.91).
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