BIB_ID
310819
Accession number
MA 427.50
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1811] Sept. 18.
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 / The 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
Concerning Mr. Home's superannuation pension; discussing mutual acquaintances and a visit by the Kembles; mentioning some female authors, noting that "Miss Baillie is the only writing lady with whose manners in society I have been very much delighted;" reporting that Lucien Bonaparte's epic is to be printed in an edition of 10,000 copies and noting that he has declined to translate it; discussing the political situation in Scotland and mentioning that the Regent has request the Chief Baron accept the presidency.
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