BIB_ID
310823
Accession number
MA 427.51
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1812 Jan. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (7 p., with address) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to the "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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.
Summary
Discussing money matters, mentioning that he has just received notice that his income is to rise from £1500 to £2800; thanking her for a cottage plan, discussing aspects of it which would not work in Scotland due to the severe weather but planning to borrow several elements from her suggestions and promising to send a plan soon; discussing his business in the House of Lords and, at length, an old affair involving his brother.
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