BIB_ID
310840
Accession number
MA 427.60
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1813] Sept. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 25.2 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.
Year of writing from contents of the letter and contemporary annotation, and identified in Grierson.
Year of writing 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
Reporting that he was surprised by the offer of the poet laureateship and discussing his reasons for refusing the post, citing primarily his fear of overburdening himself "with the regular discharge of a constant and recurring poetical commemoration;" asking her to circulate his sentiments lest his motives for refusing the post be misconstrued by society.
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