BIB_ID
310878
Accession number
MA 427.70
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1818] Mar. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 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.
The Marquess of Abercorn died on 27 January 1818 at Bentley Priory, Stanmore.
Year of writing from contemporary annotation and identified in Grierson.
The Marquess of Abercorn died on 27 January 1818 at Bentley Priory, Stanmore.
Year of writing from contemporary annotation and identified in Grierson.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.
Summary
Sending heartfelt condolences on the death of her husband; offering his services; hoping to hear from her "when tranquility and the state of your mind will permit."
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