BIB_ID
310888
Accession number
MA 427.75
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
"Saturday" [1820 Apr. 1].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to the "Right Noble / The Marchioness of Abercorn / &c &c &c."
Dated "25th March 1820" in a contemporary hand; corrected dating identified in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 1685) and 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.
Written from "96 Piccadilly."
Dated "25th March 1820" in a contemporary hand; corrected dating identified in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 1685) and 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.
Written from "96 Piccadilly."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.
Summary
Concerning her plans to come to London and looking forward to seeing her on whatever day she finds most convenient; accepting an invitation to dine with the Bishop of London; mentioning other social engagements, but reporting that he has "heard nothing yet of his Majesty's commands" and noting that "I will be under a very particular engagement indeed if I cannot slip out of it to have the great pleasure of waiting on you."
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