BIB_ID
310952
Accession number
MA 427.88
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1825 July 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "The most Noble / Marchioness of Abercorn / &c &c &c," and with a note directing the letter to Switzerland in another hand.
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
Hoping she has received a package containing his latest work; reporting that he leaves Abbotsford on the 6th in order to attend the court on the last three days of session and to travel to Ireland with Lockhart and his daughter Anne, where they will meet Walter in Dublin; mentioning that Lady Scott and Sophia plan to go sea-bathing while he is in Ireland; noting that Charlie plans to tour the Highlands with some Oxonian friends and may visit the Continent the following year; mentioning the productivity of his farm and the price for a sheep; discussing Marechal MacDonald the Duc de Tarente, who is visiting Edinburgh.
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