BIB_ID
311636
Accession number
MA 431.1
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1804?] Oct. 26.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.4 cm
Notes
Clearly dated "26 Oct." by Scott at end, but the Millgate Union Catalogue dates the letter to [May 1804], noting "If references to illness relate to Mrs Ellis's brother Admiral Parker, then date is probably May 1804."
Part of a large collection of Sir Walter Scott correspondence; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a large collection of Sir Walter Scott correspondence; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1900.
Summary
Discussing the slow recovery of a mutual friend who is ill; mentioning other mutual acquaintances; noting that he must travel to Edinburgh in a fortnight; discussing the weather.
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