BIB_ID
311641
Accession number
MA 431.4
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1809 July 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and seal, and addressed to "Robert Southey Esq / Keswick / Cumberland."
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 his application to Lord Lionsdale and advising him on acquaintances who might help further his cause; mentioning mutual acquaintances; saying he is surprised Southey has "never tried the Drama" and noting that if he should ever write a play he should produce it in Edinburgh and not at one of "those immense London stages fit only for pantomime and raree show."
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