BIB_ID
311644
Accession number
MA 431.5
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1809 Oct. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.1 cm
Notes
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
Saying that Scott's absence from Edinburgh has prevented him from asking his colleagues to subscribe to the recipient's "curious & useful undertaking;" referencing Scott's work on romances; mentioning and praising Weber.
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