BIB_ID
311649
Accession number
MA 431.8
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1812] Dec. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and evidence of a seal, and addressed to "Miss Smith / ... / 23 Leicester Square / London."
Part of a large collection of Sir Walter Scott correspondence; see collection-level record for more information.
Year of writing from postmarks.
Part of a large collection of Sir Walter Scott correspondence; see collection-level record for more information.
Year of writing from postmarks.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1900.
Summary
Congratulating her on her theatrical success in London; thanking her for a book sent to Sophia; regretting that he missed a visit by Mr. Rush; promising to send her a book; referencing the failure of Napoleon's Moscow campaign.
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