BIB_ID
311661
Accession number
MA 431.11
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1820 July 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (6 p., with address) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and evidence of a seal and addressed to "Thomas Scott Esq / Paymaster / 71st regiment / Kingston / Upper Canada."
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 sons at length, describing Walter's becoming a soldier and preparations to send Charles to India; discussing at great length the importance of choosing a profession for Tom's son Walter, comparing the professions of accounting and of entering the East India service, and promising to do everything he can to further his nephew's career; discussing Tom's financial matters in England; reporting the death of Eliza Russell; briefly discussing the political situation; sending his love to Tom's family.
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