BIB_ID
311780
Accession number
MA 431.22
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1812] May 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of Sir Walter Scott correspondence; see collection-level record for more information.
Recipient and year of writing from the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence.
Recipient and year of writing from the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1900.
Summary
Apologizing for not writing sooner to acknowledge receipt of Gillies's verses, explaining that "my present situation is very hurried" and referring to his recent purchase of Abbotsford; praising Gillies's verses and encouraging him to remain active in his literary pursuits as "we must labour or die of ennui."
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