BIB_ID
311822
Accession number
MA 431.43
Creator
Scott, Thomas 1774-1823.
Display Date
1819 Nov. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. McCulloch of Ardwell / Kirkgate / Dumfries / North Britain."
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
Explaining that because Betsy (his wife) injured her finger, Scott is writing to Mrs. McCulloch with news that Betsy would normally have conveyed. Discussing the marriage of his daughter Jessie to Major Huxley and describing her new household; reporting that he and Betsy are "completely well satisfied with the connexion;" asking her to inform Mr. Gray about the marriage; reporting that his son Walter "is turning out every thing that as Parents we could wish."
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