Record ID:
311870
Accession number:
MA 431.50
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description:
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.5 cm
Notes:
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Thomas Scott Esqr / Paymaster 70th Regiment / Kingston / Upper Canada."
Recipient is Thomas Scott (1774-1823), a younger brother of Sir Walter Scott.
Part of a large collection of Sir Walter Scott correspondence; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary:
Thanking him for his letter and news about Jessie's marriage, saying she is "highly satisfied with the account" of Captain Huxley; reporting the death of Mr. Meeks; sending her love to the Scott family; enclosing something for Jessie.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1900.
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