BIB_ID
311905
Accession number
MA 431.54
Creator
Scott, Thomas 1774-1823.
Display Date
1813 Nov. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 23 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and evidence of a seal, and addressed to "Mrs. Scott / Miss Rourkes / Duncan Street / Cork / Ireland" and with the additional note "Pr Packet."
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
Regretting that he did not receive a letter from her on the mail ship; saying he is glad she is not in Quebec because the situation is "very unpleasant" and noting that the Americans hold most of Upper Canada and that they have neither British troops nor ground to oppose them; discussing the possibility of securing a new position; describing how expensive Canada is, noting that the "rent in particular is beyond every thing I could even imagine," and describing his efforts to economize; sending his love and promising to bring the children some "Indian curiosities" when he returns.
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