BIB_ID
311932
Accession number
MA 431.59
Creator
Ballantyne, James, 1772-1833.
Display Date
1811 June 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 25.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and evidence of a seal, and addressed to "Messrs Vernor Hood & Sharpe / Booksellers / Poultry / London."
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
Disputing their claim that he owes interest on £3075 invested in 6 volumes of Smollett's history; discussing the printing schedule and further details of accounting.
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