BIB_ID
313290
Accession number
MA 2335.1
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1803] Mar. 6.
Credit line
Purchased, 1964.
Description
1 item (7 p., with address) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and evidence of a seal and addressed to "Charles Carpenter Esq / Commercial Resident / Salem / Madras / East Indies."
Part of a collection of letters primarily from Sir Walter Scott to his brother- and sister-in-law Charles and Isabella Carpenter. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Year added to date of writing, probably by Carpenter.
Part of a collection of letters primarily from Sir Walter Scott to his brother- and sister-in-law Charles and Isabella Carpenter. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Year added to date of writing, probably by Carpenter.
Provenance
Purchased from John F. Fleming in 1964.
Summary
Discussing the good health of his family; mentioning the birth of his daughter Anne; referencing the publication of his Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border; describing the history and character of Dr. Leyden, who is traveling to Madras, and who Scott hopes will meet Carpenter; alluding to Carpenter's plans to return to England, hoping that he will spend some time of the year in Scotland; describing Col. Despard's attempt to assassinate George III; discussing Bonaparte and French and English territories.
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