BIB_ID
313336
Accession number
MA 2335.2
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1806] Apr. 10.
Credit line
Purchased, 1964.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 25.1 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to "Mrs. Carpenter / Salem / Madras / East Indies" and with the additional note "With Books."
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
Giving warm congratulations on her marriage to Charles Carpenter (Mrs. Scott's brother); sending a new edition of his books as a gift; referencing her "connection with Scotland," asking whether she has any "commissions to discharge or acknowledgments to make in the country" and offering his services.
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