BIB_ID
313356
Accession number
MA 2335.20
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1824] Mar. 2.
Credit line
Purchased, 1964.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Address panel, with postmark and seal, has been damaged by the excision of Scott's signature on p. 3, but is apparently addressed to "Mrs. Carpen[ter] / No. 4 ... place / ..."
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.
Scott's closure and signature have been cut away.
Year of writing from postmark.
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.
Scott's closure and signature have been cut away.
Year of writing from postmark.
Provenance
Purchased from John F. Fleming in 1964.
Summary
Encouraging her to visit whether she feels "sad or gay at the time," noting that they will not "torment you by trying to make you merry against the grain;" discussing her affairs and potential sale of stock, and a deed that must be signed by his daughter Sophia Lockhart; encouraging her to seek advice from Sir Samuel Shepherd.
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