BIB_ID
313361
Accession number
MA 2335.16
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1821 Feb. 5].
Credit line
Purchased, 1964.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 25 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Carpenter / 65 Baker Street / Portman Square / London."
Date of writing from the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 5133).
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 signature has been excised. A note on the lower portion of the page indicates that the closure formerly read "Yours very truly & affectionately, Walter Scott."
Date of writing from the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 5133).
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 signature has been excised. A note on the lower portion of the page indicates that the closure formerly read "Yours very truly & affectionately, Walter Scott."
Provenance
Purchased from John F. Fleming in 1964.
Summary
Reporting that his setting out for London has been delayed by a day or two owing to his colleague "Mr. Dundas being suddenly taken with a fit of gout."
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