Record ID:
313370
Accession number:
MA 2335.10
Credit:
Purchased, 1964.
Description:
1 item (3 p.) ; 25.1 cm
Notes:
Dated 1820 by Scott; corrected year of writing from the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 1790).
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.
Summary:
Welcoming her to her "native country after so long & tedious a voyage" (from India); wishing that he could have met her in London, noting that Court is in session and referencing the pregnancy of his daughter Sophia Lockhart and citing her ill health; hoping she will consider "our house as your own & ourselves as a part of your family."
Provenance:
Purchased from John F. Fleming in 1964.
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