BIB_ID
313376
Accession number
MA 2335.5
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1811 Aug. 25
Credit line
Purchased, 1964.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 25.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks and evidence of a seal and addressed to "Charles Carpenter Esq / Commercial Resident / Salem / Madras." Forwarded to Cuddalore.
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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased from John F. Fleming in 1964.
Summary
Sending the letter by Lady Hood and introducing her to the Carpenters; mentioning the purchase of Abbotsford and describing his plans to improve the estate; mentioning the ill health of the king; conveying his wife's promises to write to him but acknowledging that "to say truth though your sister & my wife she is the worst pen woman I ever saw."
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