BIB_ID
313387
Accession number
MA 2335.21
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1828] Nov. 29.
Credit line
Purchased, 1964.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 25.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal, and addressed to "Mrs. Charles Carpenter / Care of Messrs Aveydor / Nice."
Followed by a letter (2 p.) from Scott's daughter Anne to Mrs. Carpenter, also discussing her family.
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 of writing from the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 3134).
Followed by a letter (2 p.) from Scott's daughter Anne to Mrs. Carpenter, also discussing her family.
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 of writing from the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 3134).
Provenance
Purchased from John F. Fleming in 1964.
Summary
Expressing great pleasure at hearing from her, saying he would have written sooner if he had known her address; reporting that his family is well and that his son Walter is presently in France, on the advice of some doctors, attempting to get rid of a cough; describing his grandson Johnnie Lockhart's recovery of health and discussing the rest of his family; hoping that she will visit the following year.
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