BIB_ID
313423
Accession number
MA 2335.24
Creator
Lockhart, Sophia Scott, 1799-1837.
Display Date
"Tuesday" [1830 Dec.].
Credit line
Purchased, 1964.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Date of writing inferred from contents of the letter and 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.
Separate address panel with seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs. Carpenter / 57 Gower Street / Bedford E."
Written from 24 Sussex Place, the Lockhart's home in London from 1826.
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.
Separate address panel with seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs. Carpenter / 57 Gower Street / Bedford E."
Written from 24 Sussex Place, the Lockhart's home in London from 1826.
Provenance
Purchased from John F. Fleming in 1964.
Summary
Reporting that she received a letter from her sister Anne dated Malta, 24 November, noting that she and their father Sir Walter Scott had a rough passage but arrived safely.
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