BIB_ID
313435
Accession number
MA 2335.26
Creator
Lockhart, Sophia Scott, 1799-1837.
Display Date
[1832] July 20.
Credit line
Purchased, 1964.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 18.4 cm
Notes
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 / Salisbury Cottage / Tarnham Green."
Year of writing from postmark.
Separate address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Carpenter / Salisbury Cottage / Tarnham Green."
Year of writing from postmark.
Provenance
Purchased from John F. Fleming in 1964.
Summary
Discussing the health of her father Sir Walter Scott, noting that it has "varied much since we arrived here;" fearing that he has suffered another small stroke; regretting that they can no longer understand his speech; mentioning that they have made the dining room into his bedroom; reporting that her brothers Walter and Charles should arrive at Abbotsford soon.
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