BIB_ID
313475
Accession number
MA 2335.31
Creator
Scott, Charles, 1805-1841.
Display Date
1832 Sept. 21.
Credit line
Purchased, 1964.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Carpenter / Salisbury Cottage / Tarnham Green / London."
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.
Written on mourning paper.
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.
Written on mourning paper.
Provenance
Purchased from John F. Fleming in 1964.
Summary
Informing her that his father died that afternoon at one o'clock; mentioning that he rallied until yesterday "when he fell into a sort of stupor from which he never awoke;" noting that "My sisters are pretty well tho in great distress but this event has been long looked for."
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