BIB_ID
313482
Accession number
MA 2335.32
Creator
Scott, Margaret Charlotte Carpenter, 1770-1826.
Display Date
1817 Oct. 8.
Credit line
Purchased, 1964.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 25.5 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 "Chas Carpenter Esq / Commercial Resident / Salem / Madras."
Separate address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Chas Carpenter Esq / Commercial Resident / Salem / Madras."
Provenance
Purchased from John F. Fleming in 1964.
Summary
Wondering whether he received her letters from January and March, and expressing her uneasiness at his silence; hoping that he and Mrs. Carpenter will eventually settle in Scotland, noting that the Scotts have allotted a room in their cottage for them and describing the hunting and fishing in the neighborhood; discussing her children and Scott's literary fame and connections, including to the Prince Regent, noting that "although you should come here a stranger you would not long remain one;" remarking that "I feel myself so proud and anxious to have [my brother] here that I believe I must take my passage for India unless you come soon;" describing the extended visit of two ladies.
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