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Autograph letter signed with initials : [Abbotsford, near Melrose], to James Ballantyne, "Sunday" [1812 Nov. 1].

BIB_ID
313654
Accession number
MA 448.4
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
"Sunday" [1812 Nov. 1].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address), 23 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Mr. James Ballantyne / Printer / Hanover Street / Edinr."
Bound in Sir Walter Scott's autograph manuscript of Rokeby (MA 448); see related record for more information.
Date of writing from postmark; place of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Provenance
Archibald Constable; Robert Cadell; his sale (London, Christie's, 1867) to Mr. Hope Scott; acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Discussing John's research related to Rokeby; promising to be in town on the 11th to discuss the topic; saying he has no fear of publishing the poem by Christmas; discussing a couplet; sending the remainder of Canto II.