BIB_ID
314145
Accession number
MA 1953.3
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1820 Apr. 28].
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
A portion of the page including Scott's closure and signature has been cut away.
Address panel with evidence of a seal addressed to "Hay Donaldson Esq."
Date of writing the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 1699). Sophia married J. G. Lockhart on 29 April 1820.
Hay Donaldson (d. 1822) was a Scottish Writer to the Signet and Sir Walter Scott's friend and confidential solicitor.
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott primarily to John Gibson. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Address panel with evidence of a seal addressed to "Hay Donaldson Esq."
Date of writing the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 1699). Sophia married J. G. Lockhart on 29 April 1820.
Hay Donaldson (d. 1822) was a Scottish Writer to the Signet and Sir Walter Scott's friend and confidential solicitor.
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott primarily to John Gibson. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Inviting him to dine; asking him to come early so as to discuss Sophia's arrangements; mentioning that the Advocate asked him to "take these Burghs but I am too old a dog to learn new tricks."
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