BIB_ID
314196
Accession number
MA 1953.6
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1825] July 1.
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 25.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to "John Gibson Junior / Esqre W.S."
Docketed.
John Gibson was a Scottish Writer to the Signet and trustee of Sir Walter Scott's estate following the insolvency of 1826; he was Deputy-Keeper of the Great Seal (1853-58).
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.
The closure and signature have been cut away.
Year of writing from docket and from the Millgate Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2531).
Docketed.
John Gibson was a Scottish Writer to the Signet and trustee of Sir Walter Scott's estate following the insolvency of 1826; he was Deputy-Keeper of the Great Seal (1853-58).
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.
The closure and signature have been cut away.
Year of writing from docket and from the Millgate Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2531).
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Concerning accounts, remarking that he has asked Ballantyne to pay Gibson £607 as soon as he has settled with Constable, noting that this will cover Scott's balance owed to Gibson (from accounts drawn by Baillie and his son Walter); sending Mrs. Burns's address.
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