BIB_ID
314199
Accession number
MA 1953.7
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1825 Dec. 14].
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 Esq Junior / W.S. / Charlotte Street"
Date of writing from docket and from the Millgate Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2621).
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 lower half of the page, apparently including text from the letter and the signature has been cut away.
Date of writing from docket and from the Millgate Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2621).
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 lower half of the page, apparently including text from the letter and the signature has been cut away.
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Saying he has received the title deed of his estate at Abbotsford; beginning to discuss something related to the Inventory.
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